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You call yourself a football fan?
don bauder, while football has been named most popular sport in America for something like 30 years in a row, one must keep in mind that even though it is the most popular, only about 30-35 percent of fans think so. That means 65-70 percent favor other sports. It seems inevitable that at least one, if not more, sports will eventually gain popularity, thereby lessening that of football. However, you only need to take a look at the spectacle surrounding today's national signing day to see that time will not be coming any time soon. In my mind, there are two big differences that have hurt MLB. First is the length of the season. Baseball has always been my favorite sport, but even I get bored at some point in the season. The second reason, in my opinion, is the lingering affects of the 1994 strike. Polling numbers suggest that baseball hasn't been able to recover its popularity since then. Just my opinion. Opinions vary.— February 3, 2016 4:10 p.m.
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ponzi, I think it's way too soon to even begin to think that football is a doomed sport. I mean they are even playing American football in China, of all places.— February 3, 2016 3:48 p.m.
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don bauder I think you know very well what I meant. Inspire: to fill or affect with a specified feeling, thought, etc.:— February 3, 2016 3:43 p.m.
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don bauder Or those playing football, at any level, who are now all aware of the possible dangers, can help control their own destiny by simply stopping on their own now andno longer playing the game.— February 3, 2016 3:39 p.m.
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don bauder, Next season, when you watch a regular season game, try keeping track of the products and services advertised during the game. I would think you would be hard pressed to say you could simply do with out all of them. BTW, the current TV contracts run thru 2022. That money is guaranteed. Regardless of how few people tune in, the teams get their money. The boycott would have to be for years to affect the next contracts. And as for the advertisers, well you know what the money trail is for advertising dollars. That money might ultimately affect how much the contracts for broadcast rights are worth, but really, who is going to suffer if people boycotted those companies that advertise. Do you really think people boycotting Bud and Doritos are going to hurt the NFL? I don't.— February 3, 2016 1:25 p.m.
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At most, ticket sale are about 10 percent of a teams revenue. Not buying tickets would have little more effect than causing a reduction of the game day stadium staaff. And while those are generally low paying jobs with no benefits, it's likely that many, if not most, of those employed as such count on that additional income to survive.— February 3, 2016 1:14 p.m.
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don bauder Perhaps you didn't read my comment carefully enough. I said my choice in topic was inspired by the shenanigans of Frontiere and Davis. shenanigans: secret or dishonest activity or maneuvering— February 3, 2016 1:09 p.m.
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don bauder I can honestly say that I didn't choose it for any other reason than it was something that interested me at the time, inspired no doubt by the shenanigans of Georgia Frontiere and Al Davis.— February 3, 2016 9:23 a.m.
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don bauder, I happen to know someone very well who in the 90's wrote a pretty good MBA dissertation on the professional sports business, specifically the finance end of it as it applied to state and local municipalities participation in funding of such endeavors and the level of the professional team participation versus the financial impacts on the surrounding / participating communities— February 2, 2016 11:28 a.m.
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"Similarly, I wonder why an NFL team NEEDS anything beyond a field 100 yards by 160 feet on a well-maintained surface." Well, to begin with, the standard football field for high school, college and pro games is 362 feet by 62 feet, including 12" sideline and end zone borders. That doesn't include an additional 6 feet along the sidelines set aside for the chain crew and officials, another 6 feet for coaches and substitutional players only and another 24 feet for players and additional bench personnel. Any demands on stadium conditions is ridiculous only up to the point that someone agrees to them.— February 2, 2016 11:11 a.m.