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Will NFL Mean No Fans Left?
BillLawrenceOnline.Com ^ | 10-30-10

Posted on 10/30/2010 2:18:03 PM PDT by Tribune7

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To: darkangel82

2010 has also been one big fail for the Dallas Cowboys, too.


81 posted on 10/31/2010 5:42:17 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (HEY, NAZI PELOUSY, ON NOVEMBER 2, WE WILL DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: TigerClaws

What I like is how the NFL is fooling themselves into thinking it’s the economy, its not. They are pricing themselves out of popularity with $50.00 parking, $10.00 12 oz draft beers, $8.00 hot dogs..etc. People eventually see that ‘the stadium experience’ is nothing but price gouging.


82 posted on 11/01/2010 5:31:05 AM PDT by ratzoe (damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
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To: Smber; All

Frankly, I tuned out when they had a spanish broadcast at the end of September, followed by men wearing PINK for breast cancer awareness month. I like my football non-political, thank you very much, and find far greater satisfaction watching college football (anyone else watch the Oregon game Saturday?)


83 posted on 11/01/2010 11:52:18 AM PDT by bt_dooftlook (Democrats - the party of Amnesty, Abortion, and Adolescence)
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To: ratzoe

And when people go to Cowboys Stadium to watch a game, what do they do? (other than gag), they watch the big screen. Heck, I can do that at home.


84 posted on 11/01/2010 11:54:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Texas Rangers -Thanks for a great season.)
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To: RayChuang88
Remember, before that lockout, the NHL was a regular fixture on ESPN; that lockout resulted in the NHL being forced to a contract on Versus network on weekday nights and NBC on weekends.

A lot of that was the NHL's fault. They insisted on getting paid for broadcast rights, and ESPN decided it wasn't worth the cost. If they had just given away broadcast rights to ESPN, or even paid them to broadcast the games, the returns they would have gotten due to increased exposure would have more than paid for any lost revenue.

Once upon a time, ESPN and ESPN2 were regularly doing 4-5 NHL games a week, and showing doubleheaders (and sometimes even more, between the two stations) during the playoffs.

85 posted on 11/01/2010 12:05:41 PM PDT by kevkrom (De-fund Obamacare in 2011, repeal in 2013!)
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To: TruthHound; BluH2o

No kidding. But it’s over now.

But for the first couple of weeks, it was awfully irritating. They seem to have decreased the amount of pink accessories over the past couple of weeks.


86 posted on 11/01/2010 12:11:14 PM PDT by swarthyguy (KIDS! Deficit, Debt,Taxes!Pfft Lookit the bright side of our legacy -Ummrika is almost SmokFrei!)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

I mostly agree with what you’ve said there, but I beg to differ in one respect. The NHL’s “decline” over the last 20 years has really been exaggerated. While free agency, the salary cap and expansion have diluted the talent and eliminated the whole idea of “team chemistry” in the NHL, it should also be noted that the flood of Europeans in the league since the early 1980s has really elevated the talent level.


87 posted on 11/01/2010 4:02:48 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Let the Eastern bastards freeze in the dark.")
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To: All

As long as there is a point spread, there will always be fans.


88 posted on 11/01/2010 4:22:26 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (Sometimes the road less traveled.... is less traveled for a reason.)
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