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re: Tommy Tuberville: Alabama has taken the fun out of college football
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:46 am to Lonnie Utah
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:46 am to Lonnie Utah
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Case in point. Jimmy Johnson and Nascar. Starting in 2005 Jimmy ripped off 5 championships in a row. Something that had never been done before in Nascar. He won 35 races during that stretch, roughly 20% of the total. The problem with that is/was that fans became complacent with the product, and both attendance and viewership dropped in the sport. It put the sport on a trajectory that it has yet to recover from. (some people will point to the recession of 2008 effecting attendance numbers. And it's true that hurt. But the recessions should have nothing to do with people staying at home and watching TV sets.)
Then why didn't the Bulls dynasty hurt the NBA? The Patriots dynasty hurt the NFL? Tiger Woods' dominance hurt the PGA? Dynastys actually help ratings.
Why We Demand Sports Dynasties, Not Parity
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Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:50 am to CCTider
Back in the day, you either loved the Yankees or hated them...it didn't hurt the sport, just put a "face" on the hero or the villain.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 10:11 am to CCTider
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Then why didn't the Bulls dynasty hurt the NBA? The Patriots dynasty hurt the NFL? Tiger Woods' dominance hurt the PGA? Dynastys actually help ratings.
What about John Wooden's UCLA teams? Wooden won 10 straight titles. Men's basketball seemed to survive.
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