07-16-2015, 12:34 PM
(07-16-2015, 11:39 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Football today is far less violent and far more profitable than it was in the 60s and 70s. I suppose you thought people were going to stop watching when the NFL told Night Train Lane to stop doing this:Very poor analogy IMO.
What? I can't do that to Tom Brady? Nuts to this sport, let's all go watch something else!
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NFL didn't even merge until the 69's. Back then Football wasn't even very popular. Back then ticket sales accounted for almost 60 percent of football's total revenue; today broadcast contracts account for about half of the revenue.
Also, the OP was about being "most popular" NOT people just stop watching.
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