While I agree with Cuban's three separate points (the NFL and its owners are outrageously greedy, the sport now airs on too many nights, the NFL will see a steep decline in its popularity in the next 10 years), I don't think the first two connect with the third like he does. At this point, the league is obsessed with television revenue, and God knows if there are networks and channels willing to back up dump trucks of cash to obtain the rights to it, it's hard to say no. No one can say with a straight face that the idea of teams playing on three days rest produce good product (and it's only the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 that's stopping the NFL from playing Friday and Saturday nights for almost all the year). And I do think the sport is due for a major decline in popularity. But that decline is going to be less with over-saturation of product (if that's the case, no one would be watching college football) and more with the slowly growing realization that the sport is too dangerous to play at any level. There's frequently discussion of a fear that a player will die on the field, but I don't see that happening. What I see happening is the sport dying from the ground up: fewer and fewer participants at the high school level, which translates to fewer and fewer players (and decreased quality) at the college level, which translates to a significantly decreased quality on the pro level. Or, alternatively, someone finally sues the pants off someone at some level and *wins*, which causes a ripple effect across the sport (i.e., a family sues a school district after their son is disabled in a game, arguing that the information now available shows that football as a sport is not and cannot be made safe, the parents win, the district stops the sport, other districts realizing that they're one bad hit away from that do the same, insurance companies start telling districts they won't cover them if they offer football, and everyone bails).
There's a reason the NFL covers itself in pink for the entire month of October, and it has nothing to do with caring about woman's health issues. On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > ESPN > DFW<http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/_/id/10662203/dallas-mavericks-owner-mark-cuban-says-greedy-nfl-10-years-away-implosion>(link): > The billionaire/NBA team owner fears the eventual takeover of every > night in season with League games... "when you've got a good thing and you > get greedy, it always... turns on you. That's rule #1 of business." An > executive of his home state's Cowboys disputes. > > B > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
