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Mark Cuban Has A Great Point On Why The NFL Is In Decline
2017-11-08
[Daily Caller] Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban gave a great explanation to the Dallas Morning News Tuesday night about why the NFL is in decline.

"But they still have bigger strategic problems in that people don’t want their kids to play football," Cuban told the newspaper. "That’s huge. That impacts how much football kids will watch. And how much football families watch."

"The NFL is going through the innovator’s dilemma," he said. "They’re getting disrupted at their own hand by not dealing with certain issues."

The league should "come clean on CTE [chronic traumatic encephalopathy] and deal with it," he continued. "And it’s not just about reducing [concussions]. Until something’s solved, I’m not going to let my son play tackle football. I’ll let him play touch football or flag football, but there’s no chance of letting him play tackle football."
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  NCAA football rakes in billions of dollars, but heaven forbid a D1 player sells an autograph or a game ball for a few bucks. College football is a racket. BTW, disgusting how Penn State covered up the shenanigans there with Jerry Sandusky. Joe Paterno isn't the saint they think he is in Penna.
Posted by: Clem   2017-11-08 20:43  

#8  Football isn't in decline, the NFL is. Look at college ball, still booming.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2017-11-08 19:34  

#7  And how much does that Roger Goddell (sp?) make? It's a sickening amount, I know that much.

Lots of tax bennies for the National Felons League as well.

Hope the NFL "popularity" slides into the abyss, along with ESPN and other enablers.
Posted by: Clem   2017-11-08 19:13  

#6  "That impacts how much football kids will watch. And how much football families watch." Being able to play versus enjoying watching the game are unrelated. College football viewership hasn't gone down has it?

Yes football is eventually doomed because of the health issues and parents not allowing the kids to play but that doesn't explain current decline.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-11-08 15:49  

#5  It's not just one issue that's causing the decline, in no particular order - a) oversaturation (Thursday Night football, games in London at 9:30 Sunday morning, etc.); b) NFL protests; c) cord-cutting / lack of a la carte cable options; d) this column; e) ESPN & other TV networks getting killed on long-term contracts that were signed when 10% annual growth was assumed without the ability to renegotiate, and most recently f) backlash by NFL advertisers. I may have left one or two other factors but these are the big ones.

At this point, there's been no effort by the NFL to address any of these items. Either they don't think they have any problems or they don't care.
Posted by: Raj   2017-11-08 14:52  

#4  Me not watching:
Bassetbaw
NFL
Soccer
Tennis
Posted by: M. Murcek   2017-11-08 14:49  

#3  Still required to enjoy soccer.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-11-08 14:46  

#2  The league should "come clean on CTE [chronic traumatic encephalopathy] and deal with it

This strikes me as the typical lefty "let's have a conversation" bull.

I understand that the NFL tried to hide the issue, but, exactly what's hidden now and what can be done about it that isn't being done?

According to current definitions I was concussed playing freshman high school football in '63. That was enough for me and I quit football to concentrate on music. Football is violent and I've heard nothing that will change that short of making the whole game go away.

BTW how's soccer doing with their head trauma?
Posted by: AlanC   2017-11-08 14:24  

#1  Finally something Cuban and I agree on...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2017-11-08 13:47  

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