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!
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.