I was having a conversation with a coworker a little while ago about football & it's future. He believes-and I tend to concur-that football has already hit it's peak & that twenty years from now, it won't be the behemoth that it is now. It might even become a niche sport, popular in certain regions (CA, TX, the South), but not nationwide.
What do you think? Where does football stand/look like in 2038?
For me personally, the CTE issue is huge. While I still love watching the Giants & football in general, I feel somewhat guilty watching guys try to kill each other & knowing that some of these guys won't even remember their names ten years after they call it quits.
NFL Network was showing flag football this weekend. That’s where we’re headed.
Ohh it definitely matters. And using your example, most soccer fans were interested in the first place because they played it.
Football likely peaked, IMO. It’s why they are hoping to go international because the domestic audience is tapped out and the only way to go is down. It’s also got a ton of issue both on field and off that people are getting tired of.
Those that think it won’t decline are in denial, IMO.
But I believe the OP was not limiting his comment to the NFL. College would decline as well.
But football as a whole will be less popular in the near future. I don’t know if it will hit a point where it’s no longer #1, but it will definitely decline a good amount.
Certainly not like the nfl. I mean is it even close what league has the most issues? The nfl is responsible for a massive medical cover up and is now botching kneeling and protests. It’s also decreased dramatically in overall quality of play and is all over he map with new rules and replay.
It’s a disaster.
Look at the Chinese market - which is HUUUUUUUGE. The NBA has been a factor there since around 1992. Same here in Europe. I would say that the NBA is around 10-20 times as popular over here. (right now I am in Italy and I see NBA jerseys all over. Same when I lived in Thailand. People in South East Asia don't care about football - Badminton is HUGE compared to football)
Regarding soccer. Don't underestimate the fact that you guys just won the World Cup. With social media and everything - and soccer stars being very active on social media - soccer will keep evolving in the US. I remember 20 years ago when Europeans joked around and said that any midlevel club over here could beat the US national team. It's not like that anymore. Not even close.
IMO Football is/was peaking with the Peyton/Favre/Brady era and will start a slow decline. (sadly) I hope I am wrong but the number of players is a factor and the failed attempt at international growth is as well.
Look at the Chinese market - which is HUUUUUUUGE. The NBA has been a factor there since around 1992. Same here in Europe. I would say that the NBA is around 10-20 times as popular over here. (right now I am in Italy and I see NBA jerseys all over. Same when I lived in Thailand. People in South East Asia don't care about football - Badminton is HUGE compared to football)
Regarding soccer. Don't underestimate the fact that you guys just won the World Cup. With social media and everything - and soccer stars being very active on social media - soccer will keep evolving in the US. I remember 20 years ago when Europeans joked around and said that any midlevel club over here could beat the US national team. It's not like that anymore. Not even close.
IMO Football is/was peaking with the Peyton/Favre/Brady era and will start a slow decline. (sadly) I hope I am wrong but the number of players is a factor and the failed attempt at international growth is as well.
NBA is a sham with the mega teams and all the rest are tanking for the lottery. I haven't watched in years.
It’s like any other business, it sometimes take a huge loss to correct issues and get better. Why not with the NFL?
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And soccer, along with basketball to a lesser degree, doesn't have problems both on and off the field?
Certainly not like the nfl. I mean is it even close what league has the most issues? The nfl is responsible for a massive medical cover up and is now botching kneeling and protests. It’s also decreased dramatically in overall quality of play and is all over he map with new rules and replay.
It’s a disaster.
Well, we can discuss this further in Qatar in 2022 and watch Neymar flop together.
While CTE issues will likely dampen prospects in this country, the growth of more youth flag football could help football grow internationally, especially in lower income countries (e.g. South America). Without the need for (costly) helmets/pads, flag football becomes nearly as cheap as soccer which could help the sport grow organically. Get some youth flag football going in these countries and its only a matter of time before the big $$ college boosters arrive!
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And soccer, along with basketball to a lesser degree, doesn't have problems both on and off the field?
Certainly not like the nfl. I mean is it even close what league has the most issues? The nfl is responsible for a massive medical cover up and is now botching kneeling and protests. It’s also decreased dramatically in overall quality of play and is all over he map with new rules and replay.
It’s a disaster.
Well, we can discuss this further in Qatar in 2022 and watch Neymar flop together.
I hate the flopping too. But it doesn't change the fact that more than 270 million people play soccer worldwide - and the argument of the OP was about the decline in the player pool.
