Yes I used to go to Chargers games (in a God awful stadium). Went to a Seahawks game last year. Have been to a few Titans games. A sport like hockey is the more "exciting" sport in-person to me than football, but the game itself is generally entertaining and the game itself is only part of the experience on a game day.
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Yes I used to go to Chargers games (in a God awful stadium). Went to a Seahawks game last year. Have been to a few Titans games. A sport like hockey is the more "exciting" sport in-person to me than football, but the game itself is generally entertaining and the game itself is only part of the experience on a game day.
jwhouk
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That's just it. NFL is more about gameday and "experience" than hockey. Case in point: tailgating is the most popular thing to do at a Packers game.
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Baseball still pulls great numbers when you consider the length of the season.
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Nobody wants to watch a baseball game if it isn't their team or maybe if it's the playoffs. Local ratings are still good though.
jwhouk
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That's part of the reason why Bud pushed so hard to add the second wild card. You theoretically have a 1 in 3 chance of making the post-season - even if that post-season may only be one game.
I agree. However, I think that there are too many games on cable. Look at the Brewers. Fox Sports carries 100+ games and Channel 24 has how many?
Nationally we have ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, Fox Sports, TBS and MLB.
I have cable, but if you don't, you are kind of screwed by the last TV contract.
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24 hasn't had games in around 7 or 8 years now. It shouldn't be that big of a problem. FS Wisconsin is carried on every standard package, so even if you don't want a ton of channels you can get sports channels relatively cheap.
I doubt any team has games on channels as low quality as 24 or something like WMLW which used to have a few.
Part of the problem is the 162 game season. It's exhausting. MLB will never shorten the schedule though because that means giving up money.
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Supposedly there is more than a little skulduggery going on there that is beyond the control of UAB administration. Regardless, it's the end of Blazer athletics as we know it; Conference USA will kick them out, which devastates their recruiting for other sports, and their presence on the national stage will be diminished greatly.
Things are about to get worse for the Group o'Five if McFarland's comments on Memphis bolting from The American to the Big 12 prove true. Popular speculation is the league would also take Cincinnati (although I wouldn't rule out BYU if the Cougars get that opportunity). That probably means UMass to The American, and possibly Marshall if Cincinnati leaves.
jwhouk
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Eventually, D-IA will consist of only the Big Five (Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, ACC and the Southeastern Dragon).
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Why not just condense down to 8 conferences, use the Con champ. As the first round of the playoff system. And then re-seed using BCS system? Logic!
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