N/S but such complete BS that I'm posting about it here

Sinner · 02-09-2024, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Let's see you try to convince any player in the league that the game is no longer a sport. LOL!

No. It's still a sport, but just the biggest grossing sport in the world. Yet, it is also entertainment. One of the reasons why the NFL continues to explode in popularity is indeed its ability to target new and different audiences. MLB could learn a few lessons from the NFL. You have to identify with the newer younger audiences. You have to bring in more female fans. I know there's already female fans, but it has still been marketed far more to the guys for decades which made sense when the man was the breadwinner. That is no longer the fact.

Ok try this: Sit Alvin Kamara down and have him watch som old footage of Larry Czonka or Marion Barber (RIP) or even that dreaded Marshawn Lynch play against us just a few years back, and compare any of that to AK footage from this year, and he’ll be the first to tells you through his big beautiful smile, that he gets paid to ENTERTAIN, and that he’s barely even been doing that recently… but my Brother’s still GETTIN PAID BIG. Have Derek Carr watch film of Terry Bradshaw, Marino, Montana, or Drew Brees, and he’d have to admit that he himself shouldn’t even be wearing a Saints uniform, let alone command half the salary he’s receiving.

You are defending a business model that moves the money from your wallet to advertisers, through the guise of tremendous athletes who are operating at a minuscule fraction of their physical potential, in a franchise that has become irrelevant in a league of better managed and coached entertainers. You are supporting the entertainment business, more than the game of football, and this is where the game of football is at.

02-09-2024, 10:46 AM	#24
Sinner 1000 Posts + Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 4,065	Re: N/S but such complete BS that I'm posting about it here Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Let's see you try to convince any player in the league that the game is no longer a sport. LOL! No. It's still a sport, but just the biggest grossing sport in the world. Yet, it is also entertainment. One of the reasons why the NFL continues to explode in popularity is indeed its ability to target new and different audiences. MLB could learn a few lessons from the NFL. You have to identify with the newer younger audiences. You have to bring in more female fans. I know there's already female fans, but it has still been marketed far more to the guys for decades which made sense when the man was the breadwinner. That is no longer the fact. Ok try this: Sit Alvin Kamara down and have him watch som old footage of Larry Czonka or Marion Barber (RIP) or even that dreaded Marshawn Lynch play against us just a few years back, and compare any of that to AK footage from this year, and he’ll be the first to tells you through his big beautiful smile, that he gets paid to ENTERTAIN, and that he’s barely even been doing that recently… but my Brother’s still GETTIN PAID BIG. Have Derek Carr watch film of Terry Bradshaw, Marino, Montana, or Drew Brees, and he’d have to admit that he himself shouldn’t even be wearing a Saints uniform, let alone command half the salary he’s receiving. You are defending a business model that moves the money from your wallet to advertisers, through the guise of tremendous athletes who are operating at a minuscule fraction of their physical potential, in a franchise that has become irrelevant in a league of better managed and coached entertainers. You are supporting the entertainment business, more than the game of football, and this is where the game of football is at. Rugby Saint II likes this.
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