The National Football League has done nothing to recover during the off season from it’s miserable popularity ratings that are now at the lowest ever.

Rocked by the issues of players taking a knee during the playing of the National Anthem, overly long games, and scandalous players, just 35 percent say they have a favorable view of “America’s sport.”

[Related: NFL owners vote to change national anthem rule, will allow teams to set own player policies]

According to an Economist/YouGov poll taken May 27-29 another 47 percent have an “unfavorable” view of the NFL.





What's more, only 15 percent called the NFL a "top interest," and 37 percent said that they are "Not at all interested" in the games.

Many teams are already in early training camp and the season kicks off Thursday September 6 when the Atlanta Falcons play the 2018 Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles.

The new approval ratings follow a trend that Secrets charted last year in polling provided exclusively by the Winston Group and pollster David Winston.

In August of last year, Winston surveys put the approval rating of the NFL at 57 percent. In September, it had dropped to 44 percent favorable.

YouGov’s poll did find support for the new NFL policy on taking a knee. Under that rule, players who protest will be fined, though they can now stay in the locker room instead.

However, the public is still evenly split on the issue overall.