To: dowcaet
Guarantee there's already MBA case studies being prepared to analyze how such entertainment stalwarts like NASCAR and the NFL could have fallen so far, so fast.
My thesis - which I keep repeating - is that significant rot had already set in. Much like a diseased tree falling when a major storm moves in, the NFL was already vulnerable. They had essentially killed the pace & flow through commercial/penalty interruptions. The league had already embarrassed itself with pathetic attempts towards virtue signalling in an effort to appeal to a broader advertising base.
All this resentment and growing disinterest was already manifest; all it required was a spark. Kap and the anti-American protests are what lit the fire. Now the boycott is spreading for no other reason than to stick it to yet another debauched entertainment vehicle no different than the rest of Hollywood.
53 posted on
09/21/2017 8:19:12 AM PDT by
semantic
To: semantic
Good points. The NFL is injecting politics into their sport and people are starting to tune out!
56 posted on
09/21/2017 8:22:03 AM PDT by
dowcaet
To: semantic
... how such entertainment stalwarts like NASCAR and the NFL could have fallen so far, so fast.
I think part of it is due to the lust for iron control at the top. It's the No Fun League, when you can get fined for carrying a Sharpie pen in your pocket to autograph a ball and give it to a fan after you score a touchdown. Individuality--you must GO!
The NFL has broomed out veterans in favor of cheap rookies, because we're supposed to cheer for the shirts, not for the players. NASCAR has promoted a new generation of polite Boy Scout drivers who drive safe in identical cars that are not allowed to take advantage of modern automotive technology. Instead of a test-bed for technological advancement, racing is now a bureaucratic bog.
74 posted on
09/21/2017 9:03:16 AM PDT by
Colinsky
To: semantic
I’m in solid agreement with your analysis.
98 posted on
09/21/2017 11:32:59 AM PDT by
tomkat
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