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11 minutes ago, sydneybrown said:

Can't tell if joking but "Ur" = Your.

Thanks.  No.  Wasn't joking.  Didn't make the ur=your connection.

I'm a committed NFL fan.  Almost certain nothing Vince dreams up is going to represent "my" football.

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"Alpha" entertainment, Red, White, and Blue color scheme, A friend in government constantly attacking the competitor, a good portion of the population abandoning the NFL because of the Anthem shit.  This is really fucking transparent what's going on here and why it actually has a chance, starting in 2020.

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1 hour ago, BobbyWhioux said:

 

 

 

Yeah but that only covers half the league.  The other conference will have all the heel teams

Seattle Slackers

San Francisco Hippies (may relocate to San Jose and rebrand to Winners/Warriors to create the on-the-nose SJW acronym)

Brooklyn Millenials

Miami Immigrants

Chicago Socialists

St. Louis Black Lives

 

 

Heel teams seem like a bad idea, but this is all a bad idea. 

The Knoxville Kneelers! 

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If they take the initial approach the USFL did and run in the spring while the NFL is in it's offseason then this might at least have a chance. Start with 10-12 teams, have 4 make the playoffs and slowly build from there. If Vince is delusional enough (ha, "IF") then this is going to be a spectacular failure. 

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5 minutes ago, Raziel403 said:

"Alpha" entertainment, Red, White, and Blue color scheme, A friend in government constantly attacking the competitor, a good portion of the population abandoning the NFL because of the Anthem shit.  This is really fucking transparent what's going on here and why it actually has a chance, starting in 2020.

Except, a good portion of the population didn't abandon the NFL.  That shit just plain never happened.  If it did happen, I bet those people wouldn't come back for this bullshit.

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8 minutes ago, El Dragon said:

The only way I can kinda sorta see this working is if the entire goal isn't to really stick it to the NFL, but to the NCAA. Offer to pay kids coming out of high school, move from there. That's the best talent base option they are gonna get.

That makes way too much sense so no way will that happen.

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1 minute ago, supremebve said:

Except, a good portion of the population didn't abandon the NFL.  That shit just plain never happened.  If it did happen, I bet those people wouldn't come back for this bullshit.

Yeah, this talk of the NFL tanking and people abandoning it is odd to say the least.

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1 minute ago, Craig H said:

Yeah, this talk of the NFL tanking and people abandoning it is odd to say the least.

The NFL is not as popular as it used to be, but I'd be willing to bet that the people who stopped watching because of the kneeling is less than 1 percent of 1 percent.  The other thing is that I'd be willing to bet that the amount of people who stopped watching because Kaepernick isn't in the league is pretty close in number to the amount of people who stopped watching because of the kneeling.  We just never hear about them.

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2 minutes ago, Craig H said:

Yeah, this talk of the NFL tanking and people abandoning it is odd to say the least.

I've largely abandoned the NFL and football in general, though I'm grappling with being a Pats fan and them being in the Super bowl I mean I've seen it 8 times so far as a fan so I don't need to watch it a 9th time but it is the SB, but I digress. My and my wife's abandoning of football has been growing from Ray Rice and it has nothing to do with people kneeling, it has to do with the toxic culture of football, the physical toll on the players and the lack of support Kaepernick got from the league for simply using his platform to try to make a difference

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1 minute ago, supremebve said:

The NFL is not as popular as it used to be, but I'd be willing to bet that the people who stopped watching because of the kneeling is less than 1 percent of 1 percent.  The other thing is that I'd be willing to bet that the amount of people who stopped watching because Kaepernick isn't in the league is pretty close in number to the amount of people who stopped watching because of the kneeling.  We just never hear about them.

Ratings were down about 10% this year.  That still makes the NFL easily more watched than any prime time show.  IIRC, ratings for Sunday night games were something like 30% better than ratings for the #2 prime time show (Big Bang Theory, I think).

I've read a number of sports biz articles that think the lack of star power had at least as much to do with declining ratings as the kneeling controversy.  Lot of markets like Green Bay lost their star qb this year.  Apparently, casual fans don't tune in as much when the big names are out.

 

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7 minutes ago, Sublime said:

I've largely abandoned the NFL and football in general, though I'm grappling with being a Pats fan and them being in the Super bowl I mean I've seen it 8 times so far as a fan so I don't need to watch it a 9th time but it is the SB, but I digress. My and my wife's abandoning of football has been growing from Ray Rice and it has nothing to do with people kneeling, it has to do with the toxic culture of football, the physical toll on the players and the lack of support Kaepernick got from the league for simply using his platform to try to make a difference

I wish more Steelers fans thought like you.  Mainly so I could buy their seats, preferably cheap.  Wife and I have season tickets but I want better seats.

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2 minutes ago, Keep Calm, Akira Hokuto On said:

I've read a number of sports biz articles that think the lack of star power had at least as much to do with declining ratings as the kneeling controversy.  Lot of markets like Green Bay lost their star qb this year.  Apparently, casual fans don't tune in as much when the big names are out.

Which does raise the question of who the market is for a league full of guys who couldn't make the Browns roster.

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