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The 10% ratings slump seemed to quantify the myriad problems facing the NFL. Some people even wondered whether it was the beginning of the end for the powerhouse league.
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Still, what happened last year was a wakeup call. Despite its strength, the league faces challenges as the 2017 season kicks off.
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To speed up games and keep viewers engaged, the NFL is considering a play clock after extra points and touchdowns and will limit overtime periods to 10 minutes instead of 15.
It's also trying to change how it structures commercials so there are fewer breaks in the action. Fox Sports will use six second commercials to shorten advertising breaks.
Shanks said the league has also made the early season games more entertaining.
They "really built a great first half schedule," he said.
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Related: Houston teams and athletes step up for hurricane relief49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began taking a knee during the national anthem last year to protest the treatment of black Americans, especially by police. Power study of more than 9,200 fans showed that only 3% of viewers who tuned out cited those protests as a reason. Still, it had an impact.
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Kaepernick remains unsigned, and many think he's being punished for speaking out. Look for this to be an ongoing storyline in 2017. In 2014, Ray Rice was suspended only two games after video showed him dragging his fiancee's body out of an elevator. The backlash led the league to toughen its domestic violence policy.
But the NFL is still figuring out how to handle the issue of domestic violence.
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Last September, the NFL announced wholesale jerseys a $100 million concussion initiative aimed at making the game safer. Of that $60 million will go to tech innovation and $40 million will go to medical research.
But there's enough concern that parents are keeping their kids out of football participation from 2010 to 2012 was down 9.5%, according to a 2013 study by ESPN.
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