Soccer is the perfect sport for the younger generation that doesn’t want commercials and wants to enjoy a game in under 2 hours of time. You can shit on it all you want but it won’t change the big problems the nfl faces, among the largest of which is the pace of game and never ending stoppages.
I could see hockey benefiting. The best league in the world is already here and there are more Americans in the NHL than ever, and the physicality will appeal to football fans more than flopping soccer prettyboys.
I could see hockey benefiting. The best league in the world is already here and there are more Americans in the NHL than ever, and the physicality will appeal to football fans more than flopping soccer prettyboys.
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I’ll watch the Sunday Night game if it’s a good match up.
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But worldwide, basketball is just so much better at marketing the game and its stars.
Look at the Chinese market - which is HUUUUUUUGE. The NBA has been a factor there since around 1992. Same here in Europe. I would say that the NBA is around 10-20 times as popular over here. (right now I am in Italy and I see NBA jerseys all over. Same when I lived in Thailand. People in South East Asia don't care about football - Badminton is HUGE compared to football)
Regarding soccer. Don't underestimate the fact that you guys just won the World Cup. With social media and everything - and soccer stars being very active on social media - soccer will keep evolving in the US. I remember 20 years ago when Europeans joked around and said that any midlevel club over here could beat the US national team. It's not like that anymore. Not even close.
IMO Football is/was peaking with the Peyton/Favre/Brady era and will start a slow decline. (sadly) I hope I am wrong but the number of players is a factor and the failed attempt at international growth is as well.
NBA is a sham with the mega teams and all the rest are tanking for the lottery. I haven't watched in years.
Agreed - But the NBA is so big internationally. The stars are mega stars in China, India and Korea and they know how to market the game internationally. It's not even about playing games in London and Mexico. It's about being able to play the game. Having the stars travel and market the game and most of all it is about branding and pop culture. MJ started it when he wanted players to wear their own shoes. Jordan shoes/ LeBron and NBA jerseys have secured the NBA internationally for the next 40-50 years.
I disagree. But even worse is that fewer boys playing it means the talent pool is shrinking more and more each year. The product will only get worse.
I hate the flopping too. But it doesn't change the fact that more than 270 million people play soccer worldwide - and the argument of the OP was about the decline in the player pool.
My comment about meeting in Qatar was a snarky way of pointing out a serious problem. As much as we in the US complain about the NFL Commissioner and league, and righty so, I think I'd choose them over FIFA.
And I agree that soccer will always have more players, easily, than football worldwide.
Right after they make boxing and MMA non-contact sports.
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Doesn't matter if you played football. Most diehard fans never played it. Everyone plays soccer as a kid, yet it never catches on professionally here.
I disagree. But even worse is that fewer boys playing it means the talent pool is shrinking more and more each year. The product will only get worse.
Moreso if football becomes un-insurable through more medical studies then you're talking about an existential threat from the roots on up.
First, I expect that as the tests for CTE become more commonplace, it will be revealed that it's occurring in a very high % of football players, and it's starting young, like, after a single season of high school football in some guys. So a lot of parents will steer their kids away from the game and a lot of young men will opt for other sports.
Second, as that information comes out, the game will become uninsurable. The NFL can self-insure, some states where football is a religion will try having the government become the insurer, but there's simply going to be too much damage to too many people.
Will it go away entirely? Probably not. It's been 50 years since the dangers of smoking became widely known, and people still smoke. But smoking is much less popular and legally restricted in many places. Football will face a similar challenge.
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It will remain a sport dominated by foreign teams that a majority of football fans will have little interest in.
I could see hockey benefiting. The best league in the world is already here and there are more Americans in the NHL than ever, and the physicality will appeal to football fans more than flopping soccer prettyboys.
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Lacrosse is a pretty terrible spectator sport
First, I expect that as the tests for CTE become more commonplace, it will be revealed that it's occurring in a very high % of football players, and it's starting young, like, after a single season of high school football in some guys. So a lot of parents will steer their kids away from the game and a lot of young men will opt for other sports.
If it were a very high percentage then we would have had a crisis in middle age dementia in males for the last 50 years. There certainly is a risk, but that's hyperbole.
Football is the most "gambling friendly" game of them all and fantasy football seems to be more popular than ever.
Baseball and hockey aren't (relatively speaking) gambling friendly sports, and while soccer may appear more to gamblers, its not a TV friendly sport that is likely to ever capture the attention-deficit minds of the younger generation.
