Why does it seem like the NFL is in a race against time?

[mastermind]

Would still beat the breaks off of Pinky.

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

Wrong.

Wrong on every level.

The physicality of the game isn't what makes the NFL the NFL, it's the fact that they play 1 game a week, and it's a single elimination tournament to determine the champion. Add in the fact that players are on non-guaranteed contracts (meaning they're willing to play through missing limbs to get their next pay day), and you have guaranteed drama and intensity no matter who's playing.

Surprise surprise--America's other sporting obsession--March Madness, follows a similar structure. Single elimination tournament with guys playing for that NBA pay day.

But for the rest of the sports landscape? With people having 1000 cable channels to chose from, the days are long gone of people sitting down to watch 162 baseball games, or even 82 nba/nhl games, for that matter.

Please don't take the opinions of the posters on here to be a cross section of American life--the NBA does not rule the sports landscape. It's a nice alternative to the NFL, but it's not like it's in a neck and neck race with them.

Now, the demise of the NFL will come when other sports realize that, and adjust their schedules accordingly. If the NBA stopped guaranteeing contracts, and the teams played 24 games a year, with a single elimination tournament to determine a champion--it would take over the NFL in popularity in 5 years. NBA cities would be building bigger arenas, putting 100,000 people in a gym to watch a wild card game.

If you disagree, that's fine, but all things considered--the NFL actually puts the worst product on the field of any of the 4 major sports. Everything is reviewed, there are too many commercial breaks, the officiating is way too inconsistent, injuries keep star players out of the game from the day mini camps open, teams are eliminated from playoff contention before Halloween because such a small subsection of teams make the playoffs, and those that do are often times inferior division winners who are making it at the expense of wild card teams that have more talent--like the Cardinals last year, or anyone from the AFC central or west this year (barring the raiders). The NFL itself has BEEN broken, but drama sells.

Once the other 4 major sports address the folly of best-of-sevens in this day and age, we can begin to discuss the downfall of the NFL

 

[Jerz-2]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/11...t-to-warn-everyone-about-dangers-of-football/

Heavy handed and very melodramatic, but gave me pause.

That guy is a p*ssy and so is his opinion.

These bleeding heart fakkits need to leave football the fukk alone. It's been perfectly fine for decades without all the pom-pom cheering from all the "Easily Offended R Us" ilk.

White people always fukkin' up ere'thing. Go harass MMA or boxing, you pasty fukks.

 

[Malta]

@Malta running toward this thread with the quickness

it took you this long to get this? :avbface:

:YesYes:


The league is on borrowed time

 

[Thizzlam]

Wrong.

Wrong on every level.

The physicality of the game isn't what makes the NFL the NFL, it's the fact that they play 1 game a week, and it's a single elimination tournament to determine the champion. Add in the fact that players are on non-guaranteed contracts (meaning they're willing to play through missing limbs to get their next pay day), and you have guaranteed drama and intensity no matter who's playing.

Surprise surprise--America's other sporting obsession--March Madness, follows a similar structure. Single elimination tournament with guys playing for that NBA pay day.

But for the rest of the sports landscape? With people having 1000 cable channels to chose from, the days are long gone of people sitting down to watch 162 baseball games, or even 82 nba/nhl games, for that matter.

Please don't take the opinions of the posters on here to be a cross section of American life--the NBA does not rule the sports landscape. It's a nice alternative to the NFL, but it's not like it's in a neck and neck race with them.

Now, the demise of the NFL will come when other sports realize that, and adjust their schedules accordingly. If the NBA stopped guaranteeing contracts, and the teams played 24 games a year, with a single elimination tournament to determine a champion--it would take over the NFL in popularity in 5 years. NBA cities would be building bigger arenas, putting 100,000 people in a gym to watch a wild card game.

