If football sucks so much and people care so little about it, why have the last two Super Bowls been the most watched television programs in American history?
Just because people may watch it, does that mean it is followed as it was 25 years ago? Sports have become businesses. How do they base their add revenue? By the number of people watching. What happened when newspapers were finally brought to task on their real circulation and readership numbers? Ad revenue plummeted. The super bowl is not about bringing 2 teams together, its about creating an expectation of viewers so add sales can be driven. I just dont think it has the pull as it did before.
In reality, its a boring game. Think about it, LA is the largest media market in the world, and we have been without a football team for 15 years. How do you explain that? Here in southern california we have millions of things we are involved in, rather than to give our time, money and attention to a sports team. I mean seriously, fan loyalty is a contrived marketing gimmick. That team is not “loyal” to you, it doesn’t give a crap how you feel about them, just buy their stuff. You don’t own a piece of the team. You have no impactful say in who gets traded where, or how some dope performs or doesnt, regardless how much you talk about it with your buddies. I mean really at the end of the day, what does it possibly matter?.... It doesn’t. It has all be created as an illusion of importance. Marketing baby.
Just because people may watch it, does that mean it is followed as it was 25 years ago? Sports have become businesses. How do they base their add revenue? By the number of people watching. What happened when newspapers were finally brought to task on their real circulation and readership numbers? Ad revenue plummeted. The super bowl is not about bringing 2 teams together, its about creating an expectation of viewers so add sales can be driven. I just dont think it has the pull as it did before.
In reality, its a boring game. Think about it, LA is the largest media market in the world, and we have been without a football team for 15 years. How do you explain that? Here in southern california we have millions of things we are involved in, rather than to give our time, money and attention to a sports team. I mean seriously, fan loyalty is a contrived marketing gimmick. That team is not “loyal” to you, it doesn’t give a crap how you feel about them, just buy their stuff. You don’t own a piece of the team. You have no impactful say in who gets traded where, or how some dope performs or doesnt, regardless how much you talk about it with your buddies. I mean really at the end of the day, what does it possibly matter?.... It doesn’t. It has all be created as an illusion of importance. Marketing baby.