Football game are once a week affairs (primarily all on the same day) - primarily during the fall/winter months when many are captives in their homes. A perfect set-up for the ham-and-egg gambler that most of us are.
Pete Rozelle knew it a long-time ago. The "NFL-gambling-television" trifecta will be hard to beat and will be with for a long time.
20 years ago, people said soccer was on the cusp of taking over all sports in the US and you still here that, football was surpassing baseball. NBA was an afterthought.
I think there's a better chance they figure out some CTE prevention equipment, rules or adjustments and football is still in king.
sundays in the snow, referees whistle blows we've been warriors toe to toe...football.....
would they really have wrote those words if it wasn't here to stay (even though technically horse racing is the sport of kings I believe)?
You simply can’t say that about any other sport. I know people who like basketball, soccer, hockey, baseball but none of those sports have any kind of broad appeal in the US. Walk around the office on a Monday and there is always some buzz about football. That never, ever happens for the other sports in any consistent way. You get a version of it with big events (NCAA Tournament, World Cup) but not to the same extent.
There’s no national “conversation” about baseball or hockey. The NBA gets a little bit just with player movement but nothing about games.
I think the most likely outcomes in 20 years would be 1) Football is still king; 2) Nothing is king. Our culture continues to become more and more decentralized and everyone has their own interests and leagues have their little pockets of fans but there’s no real collective interest or “national sport”.
Frankly I think #2 is inevitable in the long run, I don’t know how long it will take, maybe longer than 20 years. You already see it with music and TV. With some limited exceptions there’s no real expectation other people will be familiar with a new album or new show.
Football is the most "gambling friendly" game of them all and fantasy football seems to be more popular than ever.
Baseball and hockey aren't (relatively speaking) gambling friendly sports, and while soccer may appear more to gamblers, its not a TV friendly sport that is likely to ever capture the attention-deficit minds of the younger generation.
Football game are once a week affairs (primarily all on the same day) - primarily during the fall/winter months when many are captives in their homes. A perfect set-up for the ham-and-egg gambler that most of us are.
Pete Rozelle knew it a long-time ago. The "NFL-gambling-television" trifecta will be hard to beat and will be with for a long time.
I think its the networks and advertisers that have a problem with televised soccer, not the fans.
20 years ago, people said soccer was on the cusp of taking over all sports in the US and you still here that, football was surpassing baseball. NBA was an afterthought.
I think there's a better chance they figure out some CTE prevention equipment, rules or adjustments and football is still in king.
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It's the sport of kings, better than diamond rings it's why we're here to sing...football.
sundays in the snow, referees whistle blows we've been warriors toe to toe...football.....
would they really have wrote those words if it wasn't here to stay (even though technically horse racing is the sport of kings I believe)?
*hear* I need to hire a proof-reader (or add a disclaimer to every post that I know the difference between hear and here and there and their and they're and your and you're, no know, etc. but sometimes I just don't care enough to pay attention....until I re-read it)
It was a million times better than commercials every stoppage or even the TV timeouts.
But with what we're learning with head injuries, and the changing landscape of how people want to be entertained, I could see football becoming less popular.
I mean, even getting people to want to go to a game is becoming a challenge nowadays, they want to go to one a year at most and find it a hassle.
The NFL brings in $7 billion dollars in TV revenue each year. That isn't just better than all other sports -- it completely dwarfs their revenue. 2nd place is the NBA with $2.7 billion per year. The NBA could double their revenue (which is virtually impossible) and still be well behind the NFL. (As for the NHL, it only brings in $200 million per year. It's silly to think that the NHL would benefit much from football fans tuning out. People know the NHL exists. They're just not watching because they don't care.)
The NFL is going to have to go into a prolonged death spiral to lose its place of dominance. It could happen. But millions of people watch habitually, even though they admit they don't enjoy it as much as they used to. And getting all those people to break that habit would certainly take a long time.
I don't watch it either (though I saw a game in London where the entire pub was rabidly fanatical and it was kind of cool to witness - the fans more than the game), but the advertising excuse about why it hasn't reached the same US popularity that is has global popularity is weak IMO.
I'm sure there's a reason, but it's not the advertising/stoppage of play IMO.
You'll still be able to block; or 'shave' a batter with a 125 mph pitch,drive to the basket,practice your soccer 'dive', buttend your opponent, or pull the razor or sandpaper out of your trunks, or whatever your favorite sport entertainment allows...just vicariously.
