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The NFL Is Seriously Concerned With Empty Stadiums
MSN ^ | September 13, 2017 | Ryan Phillips

Posted on 09/14/2017 4:34:09 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: Alberta's Child

Interesting, well-reasoned point.


121 posted on 09/14/2017 7:02:35 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: raybbr
Celebrating - it’s out of control. A guy tackles the RB in the backfield and he acts like they just won the game.

I stopped watching the NFL about decades ago for just that reason. They get paid millions to do a job yet they celebrate every little thing. For well over 25 years I watched a total of the equivalent of maybe two games, a few minutes here and there.

Two years ago I watched my first full game on TV and was actually getting interested again then the protests started last year and I just tuned back out.

122 posted on 09/14/2017 7:11:47 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: tjd1454

There was one Bennet brother on the Seahawks who sat during the anthem. Two of his teammates stood, but stood next to him instead of in line with the rest of the team. There was another Bennet brother on the Packers side who stood, but raised his fist in the black power salute during it. Nobody else did anything.

Seahawk Bennet got the wind knocked out of him or something at one point in the game. When the trainers walked him off the field, there was very little applause for him. Usually when an injured player is taken off the field there is polite applause.


123 posted on 09/14/2017 7:12:03 AM PDT by freemama
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To: C19fan

Of all the major sports, football is the most boring to witness live. At least when you are home on the couch, or even at a bar, you can occupy your time with all the endless commercials, time outs & penalties. And you get replays between plays & at other times. In a stadium, you just sit there waiting.


124 posted on 09/14/2017 7:16:39 AM PDT by gdani (Everyone is a snowflake these days)
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To: C19fan

After almost 2 years? They took this long to connect some of the cots?

For billionaires, who are supposed to be so smart in their business endeavors, they sure took a long time to figure some of this out.

Wonder if Kaepernick will ever be designated as “The Zero Patient”?


125 posted on 09/14/2017 7:17:19 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Alberta's Child

It’s money. You’re correct. I’ll give you my example: I live and grew up outside of Boston. I played HS and college football and love the Patriots. We’ve been lucky to watch the Brady era, 7 super bowl appearances in 18 seasons. Ridiculous. But do I go to the games? No. I’ve been to one, and only because I received a free ticket.

I have 3 sons who all love football. If I want to take my family to Foxboro, here’s what I’m facing:

5 ok seats: $375+
Parking: $50
Concessions: lets say a beer for me and the wife, 3 sodas and a hot dog for each of us: $50

So just the basics, at least $475.

Now add in the terrible drive to Foxboro, traffic, gas, etc. Forget it. But the Pats sell out every game, so I guess I’m an outlier. I’ll sit my ass in front of the 50 inch screen, nice fire going, cheap beer in hand, home-made nachos, clean bathroom, non-belligerent company, etc. Or not. I have plenty of other fun things to occupy that 4 hours.


126 posted on 09/14/2017 7:17:21 AM PDT by strider44
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To: Tenacious 1
>I>I think the only way for this issue to be solved is for the NFL to force the New England Patriots to sign Kapernick as their starter and trade Brady to the Vikings. Otherwise, I’ll never watch another game... Clever. I think you might be taking advantage of the situation. I think Kapernick should be Aaron Roger's back up QB. And so does Aaron Rogers. I'm betting you are ok with that too.

We all know, that any NFC teams that ends up with Brady, has the best chance of meeting the Patriots in the Superbowl, and still losing.

127 posted on 09/14/2017 7:19:11 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: C19fan

L.A. proved long ago to be disinterested in Football and now wonder why they have 2 half-empty stadiums.

Oh....and then there’s the politics of the players....


128 posted on 09/14/2017 7:20:11 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Mark17

me too ...


129 posted on 09/14/2017 7:20:12 AM PDT by albertabound
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To: Mr. Jeeves
I'd say Kaepernick's greatest crime was that he reminded the fans they were already tired of the NFL.

That's a fantastic observation. I'm going to remember this for my conversations on this subject.

130 posted on 09/14/2017 7:21:19 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: freemama

Why can they sell out every game and places with much larger populations can’t half fill their stadium?””

Perhaps one part is because the town & the SHAREHOLDERS own the stadium....

Getting season tickets there is impossible, and sometimes the fight over an estate is the hottest over the Packers season tickets-—not the land or the farm or the business......


131 posted on 09/14/2017 7:21:34 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Tenacious 1
I think the only way for this issue to be solved is for the NFL to force the New England Patriots to sign Kapernick as their starter and trade Brady to the Vikings. Otherwise, I’ll never watch another game...

Clever. I think you might be taking advantage of the situation. I think Kapernick should be Aaron Roger's back up QB. And so does Aaron Rogers. I'm betting you are ok with that too.

We all know, that any NFC teams that ends up with Brady, has the best chance of meeting the Patriots in the Superbowl, and still losing.

132 posted on 09/14/2017 7:22:16 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: robjna
The NFL should not be asking why not, but WHY?

I disagree. The NFL should be asking: "Why NOW?"

133 posted on 09/14/2017 7:22:16 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: G Larry

Is the stadium in Carson half empty


134 posted on 09/14/2017 7:22:17 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: Alberta's Child
In fact, the two guys (I think it's from "Mike & Mike" on the radio) point to one game in particular as an indication of a serious problem: empty seats at the Eagles-Redskins game in Washington.

That's not a good sign for the NFL.

135 posted on 09/14/2017 7:22:27 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Dixie Yooper
We all know, that any NFC teams that ends up with Brady, has the best chance of meeting the Patriots in the Superbowl, and still losing.

Unless he signs with the Giants. The Giants don't know how to lose to the Patriots in the Super Bowl. :-)

136 posted on 09/14/2017 7:25:33 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: C19fan

Santa Clara, Los Angeles & San Francisco - yea, very Liberal areas that the NFL should move their teams and stadiums out of.


137 posted on 09/14/2017 7:26:39 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: C19fan

It is more than simple greed; it is absolute denial that a population increasingly living paycheck to paycheck has any money for expensive bread and circuses. Our casinos here in NJ were devastated by the Obamaconomy (then by competing casinos in neighboring states); they are looking for alternative uses for Atlantic City so the whole thing doesn’t turn into another Camden (90% already is). The ripples of the Greater Depression are still very much felt in southern NJ; home values continue to plummet.


138 posted on 09/14/2017 7:28:03 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: NELSON111

Now add to that for the price of the tickets for you and your boy for one game, you can buy NFL Season Ticket and watch all the games.


139 posted on 09/14/2017 7:28:36 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: shotgun
San Francisco built their new stadium in Santa Clara and their fans don’t want to travel that far especially to watch a mediocre product.

Especially since they chose not to build parking facilities for Levi Stadium, and use existing local business parking lots on Sundays when they are closed.

The result is a massive backup after every game as the attendees all leave at once through side streets. A planned parking structure would have included fast-track access to the freeways instead of dumping everyone onto surface streets around the stadium, then having to deal with random traffic light patterns that are set for usual weekend activity.

-PJ

140 posted on 09/14/2017 7:37:12 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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