11-03-2017, 01:30 PM
(11-03-2017, 01:21 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: http://theramswire.usatoday.com/2017/09/27/nfl-los-angeles-rams-attendance-worst-2017/
https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2017/9/17/16322710/rams-chargers-attendance-usc-texas
LA has been a flop. When you see the photo's of a half-empty (being conservative) stadium that seats over 90k, it's clear there isn't 73,000 people in those stands. The Chargers have a stadium that seats 27k and haven't even been at full capacity for some of these games.
Sure the NFL isn't hurting now that we can see, but it's a death by 1000 cuts thing. If I owned stock in the NFL, I would've sold a long time ago.
It's clearly on the decline, all things considered.
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.
Poo Dey
