WMAL Interview - SALLY JENKINS - 11.02.16

INTERVIEW — SALLY JENKINS – Sports Columnist and writer for Washington Post

The NFL is becoming more disturbing than appealing, and TV viewers are tuning out. (Washington Post/Sally Jenkins) – The NFL’s firm grip on the psyche is based in the fact that it’s the most real, live event on live television. Every game is a character-driven story and a high-speed chase in which the action and the stakes of a collision are genuine. But lately the NFL has seemed formulaic and lacking in a certain kind of authenticity. It’s no great mystery as to why the NFL’s ratings have been dropping: Viewers don’t especially like the stories they’re watching. The numbers are striking.