"I think the NFL is about 10 years away from an implosion"-Mark Cuban

[andre patton]

he makes a good point.

the thing is tho NFL is only on TV for like 20 weeks out of the year. The NBA is on TV like 40 weeks out of the year. The NFL has to squeeze every dime outta that 20 weeks.

I used to hate it 15 years ago when there was like 1 monday night game, and all the other games were on sunday. At max, every week I could only watch 3 NFL games (i never watch the first game on sundays...shyt came on at like 10am). the format now allows me to see more games and more exciting matchups.

 

[Sbp]

"pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered." Sounds like something would say.

 

[MikelArteta]

I wouldn't be mad if they got rid of Monday night football and switched it to Friday night. Had Sunday ticket and only wanted it for Redzone channel. They're screwing their own product especially with that channel. I still believe that when that tv money bubble burst, they will go to a ppv option and that's when folks will say the hell with this

cant broadcast games on friday night

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Broadcasting_Act_of_1961

friday night hs
saturday night college football

 

[Born2BKing]

Why do people get mad when there are games on Thursdays? If you don't want to see it, don't watch it. And isn't the NBA on like 5 out of 7 days a week?

 

[DrX]

he forgot the rule changes

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

cant broadcast games on friday night

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Broadcasting_Act_of_1961

friday night hs
saturday night college football

Like I said, they can get that act repealed easily if they want to.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Why do people get mad when there are games on Thursdays? If you don't want to see it, don't watch it. And isn't the NBA on like 5 out of 7 days a week?

Because, the NFL is bogarting it's way into spaces that it never needed to be in..... all for the sake of people buying the NFL package with their cable provider.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

That is a good point, but I also think the rule changes will eventually hurt them. They will keep fukking with the game until they go too far and they'll be no return.

 

[mastermind]

he right

 

[the next guy]

Is he lying? 25 years ago wasn't Baseball the biggest thing ever? Remember Boxing?

 

[Long Live The Kane]

i can't see it happening...at all...the nfl is too ingrained into americana...for it to decline it'd have to be a dramatic shift that won't happen in a decade

 

[intruder]

As annoying as he is that man speaks the truth. @ that good ol' boy network

 

[Danny Up]

Implosion? Not a chance. Ratings get better every year. Even those trash ass Thursday night games did well. I wish it were true, but it's tough to see at this point.

Ratings are bogus. Always have been, always will be. It's a good scam for ad revenue but not much else.

 

[bignell]

I'll say it now like I said then ..Roger Goddell is the worse thing that has happened to the league..The only thing he cares about is the bottom dollar,and while he's on this money chase he's diluting the product.This game thats being played today is nothing like it was just a decade ago..

 

[Piff Perkins]

One of the biggest problems with Thursday Night Football is that it's going to start making weekend/Monday games less enticing. There was a time when MNF was an event. But over the last few years SNF has had better matches imo, by a mile. So far TNF has been broadcasting games I really couldn't care less about, but with the CBS deal I'd imagine they're going to have to pull in some big teams/players to really capitalize on things. They'll be weakening the appeal of SNF/MNF by increasing the amount of trash games they get.

I'd be fine with like, one Thursday game a month. Every Thursday is overkill.