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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Quick reminder......the Vikings chose JJ McCarthy instead of Super Bowl winning Sam Darnold.
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I didn't see Darnold as the answer either. He won because of Seattle's defense, special teams, Walker's running, and a few major errors by Drake Maye. I think I was shocked by the ineptitude of BOTH QB's in this game. I can't think of two QBS playing so awful together in a Super Bowl game. The game could have used a Sonny Jorgeson. He played for some horrible Redskin teams, yet he found a way to pass the damn ball despite zero pass pro.
 
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cincibuck said:
I didn't see Darnold as the answer either. He won because of Seattle's defense, special teams, Walker's running, and a few major errors by Drake Maye. I think I was shocked by the ineptitude of BOTH QB's in this game. I can't think of two QBS playing so awful together in a Super Bowl game. The game could have used a Sonny Jorgeson. He played for some horrible Redskin teams, yet he found a way to pass the damn ball despite zero pass pro.
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He doesn't have to be the answer as long as he isn't losing you the game.
 
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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. ..."

Sounds right - the league continues to expand and London will probably have a team someday.. The NFL admin seems to think the only option is to keep growing. And the salaries get more and more ridiculous. It doesn't seem sustainable.

The selection of Bad Bunny for the halftime show makes even more sense in this context because he has appeal in Latin America, where they probably also want to expand.
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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.

CFB is the one that will hit a hard wall there. They better start coming up with some additional products/services. :lol:
 
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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.

CFB is the one that will hit a hard wall there. They better start coming up with some additional products/services. :lol:
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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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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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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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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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