President-elect Donald Trump has weighed in on the NFL’s slumping TV ratings.
According to CBS Sports, Trump gave two theories on why ratings have been down—especially for primetime games on “Sunday Night Football,” “Monday Night Football,” and “Thursday Night Football.”
Trump said that people are more focused on politics and the U.S. election season than football.
“I don’t know if you know, but the NFL is way down in their ratings,” Trump said during a rally last week—before he was elected president. “And you know why? Two reasons: Number one is this politics they’re finding is a much rougher game than football, and more exciting, and this—honestly we’ve taken a lot of people away from the NFL.”
The two presidential debates between Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton generated more viewers than two competing NFL games.
