"While we can't specify if this decrease is due to the president's comments, player and owner protests, play on the field, or simply the continued division of consumer's media attention

bwahahaHAHAHAHAHAH
:D

This is some of what's wrong with liberals.  To most of us it is OBVIOUS what is gong on, and like good little liberals they just bury their heads in the sand so that they can keep doing what they want. DESPITE the fact that their very livelihoods are on the line. 
Having watched all of this unfold, I will NOT be having any sympathy at ALL when the $$ completely dry up and the NFL folds up for good. 
GOOD RIDDANCE.