| Darwinianevolution said: I Also, it is still too soon for e-Sports to seriously endanger traditional sports. Give them ten years, and we'll see more and more e-Sports rising. |
I don't know what country you're from, but I'm from NY and most of my friends are in the city - they've fogone a tv. What's left? just our phones and tablets which kind of suck for 2-3 hour games, but for short e-sport matches?
| Normchacho said: 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. |
This to me has been underecognized. I think it has damaged the reputation for millenials who are, for a many reasons, a much softer and more sensitive generation. And again, the length of traditional sports imo is not appropriate for the attention span of this gen.
| Nuvendil said: And basketball's continued growth no doubt has had an impact. A LOT of younger people are more drawn to basketball than any other American sport. But sports in general are going nowhere. The sports infustry will go up and down, but it's been a constant for all these...well, millenia for a reason. |
I love basketball because I can enjoy it in spurts whereas football has a whole syste, of downs and extended possesions that one has to see all the way through to see if progress(a score) is made. It's the attention span again imo. But, you say Basketball is on the rise? I haven't heard this yet.
| m0ney said: I think many fans have lost interest in NBA basketball because the sport has got softer. A player with his head down runs/dribbles into his opponent and the opponent gets a fault - that makes no sense. |
Yeah, sometimes I wonder if this is because the players would get mad if the rules changed, because I agree with you that the fas would love the change.
