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re: I believe football is dying.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:27 pm to NYCAuburn
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:27 pm to NYCAuburn
quote:I'll be honest, I didn't read his points. But, the biggest threat to football is that the concussion issue is causing a rapid decline in youth participation in football even in football crazed places like Alabama. If that trend continues, I suspect it will kill football as we know it today.
Because compared to 10-15 years ago all your points are irrelevant
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Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:29 pm to ForeverGator
If Mexicans keep flooding into the US and breed like rats, football will eventually be taken over by soccer. Won't happen in our lifetimes though.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:33 pm to Austin Cajun
Pearl Jam is correct. It's about the concussion issue.
And we Mexicans frick like snakes. We don't "breed like rats".
And we Mexicans frick like snakes. We don't "breed like rats".
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:35 pm to ForeverGator
truth
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:41 pm to ForeverGator
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I believe football is dying.
No, it's not dying, but you make some pretty good points. The ticket prices, the way the NFL conducts business, brain conditions, and yes, many parents are now very concerned about letting their kids play football.
Edit: but one day it may die, and I can see why, but not in our lifetime.
This post was edited on 2/4/16 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:44 pm to PearlJam
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But, the biggest threat to football is that the concussion issue is causing a rapid decline in youth participation in football even in football crazed places
Highly agree with this. And maybe I spoke too soon in my other post saying it's not dying, implying it's not dying at all.
20 years ago I would have let my kid play football. Today, no.
Edit: if any of you have a chance, watch 'Friday Night Tykes'.
This post was edited on 2/4/16 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:45 pm to ForeverGator
Television can hurt attendance but there is a lot more money in it so who cares.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:46 pm to ForeverGator
I believe your father is gonna die if you keep starting these terrible threads.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:49 pm to Jacknola
The bama and SEC dynasty are bad for college football and concession issue is real. ( had some bad ones)
Ticket prices are pricing middle class families out of football. Even tiger stadium is nothing like it was ten years ago because all the rapid fans have been replaced by corporate ticket holders. This has peaked and bubble will soon bust.
It may one day be like gladiators of the ancient age. Poor people playing and getting injured for the entertainment of the elite
Ticket prices are pricing middle class families out of football. Even tiger stadium is nothing like it was ten years ago because all the rapid fans have been replaced by corporate ticket holders. This has peaked and bubble will soon bust.
It may one day be like gladiators of the ancient age. Poor people playing and getting injured for the entertainment of the elite
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:50 pm to TutHillTiger
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concession issue is real.
If those hotdogs don't stop giving players brain damage then we are in trouble.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 3:54 pm to ForeverGator
If we re being real, that headbutt probably did not hurt at all and the only reason that guy fell is because he is playing soccer and that is what youre supposed to do because it is a game for sissy men.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 4:16 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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football may have peaked, but I don't see it "dying" or anything close to it for the foreseeable future
This is where I fall on the issue.
There are 30,000 fewer football players nationally than there were in 2009. So the exponential growth has most definitely halted.
The sport will probably plateau for a LONG time at or somewhere not far below the current level. Which, honestly, is fine with me in the long run.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 4:57 pm to Jon Ham
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Saban is killing college football.
Mark Richt has lost control of college football.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 5:04 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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Lacrosse is an expensive sport.
????
A stick and a helmet? I can see more expensive than basketball but not near as expensive as football.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 6:27 pm to PearlJam
Yep. I think the CTE thing will eventually kill football, not lack of appeal or popularity.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 7:28 pm to genro
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it's a sport for Euro girly men I guess if that's your thing.
I beg to differ
This post was edited on 2/4/16 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 2/4/16 at 8:31 pm to Jon Ham
quote:i think this is more about millennials than saban. he might be causing bama fatigue but he sure isn't causing football fatigue
Saban is killing college football
Posted on 2/4/16 at 8:36 pm to ForeverGator
I think football is most popular with those 35 and older. Younger folks like football but are into other sports, soccer etc. Once you hit your 50s you are less likely to go to games; that's why you're seeing the attendance drop. Add Bama fatigue, ticket prices, and kids who assalt women while their school covers it up and there u go.
Posted on 2/4/16 at 8:37 pm to DesignTiger
quote:football attendance is not just about prices. it's about the sensibilities of millennials. they just aren't as football crazy as past generations.
Ticket prices are too high, concessions are too high, parking is too high. Too expensive to attend for most families.
past generations have lucrative jobs and could afford to fund the arms race. that is shifting to the millennials who are much more entitlement oriented. they're asking what football is going to do for them instead of the other way around.
quote:i'm not sure what you mean here. you could say cfb has never been as competitive as it is now.
Lack of true competition among schools.
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