|
|
Post by badbrad on Jan 30, 2018 14:21:11 GMT -6
Question: If football was changed to be less of a contact sport or even flag football type of game how would your viewership change?
|
|
|
|
Post by kl9 on Jan 30, 2018 14:36:18 GMT -6
If they keep doing the kneeling BS and other agenda-based crap like that I will continue to watch less as I am already doing.
|
|
|
|
Post by Catscratch on Jan 30, 2018 14:39:22 GMT -6
I'm not going to watch flag football.
Depends on rule changes on how far I go to not watching at all. Like moving kickoff up so that there are more touch-backs didn't get me to stop watching, but if they eliminate it I would probably stop. I almost stopped watching this yr due to the National Anthem protests but my team starting the season 5-0 drew me back in.
|
|
|
|
Post by badbrad on Jan 30, 2018 15:11:07 GMT -6
Yeah, the national anthem is a separate issue. College football would be included in this and they don't have those issues.
|
|
|
|
Post by wiscwhip on Jan 30, 2018 15:56:22 GMT -6
Flag football? WTF are you thinking? Might as well be fag football...are the uniforms assless? Because the "sport" sure would be nutless in that form. At that point, professional 'rasslin' would be more of a sport. That's like asking if someone would watch NASCAR if the cars were pedal-powered!
|
|
|
|
Post by kabic on Jan 30, 2018 17:26:16 GMT -6
Restrictor plates in NASCAR get a down vote from me
|
|
|
|
Post by Foggy on Jan 30, 2018 17:32:15 GMT -6
Sure....lets give 'em all a participation trophy and a juice box after every game.  . FORE! |
|
|
|
Post by sd51555 on Jan 30, 2018 19:37:43 GMT -6
It's football. If you wanna be safe, don't play football. I don't want to destroy my body in a skiing accident. I don't ski.
|
|
|
|
Post by jbird on Jan 31, 2018 11:16:22 GMT -6
I don't watch much football as it is....college more so than pro. We watch NASCAR for the wrecks, we watch hockey for the fight, and we watch football for the big hit! Just the way it is. You take those aspects away from the sport and your going to loose fans. The sport isn't interested in protecting the players....they are interested in protecting their investment. If people were not bitch'n about it the NFL wouldn't change.
|
|
|
|
Post by Tooln on Jan 31, 2018 22:22:40 GMT -6
Astroturf, indoor stadiums that isn't football to me. Bring back the mud, rain and playing in the snow. Then I'll start watching again. There was nothing like seeing a guy get tackled and then slide another 5 yards in the mud or snow.
|
|
|
|
Post by sd51555 on Feb 1, 2018 7:03:11 GMT -6
Astroturf, indoor stadiums that isn't football to me. Bring back the mud, rain and playing in the snow. Then I'll start watching again. There was nothing like seeing a guy get tackled and then slide another 5 yards in the mud or snow. Yep. I scratch my head over the twins playing outside, and the vikings playing inside. Some of those first few regular season baseball games seem like they'd be miserably cold to play in or attend. |
|
|
|
Post by Foggy on Feb 1, 2018 8:55:46 GMT -6
Astroturf, indoor stadiums that isn't football to me. Bring back the mud, rain and playing in the snow. Then I'll start watching again. There was nothing like seeing a guy get tackled and then slide another 5 yards in the mud or snow. Yep. I scratch my head over the twins playing outside, and the vikings playing inside. Some of those first few regular season baseball games seem like they'd be miserably cold to play in or attend. Yep.....I still dont get that the Twins wanted an outdoor ball park. I figured it would be about 5 years before they started working on a dome for that field. FWIW......I always thought the Vikings and the Twins should have a field adjacent to one another......with a rolling roof that could be stored in the three positions. 1: over football filed, 2: Over baseball field, 3: Over the middle area between the fields so you could have civic events. This way you could have a dome avaialble for three different venues and use the same parking lot for all three. Alas: What do I know? . |
|
|
|
Post by badbrad on Feb 1, 2018 9:18:23 GMT -6
I think football the way we know it is in real trouble long term. The way society looks at the game is changing fast.
|
|
|
|
Post by sd51555 on Feb 1, 2018 15:09:58 GMT -6
It'll get to a point they either shut it down completely or a "Let them play" movement swings it back the other way, much like when Nascar brought back bump drafting a number of years back. Those athletes can't just backflip into an office or trades career.
|
|
|
|
Post by chummer16 on Feb 1, 2018 19:42:32 GMT -6
Football isn't going anywhere. Parents that are letting their kids play aren't NFL stock anyways. Every current player knows the risk and still show every week. Ratings will go up and down based on the product on the field and how much they piss viewers off over social issues. There is billions of dollars in play, they will adjust accordingly.
|
|
. FORE!
