They tried rule changes and less people showed up. Since adopting standard rues the sport has increased in popularity every year for 15 years.
20K average attendance this year, highest in league history. New television contracts 7x in value of previous ones for the league.
More people than ever in the US watched the World Cup with the final being the second most watched sporting event in the country behind only the NFL Super Bowl. Thousands gathered in hundreds of paces to watch matches. I was at Soldier Field with 30K pus to watch the US play Begium.
We don't need changes, the sport is doing fine and only growing in popularity. I don't know at what point a these statistics get it into folks heads that millions love the sport as it is. All we need is time for others to finally notice it.
