NFL loses Viagra, Cialis as major sponsors

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TV ad sales for NFL games have been flaccid this offseason, and erectile dysfunction drugs are part of the reason.

Advertising Age reports that the makers of both Viagra and Cialis have declined to buy any advertisements on NFL games for the coming season. That’s a massive change for two products that were once among the top advertisers on NFL games.

The reason is apparently less about the NFL’s ratings decline last season than about pharmaceutical patents: Both Viagra and Cialis will soon be available as generic drugs, and therefore their makers no longer feel the need to advertise the name brands.

That’s bad news for the NFL’s network partners: Last season, the makers of Viagra and Cialis spent more than $50 million airing commercials during NFL games.
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Someone else will rise to the occasion and stimulate us in between plays
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Hopefully they find a replacement sponsor, like a liquor, that's nice and stiff, fits comfortably in the hand, and doesn't have too much of a heady flavor when supping from the top.
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This is a hard one to swallow for the NFL. Maybe they are seeing the NFL as a soft league, one that they do not want stroke any longer.
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For all the dysfunction taking place in the NFL front office... this one is difficult to penetrate.
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perhaps this will now provide the evidence of deflation Goodell has been searching for?
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