This had to hurt.
NFL ticket sales down 18% down this week.
Last Sunday over 200 NFL players knelt during the US national anthem on Gold Star Mothers Day.
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StubHub announced a 10% discount in NFL tickets this week.
And now this…
NFL ticket sales are down 18% compared to last year at this time.
The Washington Examiner reported:
The National Football League is feeling the impact of the “Trump Effect.”
Ticket sales since he called on team owners to fire players who take a knee to protest the National Anthem have cratered.
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The online ticket reseller TickPick told Secrets that sales have dropped 17.9 percent, far more than the usual Week Three fall.
From TickPick:
- 17.9 percent decrease in NFL orders this week compared to the previous week.
- Last year the drop was 10.8 percent in orders on Monday & Tuesday following Week Three games.
“We have seen a massive decrease in NFL ticket purchases this past week in comparison to years past. Week 3 seems to usually have less ticket orders than week 2, but this year ticket purchases are down more than 7 percent from this time last year,” said TickPick’s Jack Slingland.
Several Chargers players torched their shirts and jackets this week.
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NEVER underestimate an American’s Love for our Flag.
We stand UNITED in protest against the #NFL
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— 🇺🇸Patriot 24/7🇺🇸 (@TrumpTrain45Pac) September 28, 2017