NFL Ticket Sales Plummet After National Anthem Protests

Terrance Smith No. 48, Eric Fisher No. 72, Demetrius Harris No. 84, and Cameron Erving No. 5 of the Kansas City Chiefs are taking a knee before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at the StubHub Center on Sept. 24, 2017, in Carson, Calif. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

National Football League fans are voting with their wallets after a wave of national anthem protests this week.

Ticket sales for NFL games plummeted 18 percent this week compared to last week, according to online ticket reseller TickPick, the Washington Examiner reported. That drop is significantly larger than usual for the time period. Last year sales dropped 11 percent from the second to third week.