NFL Lockout - will it affect the fanbase like it did MLB?**
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I suggest a lot of you learn the very simple rules of the NHL. Because the NBA and the NFL are both going to be in the middle of labor disputes, and unless you want to discuss the politics around that (GAYYYYYYYY AYYYYYYY), you're going to be very sports-hungry. WWL gotta show something too, I bet they pick up a hockey TV contract.
Plenty of southern teams to look at and have interest in:
Nashville Predators
Carolina Hurricanes
Atlanta Thrashers
Florida Panthers
Dallas Stars
Plenty of southern teams to look at and have interest in:
Nashville Predators
Carolina Hurricanes
Atlanta Thrashers
Florida Panthers
Dallas Stars
Baseball had been losing fans for years prior to the lockout. The homerun race made it trend up for a while but then the bottom started falling out again. I grew up a huge Braves fan but they lost me when I started having trouble pronouncing the names of the guys on the team. Combine that with all the steroids, I have just lost interest.
Still love college baseball although that has been pretty tough the past few years.
People will not walk away from NFL football, you can tide yourself over with College (which I like better) and they will eventually get it worked out.
Still love college baseball although that has been pretty tough the past few years.
People will not walk away from NFL football, you can tide yourself over with College (which I like better) and they will eventually get it worked out.
They are media darlings, the zebras have a huge lovefest with them, and their fans are completely delusional ******** every year. **** they even have the same colors as the tide.
for example, i would bet a bunch of the bandwagon saints fans will lose interest and not watch as much because they will have some time away from their new love.
as for me, it won't matter. i watched probably a total of 3 games this season and fell asleep at the end of the superbowl. it just doesn't have the excitement of college ball.
as for me, it won't matter. i watched probably a total of 3 games this season and fell asleep at the end of the superbowl. it just doesn't have the excitement of college ball.
I did not wish harm on any of the players, I simply have trouble getting into to it now. When I grew up it was America's Favorite Pastime, America's Game, it is now anything but. You need to damn near be bilingual to read half the rosters and players require translators to understand their coaches.
If that is racist then so be it, that was not my intention, it just feel wrong.
Bring back Dale Murphy, Glenn Hubbard, Claudell Washington, Bob Horner, Ozzie Virgil........that was the team I grew up with. The game has just changed and I have gotten older.
Just giving my honest opinion, I think you may be reading a little much into it.
If that is racist then so be it, that was not my intention, it just feel wrong.
Bring back Dale Murphy, Glenn Hubbard, Claudell Washington, Bob Horner, Ozzie Virgil........that was the team I grew up with. The game has just changed and I have gotten older.
Just giving my honest opinion, I think you may be reading a little much into it.
I don't know what the months of the season are, but the last couple of weekends, I've casually watched some rugby on the TV. That is a great sport! <div>
</div><div>I have no idea about the rules and what is a penalty and what is not, but its really exciting to watch. As best I can understand, its a bunch of guys the size of NFL LBs running and hitting each other and its similar to American football without the huddling after every play - when they get tackled they shove the ball to the next guy behind them and keep running. The game moves very fast and is non-stop for the most part. Those guys have to be in great shape and tough as crap.<div>
</div><div>- BBC America has been showing the Six Nations.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space
re"> </span>Saturday, Feb 12 - Noon ET - Scotland at Wales</div><div>
</div><div>- NBC is showing the Las Vegas Sevens live this weekend for the first time (and Universal Sports is also showing other matches this weekend).</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>NBC:Saturday, Feb 12 - 3:30PM ET and Sunday, Feb 13 - 4:30PM ET</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Univ: Saturday and Sunday (Feb 12 and 13) - 2PM ET</div><div>
</div><div>The US team is playing in the Las Vegas Sevens this weekend. They aren't very good - all the former British commonwealths dominate (NZ, Aussies, England, S Africa) from what I can tell.</div></div>
</div><div>I have no idea about the rules and what is a penalty and what is not, but its really exciting to watch. As best I can understand, its a bunch of guys the size of NFL LBs running and hitting each other and its similar to American football without the huddling after every play - when they get tackled they shove the ball to the next guy behind them and keep running. The game moves very fast and is non-stop for the most part. Those guys have to be in great shape and tough as crap.<div>
</div><div>- BBC America has been showing the Six Nations.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space
re"> </span>Saturday, Feb 12 - Noon ET - Scotland at Wales</div><div></div><div>- NBC is showing the Las Vegas Sevens live this weekend for the first time (and Universal Sports is also showing other matches this weekend).</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space
re"> </span>NBC:Saturday, Feb 12 - 3:30PM ET and Sunday, Feb 13 - 4:30PM ET</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Univ: Saturday and Sunday (Feb 12 and 13) - 2PM ET</div><div></div><div>The US team is playing in the Las Vegas Sevens this weekend. They aren't very good - all the former British commonwealths dominate (NZ, Aussies, England, S Africa) from what I can tell.</div></div>
I was thinking there was another Florida team.
With all the new stadiums built recently, there's no way there's not a lockout unless the players give up a lot, which they won't. Owners need to pay for these stadiums, not overpriced rookies who become busts.
