[LostInBayport]

I spent over $800 to take 3 of my boys to game in Jacksonville 15 years ago.

That is a sad comparison you made. The average family has been priced out of large swaths of traditional American entertainment. A friend recently shared with me the cost of taking her family of four to DisneyWorld. I got momentarily lightheaded contemplating that amount of money. My folks took me when I was a kid eons ago, and that broke the budget (even though we drove there). Today we would have been the family that simply couldn't afford to go...ever.

[FatherofFive]

The average family has been priced out of large swaths of traditional American entertainment.

There are lots of alternatives. High School football is a great deal. Minor league baseball (even though I hate baseball!) is a good night out with friends. College sports is not cheap but always fun.

I could never afford to go to Disney as a child, but was fortunate to live in Jacksonville and Disney was a day trip. Best time to go is October.

But I don't believe the NFL understands the demographic changes, and the economic realities that will hit them very soon.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Several years ago I was in Detroit for the MAC Championship Game at Ford Field, think I paid about $30 for a seat. I noted that the Lions and Cowboys were playing the following day so I checked on getting a ticket, it started at $250.

I was much more comfortable watching the game from my recliner.

Now I follow college football and rarely know what is happening in the NFL. I did take an interest during Carolina’s Superbowl run (I loved how the Panthers gave TD balls to kids) and I was a Cam Fan. Until Cam proved himself a perfumed prince and stepped back from his fumble.