NFL is Rigged: Week 18 edition

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Originally Posted by Fish

The NFL's current TV contracts were finalized in 2011. They haven't changed since then, other than Fox paying an extra $3M in 2018 to take over Thursday night football. It's not a year per year contract. The ratings don't mean anything until the NFL actually writes new contracts with TV providers. Last year's ratings don't affect this years profits, and that's been the case for 10 years.

Yeah, I would see it as trends... signing for the next decade, what did the last decade look like and what are the projections. Doesn't make sense for the NFL to put a ton of effort steering the individual data points/games when there are bigger fish to fry.