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Mark Cuban: "The NFL is 10 years away from an implosion."
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It has recently become fashionable to read these NFL concussion stories and the over-the-top conclusions not with skepticism, but by thoughtfully scratching your beard and nodding gravely. Not as many people are stepping back, looking at the situation realistically, and calling BS on that whole thesis, or at least not as often as they should. The basic fundamentals are still true: parents are still going to let their kids play on Fridays, the best are still going to take advantage of scholarships, people like to watch football, and there's nothing better to do on Sunday evenings in the winter. We're not going to morph into a nation who plays and watches freaking soccer. And this: Quote:
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03-24-2014, 02:46 PM | #122 | |
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If dead kids don't lead to huge policy changes (not saying it should, either), then I think we can get over 1 dead or paralyzed multi-millionaire. If something isn't part of the culture and people aren't deeply invested in something, then they can take or leave it, but once something is deeply ingrained in the culture whether its guns or football, then you can't fight culture. They aren't going to just shrug their shoulders and give up something important to culture lightly. edit: a good example is dodgeball. It is basically dead or almost dead in schools because we don't have this deeply important, highly valued cultural attachment to dodgeball. Its just a stupid game, we can take or leave dodgeball, and if some kids get their feelings hurt, people won't care when its ended, they can just run around or play basketball instead.
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I'm not so sure the NFL and USA Football (to an extent) can convert their capital wealth into a campaign effective enough to make people shrug off the shocking death of a man playing a game.
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03-24-2014, 02:57 PM | #125 | |
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The American people want guns, period. They have demonstrated that they are willing to vote on the issue. We're not a bunch of braindead morons who can be easily swayed by commercials and there isn't this secret wealthy cabal influencing the rest of us, its a deeply ingrained part of the culture, and we don't want to change. If guns weren't important to us, the NRA would have no power. The NFL won't have to "convert their capital wealth" to save the game. The game won't need saving. If we have to, we'll just say "stuff happens", having a moment of silence the next Sunday, and move on.
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They haven't outlawed ufc.... They sure as hell won't mess with football.
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theoretically the corner can stop a fight, but they never do, so you can disregard that possibility. If you are talking about a doctor stopping a fight, thats an extremely high bar, MMA fights are stopped well before then.
Protecting boxers from getting hurt simply isn't a priority.
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It is codified into the framework of our culture. The NFL is more inseparable from American culture than most other things. We want football, we won't accept flag football (and no we're not at flag football, the game still pretty much looks the same), and we will put up with death and danger to keep our football. Period.
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Well, you might be right. I admit its been a few years since I watched a boxing match. If they have gotten better at it, then good for them.
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Thursday games have largely been trash. That's sort of frustrating.
I started off watching every one this season, and lost my interest somewhere along the way. So I didn't watch the last few weeks. That's the only way average folks have a voice. Turn the garbage games off and they'll stop airing them, eventually. Probably not, but it's worth a shot. The Chiefs being a dog shit franchise and only putting a watchable team on the field every three to four years has contributed far more to my personal waning enjoyment of the NFL than anything else. Fantasy football is something I get personal pleasure from, but I can see how it turns some people off. It's definitely an enormous mover in the grand scheme of things. Everyone in your office watches the NFL now, for better or worse. |
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I don't think the knockout punches are what makes boxing worse, anyway. It probably has more to do with the cumulative effect of taking head punches. An MMA fighter may only take 3 to 10 actual head shots a match. A boxer could take dozens. Plus I think boxers generally have longer careers. So hundreds of head punches over time.
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The thing I hate is the moving of games or times later in the season.. Right now it is minimal. But I see them doing it more as the years go on to change prime matchups to maximize ratings.
The problem is all the people that paid to see the games. That effects their travel plans, especially away team fans.. Tickets and travel is not cheap, that is a small fortune.. Hopefully enough for small claims losses by the nfl. Also, get rid of the ****ing blackout rule... If they can make this much on tv. They need to lower prices on seats.. |
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