We will watch on our wall sized tv, and bet online actively.
But just so we can release our emotions together in some
kind of a arena, we will crave the one contact activity allowed.... ROLLERBALL.
I understand why people don’t like soccer, I don’t understand the idea that there is something particularly boring or unappealing about it. Just regional preferences. Baseball is horrifyingly boring to most foreigners I know, but if you grow up in New York or whatever it’s just normal.
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I would be begging for a break in the "action"
I don't watch it either (though I saw a game in London where the entire pub was rabidly fanatical and it was kind of cool to witness - the fans more than the game), but the advertising excuse about why it hasn't reached the same US popularity that is has global popularity is weak IMO.
I'm sure there's a reason, but it's not the advertising/stoppage of play IMO.
I'm not saying the lack of ability for traditional american advertising is holding it back, I'm just saying that the continuous play is not holding it back either.
Frankly I like the popularity level of Soccer in the USA right now. Its nice to be able to attend a red bull game for a very reasonable price but still get a great game day
experience.
You can take away the hitting and you still have passing, running and stopping the ball carrier.
When you think of it, in NFL training camps teams play a version of this right now, where plays are run without players hitting each other.
Let's say this is true, and more than just your opinion, do you really think people are this prescient and concerted in their actions to purposely make soccer less popular for their own personal comfort?
To the point of the thread, even if a lot of people feel this way, I doubt it is impacting the sports popularity.
It's almost like in your example football is the restaurant Yogi Berra is referring to when he says "no one goes there anymore because it's too crowded"
at the end of the day in this scenario, football is still king and it has nothing to do with what you as an individual win, it's not a personal contest.
Regardless, I think gambling and fantasy football will keep the NFL healthy for a long time.
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exactly. I don’t win anything if the NFL is the most popular, only continues rising prices that will continue to keep me from attending. Soccers popularity has been increasing but I gain nothing if it were more popular. The only reason I would want it to be more popular is so they can pay more in the MLS and attract more players, that’s really it.
Let's say this is true, and more than just your opinion, do you really think people are this prescient and concerted in their actions to purposely make soccer less popular for their own personal comfort?
To the point of the thread, even if a lot of people feel this way, I doubt it is impacting the sports popularity.
It's almost like in your example football is the restaurant Yogi Berra is referring to when he says "no one goes there anymore because it's too crowded"
at the end of the day in this scenario, football is still king and it has nothing to do with what you as an individual win, it's not a personal contest.
I’ve already addressed the OP in several previous posts. I’ve had a couple sidebar comments based on why I don’t actually need soccer to be popular to enjoy it. I also comment on how defensive people get when this topic comes up, it’s like they can’t believe the NFL could possibly experience a decrease in interest - to which I ask, why not and why do you even care?
Don’t really know what else to tell you. I think the NFL is going to lose viewers not gain them in the very near future. I don’t see how that’s an unreasonable statement to make.
Basketball will always be limited to a certain extent by the innate inability of more than a few teams to be truly competitive. And if they ever expand, it would only be that much easier for a few teams to dominate as the overall talent pool gets diluted further.
My fault - I read the thread from the bottom (most recent posts) up. I apologize.
I just think even with losing viewers, NFL still likely remains "king" in 2038, but like I said, many of the posters on this site are likely to be dead by then.
Just curious but who exactly will start watching that isn’t already? Not only that but statistics show that viewers aren’t just watching less but watching less of the games they are watching. I don’t see how social media helps with this at all.
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Technology and social media will continue to drive the sport bringing fans closer and closer to the game.
Just curious but who exactly will start watching that isn’t already? Not only that but statistics show that viewers aren’t just watching less but watching less of the games they are watching. I don’t see how social media helps with this at all.
Also, NFL viewership is dominated by the 50-59 crowd and has been losing viewership in the 20-29 crowd which suggests that social media and technology is pushing them to do something else with their time.
NCAA Football has a younger demographic (which makes sense) which is dominated by males in their 40s.
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Technology and social media will continue to drive the sport bringing fans closer and closer to the game.
Just curious but who exactly will start watching that isn’t already? Not only that but statistics show that viewers aren’t just watching less but watching less of the games they are watching. I don’t see how social media helps with this at all.
The international audience is the only area for growth. Thats why we see all the exploits to get into that market.
