Yeah. Football is by far my favorite sport to watch on TV and the one I would least want to go to in person. Like you said, too much hassle and too expensive.
Interestingly, the sport I enjoy going to the most, but would never watch a second of on TV, is MLS soccer. Been to a few Galaxy games in Carson. Compared to all the hassle of getting in and out of the Rose Bowl (UCLA), Coliseum (USC, old Raiders, Rams now) and Staple Center (Lakers, Clippers) it is so much easier.
Also, concessions are cheaper, lines are shorter, seats better, just everything is better. Plus most of the games are at night. Another thing that sucks about NFL games in Los Angeles is most of them are at 1 pm so you are always sitting in the blistering sun. Even in December there is a good chance you are sitting directly in the Sun at 70 deg F, which is better than 95 deg in September, but still can wear on you.
I went to a NFL game in Tampa in September a few years ago. In addition to 90 degree heat, we had the bonus of 90% humidity and getting rained on. I noticed the next day my legs were covered with mosquito bites, so I also was at risk of a Hepatitis infection.
The only way I would ever go to an NFL game again is if I was in a temperature controlled suite with limo service to and from the game. Otherwise, I am busy and can't make it.
I'm a middle aged upper middle class Patriots fan living in South Florida who just so happens made a mortgage payment and still has $1000 burning a hole in my pocket from this past weekends slate. I was a 10 year season ticket holder before I moved. Buddy of mine called me with a deal of a lifetime 4 15th row seats for Monday nights dolphins/patriots game on the 20 .... for the unbelievable price of only $650. I turned him down flat on the spot.
I'd rather go pick up my dad and get some beer and wings down the street for $50 and be home at halftime after the blowout.
If they can't get my ass to this game then I'm not sure who is going.
I'm still laughing at misery index
If the going misery rate is $250 an hour, considering what you've laid on these forums for the last 10+ years, it's time for us to cash in.
You're no longer liquid.
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Pro sports in general are in trouble because $9/month ESPN fees are disappearing as people cut ties with their cable/satellite providers which drastically limits how much they can bid on tv contracts.
NFL just happens to be in the worst shape for all the reasons listed above and more.
Football is actually already dead. The HS my wife graduated from has 2,000 kids and couldn’t field a football team this year. They had something like 17 kids go out, in a school with 700 black kids.
Pro Sports are dying in the traditional sense, players will be paid less over the next decade not more.
Yah I used to play a home game with some of the vikings. Every Monday night during the season they'd play a 5-10 plo8 game, and just loved to go all in. My buddy from college was on the practice squad for 2 years so he got me in. Those guys offered me free tickets all the time and I had to turn them down. Much more fun to watch the game at yer own house, with beers in the fridge that you don't have pay $10 for. Much better view of the game on tv too. The Metrodome was especially terrible though. I would like to go to a game at their new stadium.
You made a great post Bob.
Apologies and warning for the TLDR. This whole subject just lights my fuse.
The Supreme Court will begin listening to oral arguments today on PASPA. Christie vs NCAA
God bless the fat fuck.
This issue dovetails with 2 of my favorite topics on this board.
1. Las Vegas will fail to be unique in the coming years. Corollary: big casinos are stupid. Witness Caesars & chafedpenid
2. Druff’s “Light Regulation” is a childlike dream that ends in legislative greed and mismanagement. Witness Pennsylvania Poker
Most important is my core belief that we are living in the golden age of wagering. Be careful what you wish for.
The status quo is incredibly lucrative for the NFL and its team owners. The league is first among non-equals. First in revenues. First in television ratings. First in team valuations. First in the underlying value of its broadcast agreements. Illegal wagering on sides works. Fantasy was a bolt on with nice additional revenue.
Yes, the NFL is fail. The rules changes that increased scoring for short term entertainment resulted in a ridiculous mismatch amongst QB’s and receivers from team to team. An unintended consequence were the endless flags, replays and awfulness.
If you haven’t been betting NFL favorites you need to re-evaluate your life skills. The mismatch of these awful games is your friend. Admittedly being compelled to watch this shit after placing a bet is a hard price to pay. How you reconcile squandering your short ass life watching the NFL versus the monetary reward is a personal matter.
Can Congress dictate to states what their own laws must be? The Supreme Court’s decision will have wide-ranging implications for federalism.
For example:
The federal Brady Act required local law-enforcement officers to perform background checks for prospective gun sales.
Similarly, PASPA was a federal statute that required state enforcement and affirmatively enact policies set by Congress.
PASPA is a unique statute in two significant respects: It regulates states as states (and discriminates among them - Nevada is exempt), and it gives states no option to cede the issue of sports betting to federal enforcement.
The grounds on which Christie v. NCAA made its way to the highest court in the land are of particular note, and the way the court rules could affect everything from legalized marijuana, to firearm laws, to immigration issues and more.
This is why 4 Supreme Court justices agreed to hear the case despite EVERY lower court decision deciding against the states.
If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the NCAA, the status quo will remain. But the fact the court is hearing the case despite no split in the lower courts and against the Solicitor General’s recommendation makes that seem unlikely. Additionally, the Court reversed 83 percent of the time when reviewing federal court of appeals decisions last year. That points to at least some measure of reversal.
So yeah, I expect a reversal. However, you should be prepared to see your offshore book get blocked or voluntarily leave your state. You can also kiss your dime lines goodbye as states and the leagues monetize & tax the living shit outta your wager.
This already is TLDR so I won’t get into the fucking NCAA striving to protect the sanctity and purity of amateur athletics. NCAA hypocrisy is low hanging lulz.
no idea. that was in like 2005 2006. nobody was playing plo8 then so we were all awful. They loved to get em in with just the nut high though without the redraw. Interesting game though. No huge names played, but some starters did. Twan Winfield was the biggest name. He was a poker junky tho who played at canterbury all the time in the offseason. They couldn't play there during the season. Interesting mix of starters, reserves, practice squad, and once even the PA announcer showed up.
I remember that was when rumors were going around that Moss going to be traded. I asked if that rumor was true, they said "hell no. why would we do that? makes no sense to trade him"..... Guess they didn't factor in that Red McCombs was about to sell the team, and if he traded Moss, he wouldn't have to pay him a $10million dollar bonus that was about to be owed. So they traded the 2nd best WR of all time, who wasn't quite in his prime yet, for Napoleon Harris, and a draft pick that turned into Troy Williamson, one of the biggest busts in franchise history.
And yah, from what i hear PLO8 is where the money is at right now . I'm still bad at it though
This thread faggot.
Are the stadiums really half empty though? Whenever the anti-kneel peple post their stadium half empty porn around the internet it always mysteriously appears to be way before the game starts or halftI'm as I never see any players on the field.
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