Are National Anthem Protests Costing The NFL Viewership?

DENVER (CBS4) – It seems as though everyone watches the NFL.
Some, though, are beginning to turn the channel, as more and more national anthem protests occur before games.
“Sports used to not be a stage for this, and now it is, so I’m turning it off,” James Olson told CBSDetroit.com.
Olson is not alone.
Opening night’s Panthers vs. Broncos game earlier this month had 25.2 million viewers, according to Forbes, which was by far the largest viewership in tele