Why is the NFL important?

[Red Dawg]

Importance of anything depends on what you compare it to. NFL is just for fun. I love it.

[hometeam]

Its an entertainment service.
People will pay what the market can support for any particular service or good.

[tecumseh]

Originally Posted by hometeam

Its an entertainment service.
People will pay what the market can support for any particular service or good.

This one pretty much aligns with my perspective. Oh, and I like American style football played at the professional level.

[Rams Fan]

If you're referring to why the NFL is popular more so than any other sport in the U.S right now, I think it involves a few things:

1. The sense of cultural belonging to supporting a local football team on a cool, crisp autumn evening or Saturday afternoon in the fall in high school.

2. How relatively inexpensive the sport is when compared to baseball and hockey.

3. The size of the sporting venues are larger than any other sport out there in the U.S.

4. The violence of the sport appeals to our id.

5. The strike of 1994 in MLB caused a fall in the popularity of MLB.

[Why Not?]

If the made up territorial "wars" and high prices are the basis of your question, you should substitute "NFL" with "all pro sports". If your question is why are pro sports important, I can't give you a worded answer. I would, if I had the ability to do so, take you back in time and drop you off at any gathering in KC on 11/1(into 11/2)of last year, or the parade a few days later. Then we would wisk off to the streets of Cleveland on 6/19. I'm sure your question would be answered there.

[Hammock Parties]

Because I like graceful violence, performed at an elite level by world-class athletes, and presented in a neat, dramatic package.

You are a schmuck if you go to every Chiefs game every year, though.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Smellway

Because I like graceful violence, performed at an elite level by world-class athletes, and presented in a neat, dramatic package.

You are a schmuck if you go to every Chiefs game every year, though.

Shut the **** up

[RealSNR]

What the **** is a plauge?

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

What the **** is a plauge?

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by BlackOp

What service does it provide? The ability to brag that your demographical location is FAR superior to the others?..Hatfields and McCoy....ape-like territorial piss-wars?...it make no rational sense when you step back and reflect.


The synthetic rivalry is so intense...they can exploit you for $35 to park and $9 a beer....just to show how serious you re about your..."something".

It's a joke..being played on all suckers. It doesn't differentiate...just steals your cash.

They are a mega-corporation...and their main objective if to exploit you for $$..while acting like they are actual living breathing entities. It's sham 101.

#BlackPlauge

You are a total ****ing idiot. Get off the pills dude they are frying you

[loochy]

WTF? It's entertainment...just like any other sports league, just like TV, just like (most) books, just like magazines, just like radio, just like music....

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by loochy

WTF? It's entertainment...just like any other sports league, just like TV, just like (most) books, just like magazines, just like radio, just like music....

True. If there wasn't football-there would be something else to entertain us or take up time.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Ask the Europeans why soccer is so important. Ask avid opera and theater fans why that is so important. Ask people why spending 150.00 to see a concert is so important.

Geez dude, are you even human?

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by BlackOp

What service does it provide? The ability to brag that your demographical location is FAR superior to the others?..Hatfields and McCoy....ape-like territorial piss-wars?...it make no rational sense when you step back and reflect.


The synthetic rivalry is so intense...they can exploit you for $35 to park and $9 a beer....just to show how serious you re about your..."something".

It's a joke..being played on all suckers. It doesn't differentiate...just steals your cash.

They are a mega-corporation...and their main objective if to exploit you for $$..while acting like they are actual living breathing entities. It's sham 101.

#BlackPlauge

Take your Progressive Marxist politically correct BS elsewhere !!! American sport is the last bastian of true real American combat outside of the military and even both the military and American sport have been severely hindered by your Progressive ideological ilk and their lawyers who strip us of our rights,property and $$ everyday !!

"Progressivism" seeks to gut the American way of Life and especially American Spirit of every American individual every day. You don't see this because you don't know history.


Yes, I was political in this forum because YOU were political !! As Patrick Henry said, "Give me Liberty or give me Death" !! Ban me if you must.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

Take your Progressive Marxist politically correct BS elsewhere !!! American sport is the last bastian of true real American combat outside of the military and even both the military and American sport have been severely hindered by your Progressive ideological ilk and their lawyers who strip us of our rights,property and $$ everyday !!

"Progressivism" seeks to gut the American way of Life and especially American Spirit of every American individual every day. You don't see this because you don't know history.


Yes, I was political in this forum because YOU were political !! As Patrick Henry said, "Give me Liberty or give me Death" !! Ban me if you must.

You're a dumb **** too