09-13-2023, 08:33 PM
(09-13-2023, 05:42 PM)Au165 Wrote: Mbappe just got a contract paying him $128 million per year. No one in soccer is worried about his money or the game or whatever.
How does it erode the simplicity, how does it saturate the market? That doesn't really make any sense. How is it showing in the past few years? Attendance is up, revenue is up, viewership is up. These all feel like weird personally held views backed by nothing other than your own thoughts. This was the same thing people said back when QB's got 10 million, it wasn't true then and isn't true now.
How people view content in general is changing. They aren't doing it for the sake of change the demographics of emerging markets are changing. The NFL is still the most watched thing on television period. The hall of fame game, a game that is so awful by exhibition standards, still rates higher than other leagues championship games. There is nothing showing any sort of slowdown in the NFL.
This also doesn't acknowledge that the NFL, will move international in the next decade. Their TV deal with Europe has been super cheap because they have been trying to expand interest in the game. They just signed a new 100 Million dollar per year deal to do global distribution. That deal will be come more lucrative as they eventually place a division in Europe.
Look at it this way, a bunch of really smart people just paid 6 Billion dollars for the Commanders with full league and team financials. They didn't do so because there were "signs" of it slowing down. This thing is a rocket ship and the most lucrative investment in the world right now as everyone wants in the club and the NFL is super selective of who can get in.
Simplicity = Common Man and Saturate the Market = Future Payment of NFL Players. Is the era gone where the common man can pay for a ticket to go see his team? I would state yes, or at least it is getting to this point. Future payment of NFL Players when the next Joe Burrow or Mahomes comes along and they need them to keep the League interesting will they be paying like I stated before half a Billion dollars to one individual? The answer at this trajectory would be yes, I do not see how the common person can relate to the NFL on a financial or an emotional level since so much money is involved. I find money usually takes a lot of authenticity away from anything perhaps... I am wrong on this assessment but it does feel the NFL is now more for upper than middle or lower fans. Also example the Super Bowl Joe himself said it did not feel like a game. Etc.