With all the new stadiums built recently, there's no way there's not a lockout unless the players give up a lot, which they won't. Owners need to pay for these stadiums, not overpriced rookies who become busts.
This is how the Eagles are going to help pay or save $$$ for that matter.
Wind Turbines and Solar Panels around the entire stadium, They are going to save somewhere near $60 million over 20 years or something like that. How would you feel about something like thisat DWS?
Before:
After:
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2010/11/18/solar-panels-wind-turbines-to-help.html
Wind Turbines and Solar Panels around the entire stadium, They are going to save somewhere near $60 million over 20 years or something like that. How would you feel about something like thisat DWS?
Before:
After:
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2010/11/18/solar-panels-wind-turbines-to-help.html
Dominican Republic, but I don't think you are going to have a large following and you continue to see numbers decline. I could care less what they do with the teams, I was giving you the reasons that I have lost interest in MLB.
Just one of my reasons for losing interest, I don't think I am actually alone in saying this but even if I am, no big deal.
Just one of my reasons for losing interest, I don't think I am actually alone in saying this but even if I am, no big deal.
I like baseball when I was younger and there were a lot of white and black players, just like all sports. I think the game lost something when players that could not speak English started playing. That and the guys I grew up watching got old, or did steroids, or retired. I just have trouble getting into these new players. I don't have that same problem with football or golf, just baseball seems to have lost a lot of it's direction or excitement.
May not count since it is a US territory. But they do have their own World Baseball Classic team.
I don't think it will affect the fans like it did MLB. Part of the problem with MLB's lockout in my view was how the media portrayed it. To me, it seems like the media holds MLB to a higher standard than some of the other sports with stuff like this- for example, how many football players through the years have used steroids? How many football players had to go to the House of Rep. because they used steroids? I'm not saying that the media didn't have good points and concerns about MLB on those issues, but it does seem like they harped on it a LOT more than the other sports. That's my perception anyway.
Also, MLB at that time had a LOT more problems in 1994 than the NFL does now. I think the strike was actually good in the sense that it forced MLB to go forward because at that time, the people in charge of MLB- Fay Vincent, who I hated, were all about being purists and keeping things status quo. The strike eventually forced Vincent out, and Selig in, and while Selig has had his feaux paux's such as the steroids and the All-Star Game tie, he has also brought a LOT more good to MLB, and things that have kept MLB going and even prospering. Such as promoting the expansion of playoffs and the wild card, there has been labor peace ever since 1995 under Selig and that appears to be continuing, promoting players MUCH better than they did in the early 90's, you have brand new stadiums or plans for ones in cities that needed new stadiums, and others like Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City underwent significant renovations, the World Baseball Classic is promoting baseball all over the world which has been a success, the Civil Rights Game and making the All-Star game relevant are all things that happened under Selig. Oh, and moving the Expos out of Montreal and putting them in DC- excellent move.
And now, I think you are about to see the MLB draft get overhauled and become a world wide draft and a slotting system. That's going to change college baseball significantly for the better, I think. Also, do not be surprised if you see another round of playoffs added. The only other things that I would like to see Selig and MLB do is bring back the Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown, but make it a regular season game or series instead of an exhibition game which is what they used to do with it, and bring baseball back to the Olympics and make it just like hockey where you have a bunch of dream teams playing each other.
Also, MLB at that time had a LOT more problems in 1994 than the NFL does now. I think the strike was actually good in the sense that it forced MLB to go forward because at that time, the people in charge of MLB- Fay Vincent, who I hated, were all about being purists and keeping things status quo. The strike eventually forced Vincent out, and Selig in, and while Selig has had his feaux paux's such as the steroids and the All-Star Game tie, he has also brought a LOT more good to MLB, and things that have kept MLB going and even prospering. Such as promoting the expansion of playoffs and the wild card, there has been labor peace ever since 1995 under Selig and that appears to be continuing, promoting players MUCH better than they did in the early 90's, you have brand new stadiums or plans for ones in cities that needed new stadiums, and others like Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City underwent significant renovations, the World Baseball Classic is promoting baseball all over the world which has been a success, the Civil Rights Game and making the All-Star game relevant are all things that happened under Selig. Oh, and moving the Expos out of Montreal and putting them in DC- excellent move.
And now, I think you are about to see the MLB draft get overhauled and become a world wide draft and a slotting system. That's going to change college baseball significantly for the better, I think. Also, do not be surprised if you see another round of playoffs added. The only other things that I would like to see Selig and MLB do is bring back the Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown, but make it a regular season game or series instead of an exhibition game which is what they used to do with it, and bring baseball back to the Olympics and make it just like hockey where you have a bunch of dream teams playing each other.
And to be honest, I don't see it as being racist, but I see it being ethnocentric more than anything. I personally like seeing other cultures compete in the same sport. It tends to add a different flavor to it. Although I don't see it happening (at least not any time in the near future) I would really like to see other countries embrace football. Who knows... maybe it would get rid of other notions about the sport like this video seems to depict.<div>
</div><div>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0eiF8vaylA&feature=related</div>
</div><div>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0eiF8vaylA&feature=related</div>