It drives whole industries, like sports media and gambling and fantasy games. It’s bigger than every other US pro sport combined. It fits the current state of our popular culture to a “T.” It would actually be shocking if it wasn’t the most popular. I think they like to be in the media cycle over anything, except maybe about head injury over time and PEDs. Like I said, I bet the average NFL fan doesn’t really care enough to stop watching over something like this. We’ll see I guess.
Freegards
That might be true in the coastal regions, but not in “flyover country.” The Seahawks players could probably get away with it given the demographics of the Seattle area, but try this stunt in Green Bay or Kansas City....