NFL making some changes....

[Trip]

Professional football, America’s most popular and profitable sport, is preparing to tackle a glaring weakness: Stadiums are increasingly empty.

As part of sweeping changes designed to give teams more flexibility to fill their seats, the National Football League is watering down its controversial TV “blackout” rule. And this season, for the first time, fans in the stadium will be able to watch the same instant replays the referees see during reviews of controversial calls.

The league also is planning to introduce wireless Internet in every stadium and to create smartphone apps that could let fans listen to players wearing microphones on the field.

With declines in ticket sales each of the past five years, average game attendance is down 4.5% since 2007, while broadcast and online viewership is soaring.

In hopes that professional football can mimic the wild stadium atmosphere typical of college football games, the NFL says it has “liberalized” its restraints on crowd noise. Stadiums will now be free to rile up crowds with video displays, and public-address announcers will no longer be restrained from inciting racket when the opposing offense faces a crucial third down.

 

[Danny Up]

Everything but lower ticket prices and concessions.

 

[Trip]

Everything but lower ticket prices and concessions.

Shocking right.

NFL package needs to be available to every cable company as well.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

I'd really like to see this wifi plan cause I've been to several stadiums that offer it and it's still horrible as fukk. And thats still not enough. The home viewing experience trumps just about anything they can do. Do away with PSLs & overcharging for mediocre product an then they might stand a chance of an increase

 

[King Jove]

while nothing beats the feeling of going to an nfl game, watching it from the comforts of your home on a 50 inch hdtv is not too bad

ac on 70 degrees

laying down on the leather sofa in some sweatpants and some jordan sandals

don't have to worry about paying for parking

cheaper beer and food than at the stadium

clean bathroom

 

[yseJ]

lower the fukking ticket prices.

 

[Absolut]

while nothing beats the feeling of going to an nfl game, watching it from the comforts of your home on a 50 inch hdtv is not too bad

ac on 70 degrees

laying down on the leather sofa in some sweatpants and some jordan sandals

don't have to worry about paying for parking

cheaper beer and food than at the stadium

clean bathroom

best part. being able to freely watch whatever game you want, or having multiple tvs set up and seeing more than one game at once

 

[PortCityProphet]

Saints aint worried

Ticket sales around the NFL are down, but for the New Orleans Saints, business has been booming. A Wall Street Journal report on Friday revealed that the Saints have the top attendance in terms of stadium capacity percentage in the league.

The Saints' game attendance averaged 107.4 percent of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome total capacity in 2011, just above the Dallas Cowboys for first in the NFL. The Superdome averaged 73,041 fans per game, though the stadium's total capacity is listed at 68,000.

The article said that game attendance averages are down 4.5 percent since 2007, while the Saints have sold out season tickets since 2006. The team said that the waiting list to buy season tickets for the 2012 season exceeds 50,000.

too bad tickets cost so damn much for me to go

 

[Trip]

Saints aint worried




too bad tickets cost so damn much for me to go

That city is something else. People LOVE that team...

 

[King Jove]

best part. being able to freely watch whatever game you want, or having multiple tvs set up and seeing more than one game at once

nfl redzone

 

[Hammer]

Football Fell Off Years Ago..

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

lower the fukking ticket prices.

Good luck with that. Owners don't give a fukk about the economy.

 

[Absolut]

Football Fell Off Years Ago..

 

[Trip]

Football Fell Off Years Ago..

the game experience has fallen off....its still a cash cow.

 

[Hammer]

Only Reason I Still Care/Watch It Is For Fantasy Football