The Death of Sports

[Turkish]

robzo100 said:

Here are the main premises I'm arguing from

- NFL Ratings drop  - ESPN Subscribers drop

Essentially, the sports world is freaking out, which I believe is an apt way of describing the situation given how essentiall American Football, the most popular Western sport, has been to the fabric of American Entertainment. The Superbowl for one is the most watched tv show on Earth for decades. Yeah, it's just America, but I put this in Gaming discussion not simply because it is a game, but because it is competing with the rise of E-Gaming, now, and/or, in the future.

The point is this, why is this happening? Is it the totally uncoventionally popular political season? Is it the shorter attention span of human beings(legit imo)? Is it that less people buy a tv when they have the iphones and ipads? Is it that people legitimately don't like sports as much? Do they not like violent sports as much?

Well, gosh I think it's all of them, which is why I'm wondering what you guys think. Even the authors of the articles don't completely know what's up.

In either case, I personally think that this, combined with the next generation of gaming(consoles, e-gaming, etc.) coming in less than 365 days, spells a paradigm shift for sports and e-sports. Jumping the gun?

LMAO! Where do you live? Football(soccer) is like the biggest thing on the planet and keeps on growing like crazy.

Reminds me of the PS360 sales race and the arguments of worldwide vs US.

It's like Americans are completely unaware of the rest of the world.