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NFL Discussion (Official Thread)

buckeyemania11
LordJeffBuck said:
In 60+ years (probably a lot less) all "professional" sports will be virtual. That's your "hard reset".

Why pay real Pat Mahomes $50 million a year when you can pay virtual Matt Pahomes zero? The entertainment value will be the same (or better) and you will still be able to bet on the games (with far less shenanigans because virtual players won't "throw" games).

As far as markets go, it will be the entire world because you can locate a virtual team anywhere and the virtual players can all be "local" so the fans will have an immediate connection with their team.

Music and movies are already going virtual/AI. Can sports be far behind?
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Eh I don't think so. People are still going to want real sports with real people.
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NFL Discussion (Official Thread)

LordJeffBuck
Zem said:
Klosterman interview about his book. The "death of football" is just a small section of it.

"...in the book I kind of argue what I think's going to happen to football in 60 or 70 years. There are economic issues - particularly with television, advertising, some of these things - that as they balloon to even greater and greater heights, where the amount of money is so great that the NFL can only continue expanding, it does become fragile. ..."
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buckeyemania11 said:
I don't think football will ever "end" but I think definitely the NFL and college are both going to be eventually faced with situations where they have to do a hard reset
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Jaxbuck said:
Like any business-sell more to the same customer or go find new markets to sell your stuff into.

Obvious answer for NFL is new markets.
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In 60+ years (probably a lot less) all "professional" sports will be virtual. That's your "hard reset".

Why pay real Pat Mahomes $50 million a year when you can pay virtual Matt Pahomes zero? The entertainment value will be the same (or better) and you will still be able to bet on the games (with far less shenanigans because virtual players won't "throw" games).

As far as markets go, it will be the entire world because you can locate a virtual team anywhere and the virtual players can all be "local" so the fans will have an immediate connection with their team.

Music and movies are already going virtual/AI. Can sports be far behind?
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NFL Discussion (Official Thread)

Zem said:
For now, I guess. But in 60 years? I don't see Mumbai or Santiago being real excited to join the nfl. I'll be like, enough already. But dissecting the author's reasoning requires reading the book, or maybe the NYT article, and I have yet to do either. Besides, I can't get past the disadvantages for a team flying 9+ hours to play football.

For college, as I stated earlier, we're the only country on the planet that has college sports anywhere near this level.
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College football is really the 22 and under pro league. College affiliation means less… see Indiana.
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OSU Men's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

Steve19
Ohio State showed how much importance they placed on basketball when they refused to act after the Buckeyes were attacked and beaten by players and fans at Minnesota all those years ago. Fred Taylor, a coach considered in the same light as Kentucky's Rupp and who had taken his team to a national championship and multiple NCAA runs, was shattered and resigned thereafter when the Big Ten also refused to take the matter seriously.

For those of us who love or loved Ohio State basketball, nothing has changed in the years since. The Schott was supposed to address the lack of former support and people should appreciate all that the Schottenstein family has done for Ohio State sports, but I suspect that there is no intention by anyone to support two major sports in this day and age.

What has happened to collegiate athletics, and OSU basketball in particular, is so disappointing.
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Cleveland Cavs (2016 NBA Champions)

exhawg
https://www.fearthesword.com/cavs-a...land-cavaliers-donovan-mitchell-jarrett-allen

Analysis of what Harden brings after a couple games. Long story short his gravity and passing makes everyone else's life easier. Now if they could just get the games on more tv providers so I could watch every once in a while.
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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

CincyInterloper
Woody1968 said:
It is definitely the result of Indiana being in there and playing against what is seen by many as a blue blood. Nobody really cares about Notre Dame anymore, and I don't think anyone expected that game to be competitive. Also don't underestimate how much the SEC and ACC country hates us.
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I think we’re probably on the same page here, but just to clarify, I don’t consider this to be a bad thing. Hate equals ratings. People tune in to watch teams they hate all the time.
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