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Three of four playoff games still not sold out. Should NFL worry?
Yahoo Sports ^ | 1/1/2014 | Frank Schwab

Posted on 01/02/2014 6:22:09 AM PST by Whats-wrong-with-the-truth

It would be a tremendous embarrassment to the league to have three of four playoff games blacked out locally, and likely, the tickets will get sold somehow to avoid that scenario. But there's a bigger issue here. Is this the most stark example that NFL fans aren't too excited to go to games anymore?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Sports
KEYWORDS: nfl; playoffs
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To: dfwgator

Exactly, I am not sure what is wrong in Indy though. I would think Cincinnati fans would be excited to be in the playoffs for the first time in like 30 years.
However, I did not go to last weeks Patriots game even though I had a free ticket because I did not want to sit outside in a monsoon.

You forgot parking and just the pain in driving to and from the game. It will be interesting IF people want to go to the Superbowl and sit outside.


21 posted on 01/02/2014 6:36:09 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth

In the case of the Packers, when the notice to the season ticket holders went out, Rodgers was injured, the team was on a losing streak, and a division title looked highly improbable. Lucky for Green Bay, 8-7-1 is good enough for their pathetic division. There was no reason for them to tie up the money. Those tickets will sell out soon.


22 posted on 01/02/2014 6:38:07 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (Five years, my brain hurts a lot.)
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To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth

I think there are a number of things coming together here….and I think what you mentioned are on that list - along with other Freepers too.
Quick list of factors:
Economy and price of play off tix.
NFL’s pinking: catering to the anti bully lobby, the gay lobby, etc.
Very poor officiating over all this year.
Cold cold cold (global warming….ahem)
All the ways people can watch in warmth on various apps…even with black outs.


23 posted on 01/02/2014 6:38:51 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Dr. Sivana

I think in the Packers’ case, you are 100% right.


24 posted on 01/02/2014 6:39:33 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth; Revolting cat!

I smell a bailout coming.


25 posted on 01/02/2014 6:40:44 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: woodbutcher1963

The Bengals are in the playoffs for the third straight year….and they were in them in 05 and 09 too. They have not hosted on for a while, though.

And I think Cincy fans are excited, but there aren’t that many Cincy fans. It’s one of the smallest cities and has a small fanbase - and it’s going to be cold cold cold. Moreover, it is not a great economy up there, and I think the NFL makes all playoff tix EXPENSIVE!


26 posted on 01/02/2014 6:43:10 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth

I have posted in other related threads: Refs have prefs.

It has seemed more overt this season in both college and NFL games.

Yesterday, for example, the refs just made up a rule that the offense 'set' too fast and didn't give the defense enough time to 'set' themselves. Refs made them replay the down. The offense needed just inches on 4th down. They got it before judgment call; they lost it after the judgement call replay.


27 posted on 01/02/2014 6:44:06 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth
Screw the NFL.

They want to conduct business as a non-profit? So be it.

No, seriesly. Look it up. The NFL conducts business under non-profit status.

Tell you what. I'll save you the trouble. You don't have to look it up. I'll provide the link to the video for you....

ReasonTV: How The NFL Fleeces Taxpayers

28 posted on 01/02/2014 6:44:27 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: demshateGod

Don’t forget the untested rampant and ridiculous HGH use that allows super fast 300+lb behemoths to train and recover like Wolverine during the course of a season playing against other 300+lb behemoths. Also 300+lb behemoths performing fruity gyrating dances and chest pounding after accomplishing such amazing feats as successfully collapsing on a loose ball.

Freegards


29 posted on 01/02/2014 6:45:54 AM PST by Ransomed
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To: C. Edmund Wright
I think there are a number of things coming together here….and I think what you mentioned are on that list - along with other Freepers too. Quick list of factors: Economy and price of play off tix. NFL’s pinking: catering to the anti bully lobby, the gay lobby, etc. Very poor officiating over all this year. Cold cold cold (global warming….ahem) All the ways people can watch in warmth on various apps…even with black outs.

I can add a little more...

In my area (Pittsburgh) we have TWO teams playing at Heinz field, the Stillers...and my alma mater, Pitt. We've gone to both games, and Pitt's use of the scoreboard and signboards is a heckuva lot more imaginative and creative than the homogenized NFL Steelers product. Overall, aside from the actual football game, the college game is a better "Entertainment experience", IMHO.
30 posted on 01/02/2014 6:45:58 AM PST by BikerJoe
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To: TomGuy

Speaking of refs in college…if my memory is correct, the same crew that totally blew that SC Michigan first down measurement last season called the Duke Texas A&M game….and they were lit up by ESPN for missing agregious pass interference calls, and one catch/non catch call, late in the game.

I can’t believe that crew was ever allowed near another practice facility, let alone a bowl game, after the SC Michigan fiasco last year. No wonder the Big East imploded…..


31 posted on 01/02/2014 6:46:38 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth

Officials now control the game, calling penalties whenever they want and not being accountable even when instant replay shows they erred. Rules have also changed - we’ll have flag football in the future. I’m just hoping the ladies “Lingerie League” takes off and expands to my city. But then someone will complain about equality and we’ll soon have men in G-strings playing along side the ladies. I’m getting too old, best days for America seem to be all in the past.


32 posted on 01/02/2014 6:47:05 AM PST by Boomer One
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To: Joe Boucher

and, of course..PSLs....


33 posted on 01/02/2014 6:47:26 AM PST by ken5050 (This space available cheap...)
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To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth

My guess is that people don’t have money for expensive sports tickets any longer. Among the things one can get along without, live sports must be near the top of the list for most people.


34 posted on 01/02/2014 6:47:40 AM PST by Nepeta
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To: woodbutcher1963

“did not go to last weeks Patriots game even though I had a free ticket because I did not want to sit outside in a monsoon”.

I don’t blame you but one of my grandsons went and had a ball.

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35 posted on 01/02/2014 6:48:00 AM PST by Mears
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To: TomGuy
Yesterday, for example, the refs just made up a rule that the offense 'set' too fast and didn't give the defense enough time to 'set' themselves.

That's one thing I always liked about baseball. There's little that has to do with "intent". Was the pitcher's foot on the rubber or not? Did the catcher interfere, or not? Basketball is the worst on assigning mind-reading to the officials. Football is getting there (new versus old rules on face masking, for instance). Basketball makes a distinction between fould done on purpose, and fouls that are flagrant. ?!?!
36 posted on 01/02/2014 6:48:30 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (Five years, my brain hurts a lot.)
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To: BikerJoe

That’s an interesting take on Pitt and the Stillers…..and it does absolutely surprise me. Then again, all I see is TV…you are there.

On TV, looks to me like Pitt games are full of empty seats and that the city is more of a Penn State city than Pitt Panther city…..and the crowd for Stiller games seems packed and jacked all the time.


37 posted on 01/02/2014 6:48:45 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: woodbutcher1963

on the Pats game and the monsoon…..

I got soaked watching that game….and I was in my living room!!!! What a mess…..


38 posted on 01/02/2014 6:50:11 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth

Large LCD televisions are slowly killing attendance at sports events - especially with the prevalent “Knockout Game” culture in many stadium neighborhoods as a growing disincentive.


39 posted on 01/02/2014 6:50:37 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: Whats-wrong-with-the-truth

The NFL is healthier than it has ever been. It can do no wrong. Every team is making money which is not true of any other sport. They have TV contracts in the tens of BILLIONS. They aren’t going anywhere. They own sports in the US. The NFL isn’t concerned with butts in seats anymore. The owners are. Kind of.


40 posted on 01/02/2014 6:54:19 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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