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I think of football as one of the killer apps for tv. Baseball is one for radio: baseball is almost always better over radio; there’s lots of space to do something else at the pace of most baseball games.
I spent a summer building a car in a garage with baseball on the radio. That was the most I’ve enjoyed the game by far.
Whenever I think it might be worth it to finally go watch an NFL game live, and I start looking at those ticket prices, I start to question if it's worth it or not. Then I get to the seat view simulator and instantly close the tab because holy hell are the "affordable" NFL seats absolutely terrible to watch a game from. Can you even see the player numbers let alone the names? I guess you need to be a big enough fan t…
I went to go see a Broncos game once about 10 years ago, it was $400 for a single ticket. I was in the top section, 3 rows from the back, I needed a Sherpa to help me get to my seat. I could tell there was a game of football being played down below me, but that was about it. I couldn't see the ball, I couldn't read any of the players' numbers, I couldn't see the refs hand signals. A beer and a hotdog was $30, and the…
To me, this is the only real football game: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football . (No spoilers please!)
I think of football as one of the killer apps for tv. Baseball is one for radio: baseball is almost always better over radio; there’s lots of space to do something else at the pace of most baseball games.
What’s the sport for short form video?
To me, this is the only real football game: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football . (No spoilers please!)
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Most of what he writes (including the part on the skycam) applies to soccer as well.
Maybe, but soccer doesn't have very many situations where there are ~14 players standing in spitting distance of each other and a 6 inch shift in the position of the ball or a single player has huge implications for the outcome of the game.
But I don't know how many times the 14 player scenario happens per game in American Football, is it a lot more?
This excerpt isn't really about football per se, so if you take it only that way you might be missing his point.
I like Klosterman. I can't write as well.
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Hmmm. NFL revenue continues to grow, with something like half of it from media licensing. So, I think you’re wrong. My son watches NFL on his laptop, but there’s little to distinguish how he watches it from the experience he would have on a Samsung tv - he’s not like in some chat group trying to get Ochocinco to write his name on a jersey - he’s passively consuming an edited video feed of a football game with comment…
okay, let's look: Entity 2016 Rev 2024 Rev Nominal Real (Adj) --------------------------------------------------------- Netflix $8.8B [5] $39.0B [6] +341% +229% NBA $6.5B [3] $11.3B [4] +74% +30% NFL $14.0B [1] $23.0B [2] +64% +22% Inflation --- --- +34% [7] 0% i didn't say the NFL made less money, because i'm not stupid. i'm trying to describe a secular trend so i'm comparing the revenue growth in different media co…
My gut feel is that people are actually spending a lot fewer hours watching NFL games.
Even when I have been at parties where an NFL game was on, the younger crowd were diddling with their phones--generally playing games. No judgment, it's not like phone games are inferior to vegetating in front of the boob tube--but I suspect that while an NFL game may be "on", it's not really the "focus" anymore.
I think of football as one of the killer apps for tv. Baseball is one for radio: baseball is almost always better over radio; there’s lots of space to do something else at the pace of most baseball games.
Baseball is killer in-person but it's also pretty nice to just have on TV. There is nothing else like the tension of a critical at-bat. Football is actually really really weird for a spectator sport and, I think, is generally presented very poorly. 80% of the game is deciphering opposing formations to determine what they each are predicting the opposing formation is about to try to do.