11-03-2017, 01:47 PM
(11-03-2017, 01:30 PM)jason Wrote: Agreed.
I think it was you that brought up Mark Cuban's statement from years ago. The NFL has tried to dominate the entire calendar year. They play games on Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturdays as the season rolls on. They stretch the draft out for days and moved it back to compete with the NHL and NBA Playoffs. It's hit a point of oversaturation. I wonder how bad off it'd be without the gambling ( by far the easiest sport for it), and fantasy football. Personally I wouldn't watch any other teams play without that. Unfortunately the Bengals have drained me to the point that I care more about my fantasy team than them this year.
I think the NFL was primed for a fall for all the reasons you listed, then the protests (mainly politics being infused due to them) was the crowbar that broke the camel's back. People follow sports for an escape. Now we have to hear commentators talk politics after the latest kneel session. Our sports sites look like yahoo news or MSNBC.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
