The college attendance, might be impacted by the NFL shenanigans. People might be swearing off football altogether because of the NFL, instead of swearing off just the NFL.
A second reason might be the effect of concussions on players. People might be deciding that they are contributing to health problems for the players.
A third reason might be Call of Duty.
A fourth reason could be the lingering effects of the Obama economy. People may not have recovered enough to spend on sports. Or to afford college educations.
A family member invited me over to watch the game. He was using the game as a reason to gather a number of people socially. About half the people that came didn’t bother to watch the game.
It was the first game I had watched in literally years.
One thing I was amazed at, was the free wheeling the long game defenders had to interfere with the receivers.
These guys were climbing all over the receiver prior to the ball coming in, and not one call was made. These guys weren’t trying to catch the ball either. I believe one long receiver was actually tackled prior to the ball crossing his plane. He was on his back when the ball sailed over him. I don’t remember how he wound up down, but physical contact was part of it.
Why is this allowed?