I do not think that Rugby will replace football in the U.S., but it would not surprise me if it could attract football fans and sponsors and take a sizable bite out of NFL revenue...
The NFL brings in $7 billion dollars in TV revenue each year. That isn't just better than all other sports -- it completely dwarfs their revenue. 2nd place is the NBA with $2.7 billion per year. The NBA could double their revenue (which is virtually impossible) and still be well behind the NFL. (As for the NHL, it only brings in $200 million per year. It's silly to think that the NHL would benefit much from football fans tuning out. People know the NHL exists. They're just not watching because they don't care.)
The NFL is going to have to go into a prolonged death spiral to lose its place of dominance. It could happen. But millions of people watch habitually, even though they admit they don't enjoy it as much as they used to. And getting all those people to break that habit would certainly take a long time.
Are those numbers US. or worldwide? If international I would be shocked. If they are US. Only then they mean nothing. Then it is like when Hollywood counts opening weekend numbers and then double those numbers when the movies open in Europe/Asia.
I like most of the arguments here and I know that a lot of people seem to have lost interest in the NBA. It just isn't the case for the rest of the 6+ billion world.
NFL is only king in the US of A. (And I have football waaaaaaay higher on my list than all the other sports).
The NFL brings in $7 billion dollars in TV revenue each year. That isn't just better than all other sports -- it completely dwarfs their revenue. 2nd place is the NBA with $2.7 billion per year. The NBA could double their revenue (which is virtually impossible) and still be well behind the NFL. (As for the NHL, it only brings in $200 million per year. It's silly to think that the NHL would benefit much from football fans tuning out. People know the NHL exists. They're just not watching because they don't care.)
The NFL is going to have to go into a prolonged death spiral to lose its place of dominance. It could happen. But millions of people watch habitually, even though they admit they don't enjoy it as much as they used to. And getting all those people to break that habit would certainly take a long time.
Are those numbers US. or worldwide? If international I would be shocked. If they are US. Only then they mean nothing. Then it is like when Hollywood counts opening weekend numbers and then double those numbers when the movies open in Europe/Asia.
I like most of the arguments here and I know that a lot of people seem to have lost interest in the NBA. It just isn't the case for the rest of the 6+ billion world.
NFL is only king in the US of A. (And I have football waaaaaaay higher on my list than all the other sports).
Don't know if this has increased in the last decade or two with the increased hesitancy about letting their kid play football, but lacrosse for a while was the compromise for a smaller number of parents when Mom didn't want their child to play football but Dad wanted a contact sport. The stick skills involved made it seem less violent.
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But I wish someone had introduced me to lacrosse when I was younger - I would have never stopped playing. I hear anecdotally that lacrosse programs nationwide are benefiting from kids giving up tackle football. And lacrosse is expanding into more and more areas (Utah will be the westernmost D I school with its new program next year). Not saying it will ever approach the popularity of the major sports but a lot of kids who formerly played football will play lacrosse instead, thus cutting into the player pool for college and ultimately the NFL.
Don't know if this has increased in the last decade or two with the increased hesitancy about letting their kid play football, but lacrosse for a while was the compromise for a smaller number of parents when Mom didn't want their child to play football but Dad wanted a contact sport. The stick skills involved made it seem less violent.
And the numbers involved have exploded over the last 20 years. There will be a lag time, but attendance will follow as players hang up their cleats.
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But I wish someone had introduced me to lacrosse when I was younger - I would have never stopped playing. I hear anecdotally that lacrosse programs nationwide are benefiting from kids giving up tackle football. And lacrosse is expanding into more and more areas (Utah will be the westernmost D I school with its new program next year). Not saying it will ever approach the popularity of the major sports but a lot of kids who formerly played football will play lacrosse instead, thus cutting into the player pool for college and ultimately the NFL.
Don't know if this has increased in the last decade or two with the increased hesitancy about letting their kid play football, but lacrosse for a while was the compromise for a smaller number of parents when Mom didn't want their child to play football but Dad wanted a contact sport. The stick skills involved made it seem less violent.
From a few families I know in my little orbit, it still is.
How awesome would an NFL game be if there was no commercials until the end of a quarter?
From the time Teddy Roosevelt got the forward passlegalized, American football has always shown a willingness to change the rules. So I would expect the NFL to modify the rules in noticeable ways (eg, no down linemen) before simply giving up the ghost.
And...I'd love to see this for football, but it's going to be really cool when they get the bugs out.
