The Status Quo of the NFL

[Bengalitis]

I must be getting old, reflecting on the NFL in my yoof and the current status of the NFL... and not to be sexist...but once women starting becoming more involved in it... it became more entertaiment focused than sport focused, which is understood because of its wider outreach market $$$. THe superbowl, the commercials, politics, military and social pandering and the endless extravagant prices and its marriage with the music industry has put the NFL in a place like, well Disney. ah! and not to mention its introduction officially to the gambling world.

I liked the NFL for its sport core and never for its current "entertainment" qualities. I find soccer more appealing now, they get on the field, play 45 min straight, short break, switch and game ends. The NFL halftime has been getting longer and longer. I suspect this is why high school football is very popular.


Where do you see the NFL in 20 yrs?

[*bengalfan74*]

I don't agree with everything you say, however for sure it's changed - a lot over the years. And some of that was inevitable, and some of it (IMHO) was completely unnecessary. I mean some of the changes just seem like change for change's sake.

I can't even imagine what the NFL will be 20 years from now.

[J24]

In 20 years the NFL will have 40 teams, 18 games seasons, and an NFL World Cup.

[Millhouse]

I've definitely become less interested in the NFL over the years, partly due to the Bengals being ran by the Brown family and I don't do fantasy leagues like in the old days, when we had drafts at a house and all that with buddies.

Also like you I've become a 'football' fan too, starting about 10 years ago or so. I got hooked on FIFA video games (now Ea Sports FC) around then which led to me watching Premier League games from England. And been a Premier League fan ever since. Not having commercial breaks for about 50 minutes is a huge bonus, plus the games are on in the mornings over here, so love starting out my weekends with them on tv then watching our football rest of day. And then they play thru April too.

But I don't watch MLS from over here, and probably never will since they made that move to Apple Streaming whiich I won't ever get. Crazy I can watch all Premier League games on Peacock for 6.99 month, but Apple charges like 16 or 17 a month for the team 30 minutes down the road.