If you disagree, that's fine, but all things considered--the NFL actually puts the worst product on the field of any of the 4 major sports. Everything is reviewed, there are too many commercial breaks, the officiating is way too inconsistent, injuries keep star players out of the game from the day mini camps open, teams are eliminated from playoff contention before Halloween because such a small subsection of teams make the playoffs, and those that do are often times inferior division winners who are making it at the expense of wild card teams that have more talent--like the Cardinals last year, or anyone from the AFC central or west this year (barring the raiders). The NFL itself has BEEN broken, but drama sells.

Once the other 4 major sports address the folly of best-of-sevens in this day and age, we can begin to discuss the downfall of the NFL

 

[godkiller]

OP is broaching a Hasty Generalization logical fallacy. He is assuming that because the NFL is involved in recent scandal, that means the league is "running out of time". I don't see any evidence suggesting the league's downfall anytime soon. From a ratings standpoint, football is as popular as it's ever been.

 

[Stone]

I think it's already reached the point of "too big to fail".

 

[Piff Huxtable]

NFL is like a young thick bytch with no qualms about about taking nuts to the face. You just gotta enjoy it while it lasts breh because when it turns into Pinky circa 2014 all you will have is memories .

excellent analogy breh

does that mean Wild Card Weekend = Pinky's fart compilation?

 

[Malta]

OP is broaching a Hasty Generalization logical fallacy. He is assuming that because the NFL is involved in recent scandal, that means the league is "running out of time". I don't see any evidence suggesting the league's downfall anytime soon. From a ratings standpoint, football is as popular as it's ever been.

Except for the fact youth football and HS football participation levels are dropping around the country, there doesn't need to be a scandal when all this info about head injuries just keeps on coming :hmmm2:

 

[FTBS]

excellent analogy breh

does that mean Wild Card Weekend = Pinky's fart compilation?

dikk sucking for Dummies

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Except for the fact youth football and HS football participation levels are dropping around the country, there doesn't need to be a scandal when all this info about head injuries just keeps on coming :hmmm2:

This is going to be the death knell and there isn't anything the NFL can do about it. LeBron was an allstate WR/TE and has freak genes and he said that his boys can't play football. Many other people are saying and doing the same thing. That's why I said the writing on the wall. Change doesn't come overnight but if you look around, you see the seeds getting sown all over so that in the future, you will see the harvest. One being a world where the NFL is nowhere near as popular as it is today or maybe even nonexistent. Lots of sports have had their time in the sun as America's most popular. Boxing, Horse Racing, Baseball and now Football. I think with the popularity of the league, all things equal, would have stood the strong. The well is drying up, it'll just take some years for it to bear fruit.

 

[TheyCallMeAzul]

This is going to be the death knell and there isn't anything the NFL can do about it. LeBron was an allstate WR/TE and has freak genes and he said that his boys can't play football. Many other people are saying and doing the same thing. That's why I said the writing on the wall. Change doesn't come overnight but if you look around, you see the seeds getting sown all over so that in the future, you will see the harvest. One being a world where the NFL is nowhere near as popular as it is today or maybe even nonexistent. Lots of sports have had their time in the sun as America's most popular. Boxing, Horse Racing, Baseball and now Football. I think with the popularity of the league, all things equal, would have stood the strong. The well is drying up, it'll just take some years for it to bear fruit.

LeBron, Obama are a couple of the most influential in the world in their respective fields & they're openly against it. Then you have all-time greats like Favre, AP openly against letting their kids play. And I know I won't let mine play either when the time comes. I think the well of players will eventually run dry unless some unforeseen safety advancements come about soon. I hope so. I don't wanna live in a world without football

 

[Brozay]

NFL is like a young thick bytch with no qualms about about taking nuts to the face. You just gotta enjoy it while it lasts breh because when it turns into Pinky circa 2014 all you will have is memories .

THIS ANALOGY

 

[Monster]

the older i get, the more i appreciate the startegy involved in football, and the less i think it's about the violence, so aybe it can survive without being as violent.

 

[resurrection]

I love how they try to blame football for off the field violence. At no point do they wonder: is it a common personality trait that makes one violent, that also draws them to games like football? It's like agendas are more important than rational thought.