[semantic]

Professional football has never been about football; it's always been about entertainment. Oh sure, maybe some of the original founders might have had a football background, but the financial backers were interested in the public relations, marketing and advertising opportunities. Hence, names such as the Green Bay "Packers".

What seems to confuse a lot of people is mistakenly thinking the sporting aspects which were emphasized during the 'golden years' (60s-90s) were some kind of morally superior metric. They weren't - rather, football athleticism is what sold to the viewing masses during that era. The problem, however, with all mature businesses which reach a certain market saturation, is they can't achieve any further growth locked into their traditional base(s).

So, what do they do? Why, they look outside their traditional core of course. That means, for the NFL, women & families. But, to appear to females & families, the NFL needed to expand their selling points aka appeal to other aspects other that just a sports entertainment vehicle delivering athleticism & competition.

The end result is what we see today; in pursuing new markets, the NFL is quickly losing the support of its core base fans. Same is true for NASCAR, etc, etc, etc. My guess right now is that there are plenty of discussions occurring right now debating the direction the league wants to take. Perhaps a few understand the need to get back to basics, but are facing resistance from others that are still able to increase franchise value from a mixed appeal.

Ultimately, and this happens every time in every market, a fire alarm goes off and there's a mad rush to preserve the business before it goes into some kind of death spiral. NASCAR already seems ot be there - I wonder how long the NFL will take.

[Professional]

Well stated. Most of the time when a major buffoon of an organization goes the wrong way, the idiots in charge will double down on their efforts.

Look for the NFL very soon to do something bizarre. Perhaps embed the BLM logo on every helmet? Mandate percentages of black minimum diversity standards, mandate female or LGBT players, STOP playing the national anthem in stadiums, ????

Something is going to happen, and I’ll bet it’s about 2-3 games into the season as ratings “mysteriously” fall.

[Luke21]

Packers were named after the ACME Meat Packers. What are you talking about? That wasn’t a public relations move.