The NFL’s demise may have been greatly exaggerated.

[rwc101]

NFL boycotters are up there with vegans with virtue signaling about things they don't participate in.

 

[mtmiller]

I will never watch another hunting show. Thanks Chris Brackett.

 

[SAJ-99]

Sorry here’s a couple better clues.

Chiefs fans need to lay off the fast food.
Lock your trunk because Raiders fans will steal your speakers.
I’ve never actually met a Chargers fan. Not sure they exist.

Broncos? Sorry. It’s going to be a rough decade or two.

 

[Hem]

I'm still pissed at Belichek for bringing a player in that spends a million dollars on clothes he wears once.

 

[BuglinDrew]

I’ve never actually met a Chargers fan. Not sure they exist.

I think you'd have a hard time finding one in their own stadium.

 

[JT88]

I think the 24hourcampfire is looking for you. mtmuley

I'm really just pissed that the Vikings haven't won a superbowl yet man, easy

 

[NR_Hunter]

Football is so easy to just veg out too. Never have to face the existential angst caused by the illusion of infinite choice that Netflix and Prime force upon me every time I scroll endlessly trying to pick something.

I just turn the TV on and watch. I never miss an outdoor activity to watch football, but there’s still so much football on during the weak it’s easy to watch a few games a week.

 

[VikingsGuy]

I LOVE live, in-person, football, but rarely watch it on TV (except my beloved Bison in the playoffs). Pros, College, High School, PeeWee - I will watch any of it in person - TV, not so much.

 

[noharleyyet]

I LOVE live, in-person, football, but rarely watch it on TV (except my beloved Bison in the playoffs). Pros, College, High School, PeeWee - I will watch any of it in person - TV, not so much.

Live you say...Jerry Jones has just the deal for you.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Live you say...Jerry Jones has just the deal for you.
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As a Vikings season ticket holder, I promptly and proudly rejected the Viking's ask for my photo and $50 for this ridiculous activity.

 

[Rzrbk]

What's the NFL?? Never heard of it.

 

[LuketheDog]

Broncos? Sorry. It’s going to be a rough decade or two.

Rockies: Hold my beer...

 

[noharleyyet]

 

[Nameless Range]

I believe viewership was down around 10%, but looks like the money is still there.

It will be interesting to see how much of that 10% drop in one year was Covid related, temporary recreational outrage related, or if it is indicative of an actual trend. No doubt it is still the powerhouse of all professional sports.

I used to be obsessed with football. This year was the first in 12 that I am not playing fantasy football, having abandoned a league that I began and used to mean a lot to me (as silly as that sounds).

If it is a trend, I am a part of it, having not watched a game of professional football in over 3 years. My abandonment of the game has nothing to do with politics, but I think started with the Horse Collar Rule, implemented in the name of the great Roy Williams. Tack on to that the subsequent "no tackling QBs below the knees", and the "helmet to helmet" issues, and the game became a frustrating thing to watch for me, with players frequently being flagged for things that are quite literally impossible to avoid due to a combination of physics and human reaction speed. My favorite players of all time, Reggie White for example, would be flagged into oblivion in today's game. I'm not dismissing head trauma - but trying to make a violent game nonviolent has come at a cost exceeding my threshold of interest.

May sound lame to some and that is fine, but it's just not the same game I loved in my youth, and I actually see a lot more heart and what I like about sport in general, when the kids and I drive 10 miles south and watch the local high school games. I also find that personally that not having something on the television to watch on Sundays, Monday nights, and Thursday nights, has allowed me to fill those holes with more meaningful activities. I know it isn't all or nothing. To each their own. Just my own personal experience with the abandonment of the NFL.

YMMV.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

for free on an antenna.

I'm not seeing "an antenna" in the app store, is it one of those apps thats like a beta version or something.

 

[schmalts]

I'll pass on the NFL. I can live without it.

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

It's getting too woke for me

 

[brockel]

I suffer through broncos games whenever it’s on tv. Maybe it will click for Lock this year.....

 

[JustinsDad]

I’m even getting soured on Nascar. I miss football and I will miss Nascar but it does free up a lot of time.

 

[noharleyyet]

I'm one of those smug hypocrites that will sneak a peek at a Cowboys game, watch a few plays to confirm a shitty product, then go clean up the garage. I don't care if they kneel or squat & defecate coz I'm holding the 'mokatrol'...