[Dave W]

There are tons of people on waiting lists. The NFL teams will always have people who want to see the games in person. The big money is TV, though.

[DennisR]

You are probably right. Not a big deal to fill a stadium with 70k people from a large metropolis. If TV ratings fall, that will be the biggest indication of where things are going. I have watched about 10 minutes of NFL this year except for when I was at someone else’s home where a game was on. Pretty much dead to me...

[Newbomb Turk]

Lots of those people on season ticket waiting lists are between 40 and 65, are successful and have disposable income.

Many realize how lucky they were to be born in American too and still have patriotism.

So time will tell.

[Fightin Whitey]

There are tons of people on waiting lists

How does that jibe with this?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

There are tons of people on waiting lists. The NFL teams will always have people who want to see the games in person.

Waiting lists are usually free. Putting actual money down - thousands of dollars for seat rights in newer stadiums plus hundreds or thosands more for the actual season tickets - is another story.

The NFL is facing a perfect storm of overpriced seats due to owner greed and a PR disaster in kneeling players. An overpriced, increasingly unpopular product is no way to do business.

[EC Washington]

The rotten Chicago Bears have a 10 year wait list for High end season tickets and Corporate Boxes, but have 50% no shows on game day in cheap seat season tickets sections.