I think that in Footballs case it's a mix of things. The elections probably don't help, but mostly I think a more widespread knowledge of the damage football can do to the players has turned some people off, and I think others have lost faith in the NFL and aren't happy with the direction they've been taking the game.
As far as E-Sports go, I don't expect them to ever really take off on a mainstream level.
Bet with Adamblaziken:
I bet that on launch the Nintendo Switch will have no built in in-game voice chat. He bets that it will. The winner gets six months of avatar control over the other user.







