Skip to content
PMTPMT DB
Push
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL's ratings decline is a 'fake news' narrative partially caused by warm weather

Ratings are down 7.5%... Fake news, because we watch more than ever... Also, I just want to note this, that it just today felt like fall... You can't fully embrace football when it's 90 degrees.

The ratings dip in 2017 was real and sustained through the season, though the NFL eventually rebounded to record highs in subsequent years.

More from this episode

View episode
Void
Oct 18, 2017
#26426
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James travels and could learn how to establish a pivot foot from Gordon Hayward's injury

Hey, LeBron James, you could learn a lot from Gordon Hayward about how to establish a pivot foot. [LeBron] travels.

LeBron's traveling is a subjective, ongoing debate among NBA fans and media.
Loss
Oct 18, 2017
#1019
Big CatBig Cat

Kevin Durant lacks the clutch gene and will never win an NBA championship where he is the alpha on the team

Kevin Durant lacks the clutch gene. Doesn't get the ball off on time. [He will never win an NBA championship] where he's the alpha on the team. Beta ball.

Durant won back-to-back NBA championships and Finals MVPs in 2017 and 2018. While on a stacked team, winning Finals MVP twice directly contradicts the idea he couldn't win as the alpha.
Loss
Oct 18, 2017
#1020
Big CatBig Cat

The Yankees are going to win the World Series because they have 'the aura'

The Yankees, I think, are going to win the World Series. I'm actually going to say that right now. I think they have what we call the look. I was going to say the aura, actually. The aura.

The Yankees lost the 2017 ALCS in 7 games to the eventual champion Houston Astros.

More from Big Cat

View profile
Void
Big CatBig Cat

The goal allowed by the US goalie was the most embarrassing possible

What about the goalie? Yeah, I mean he... that was the most embarrassing goal that I've ever seen. Possible.

While subjective, the blunder by the US goalkeeper (Freeze/Turner) was widely mocked as a 'MAC football' level mistake.
Void
Big CatBig Cat

The USMNT is the 'James Franklin Penn State' of soccer

People were making very mean jokes online that we were James Franklin, Penn State. And it is actually perfectly appropriate because if you look at who we played, we beat the teams we're supposed to beat... and then we absolutely got ass fucked by the team that was better than us in Belgium. We are not who we thought we were.

Subjective comparison.
Void
Big CatBig Cat

We just suck at soccer as a country and that's okay

My take is we suck at soccer and that's okay. Like, I don't care that we suck at soccer anymore. I'm going to root for the US team. I'm gonna get excited when we're in a World Cup. I'm gonna get hyped up and it's gonna be fun to watch. And then I'm gonna be reminded that we suck at soccer and that it's just gonna be like, okay, yeah, that's okay.

Subjective perspective on American soccer.