Soccer matches land on your table thanks to augmented reality
The USSF would not allow that because it would definitely be challenging MLS. MLS is our domestic league and the USSF has to protect it against foreign encroachment. Liga MX in Mexico would kill to play regular season and playoff games in the U.S. but the USSF and FIFA stop them. The PL also got a lot of blow back for thinking of playing games on foreign soil. It is very controversial there.
For soccer to truly take off here MLS will have to get close and even surpass some of the big 4-5 European leagues. We can't import someone else's product and expect it to take off here. It will be up to MLS. I could see a CL final played in the U.S. within 20 years. I could see MLS and Chinese Super League clubs added to the Champion's League simply cause of $$$$ and the way the world is changing. The CL would rather clubs from China and the U.S. than from Estonia and Finland.
Simo, I asked i your other thread that you deleted...how is pops doing? Did you go upstate to visit him during Father’s Day?
Also, the fact that TV ratings were down is a bit of a myth. Ratings have been down across the board & the NFL decline is less than everything else.
Lastly, no other sport is remotely close.
When you take into consideration the social economic background of many NFL players, unless The NFL is legislated against, C. T. E. will not be the reason for a decline in popularity
Not all football fans relate to the sport with a social conscience. For many it s just entertainment rooting for the Jersey. Players come and go, we still stay fans.
A decline in popularity will be the result of a poorer product being put on the field.
But I don t see the decline if the NFL reaching the proportions suggested here.
...C. T. E. will not be the reason for a decline in popularity
Parents decide if their kids play youth football, and I think the decline in participation already seen, is at least partly due to CTE concerns. I have to think this will have an impact on the NFL down the road.
I asked before but how can the NFL increase its exposure? I believe the US market is tapped out and statistics back me up on that especially with the demographic data. So if it won't grow anymore in the US where exactly will it grow? Maybe London?
And CTE will play a massive role, you are kidding yourself if you think it doesn't matter. Its already led to early retirement for some players, others quitting in college, and far less youth playing it today than 10 years ago and I'm certain that trend will continue, how could it not?
When they are under 18 they need parental permission to play, so it may not be their choice anyway. And then add in insurance issues and you have a recipe for disaster. Do you really think it won’t play a huge role? How can you be in such denial about it?
America loves it's football and teams. People want to cheer for the same teams they have forever.
Side note: For the poster who suggested people controlling robots who play football I could see that catching on nationally before soccer. Not a knock on soccer specifically, but the rise (and popularity) of people watching other people playing video games could blend these 2 markets.
The very fact that I acknowledge the relationship between the disease and the sport should be evidence I am not.
I base my opinion on 20 years of working wuth kids, many of them athletes, from the projects in Philly, New Jersey and New York.
You might be in denial of the ravages of poverty if you think these parents are going to deny their kids a better life based on the possibility they might suffer later in life from their decision.
I am not cavilier about this disease, if you were aware of circumstances in my life you would understand stand that.
I simply do not agree with your assessment that for many of these athletes it will not be a massive influence.
You'll see more streaming platforms getting better and better with production value as time goes on. You probably won't be watching NBC/FOX anymore on cable, you'll be streaming programming like most young people do on Twitch.tv.
You'll see more streaming platforms getting better and better with production value as time goes on. You probably won't be watching NBC/FOX anymore on cable, you'll be streaming programming like most young people do on Twitch.tv.
Maybe in 50 years, not in 20.
Especially with the advent of really good mainstream VR which will certainly become a mainstay in entertainment within 5-10 years.
Especially with the advent of really good mainstream VR which will certainly become a mainstay in entertainment within 5-10 years.
And I would suggest that the numbers who "don't watch much sports" is significantly smaller than those who are either interested in both alternatives or are exclusively NFL/College football fans. And not everyone who is over 30 will have died in 20 years. The relative interests will likely be different than it is today, but it will take well over 20 years for the lines to cross.
I'm 37 and I grew up a nerd and played lots of video games. Typically people 35 and older, when they were in their teens or twenties playing video games was still a "kid thing" and something you would never mention to chicks. These days? It's very much part of every day accepted culture.
I'm 37 and I grew up a nerd and played lots of video games. Typically people 35 and older, when they were in their teens or twenties playing video games was still a "kid thing" and something you would never mention to chicks. These days? It's very much part of every day accepted culture.
Well football (the American version) is only king in the US and possibly Canada, so we're not talking about global audiences.