theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Sept 8, 2010 11:38:08 GMT -5
Basketball in the Philippines, Sepak Tekraw in Indonesia, Baseball in Panama and Dominican Republic, not getting killed by the appropriate Kim in power in North Korea. www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2010-09-06-nfl-tv-blackouts-forecast_N.htm has an article on blackout risks. Note that, despite the Redskins indicating that they're sold out for the season, they were advertising tickets to Skins-Cowboys on the Jumbotron during the Virginia Tech game on Sunday.
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EasyEd
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Post by EasyEd on Sept 8, 2010 13:39:10 GMT -5
Ridiculous player salaries > ridiculous ticket prices + bad economy = NFL trouble
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CAHoya07
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Post by CAHoya07 on Sept 8, 2010 14:06:08 GMT -5
All I have to say is that I personally think the NFL gets far too much media coverage (TV, especially ESPN) in comparison to other sports. But that's just my opinion.
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theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Sept 8, 2010 14:37:51 GMT -5
All I have to say is that I personally think the NFL gets far too much media coverage (TV, especially ESPN) in comparison to other sports. But that's just my opinion. The Washington Post has always responded that the Redskins items are the most-viewed on the site. While it may be too much coverage, theyr'e still feeding the hungry dog.
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vcjack
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Post by vcjack on Sept 8, 2010 16:41:02 GMT -5
Probably for the same reason why soccer is such a non-starter in the US: it is not part of the culture that other sports are. Just as soccer tries to browbeat non-fans with the "everyone else likes it, you should too" attitude (kind of like the metric system), it fails, and the NFL probably gets that same pushback elsewhere. I'm afraid the NFL comes off as a little too American, too expensive and too challenging a sport to master outside of North America. (Note, however, that football has long had a presence in Canada. When the Bills eventually move to Toronto, you'll see more of this. Then why has baseball taken off so well in certain places around the world? I would argue that baseball is even more American and more difficult to master than football is, and it's nowhere near as fun/interesting to watch. It helped that while baseball's popularity in the US was at its peak there were a lot of Americans (particularly athletic minded soldiers) living in places like Cuba and Japan and I imagine that American administrators started up youth and rec baseball programs in these countries. Therefore, in 30 ish years the NFL can look forward to new fans and popular organic leagues in Iraq and Afghanistan... right?
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on Sept 8, 2010 19:24:23 GMT -5
NFL season ticket sales down for the 3rd straight year: sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5547620I'd put that mostly down to the economic downturn. I wouldn't say it was that big of a deal for the NFL, but if blackouts become common it could drive off a lot of casual fans. That, combined with a lockout next year, could give the league some serious trouble.
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kghoya
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Post by kghoya on Sept 9, 2010 12:43:12 GMT -5
Twitter
Adam_Schefter And so it begins: Bucs-Browns game Sunday will be blacked out in Tampa because it did not sellout. #NFL
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Post by hoyarooter on Sept 10, 2010 12:14:24 GMT -5
Twitter Adam_Schefter And so it begins: Bucs-Browns game Sunday will be blacked out in Tampa because it did not sellout. #NFL That's particularly difficult to understand, since Bucs/Browns is clearly a prime match-up.
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rosslynhoya
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Post by rosslynhoya on Sept 10, 2010 13:49:15 GMT -5
It helped that while baseball's popularity in the US was at its peak there were a lot of Americans (particularly athletic minded soldiers) living in places like Cuba and Japan and I imagine that American administrators started up youth and rec baseball programs in these countries. Snarkiness aside, baseball originally expanded through East Asia and Latin America when American commercial power exploded in the late-mid-1800s as American sailors, both merchants and whalers, played the relatively new game wherever they made port. It has deep roots in these countries, compared to the relatively recent arrival of socialist football (aka, "soccer").
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Sept 10, 2010 14:56:20 GMT -5
Yep, it's a myth that baseball was brought to Japan, for example, by post-WWII occupation. It was already pretty popular before that.
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