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Originally Posted by edn88
I think that many of your arguments are pointing to Pro Sports being in great demand. If they were not then you wouldn't see outrageous ticket prices.
When I was a kid I got to watch one game a week on a tiny (I'm guessing 12") black and white TV (after I walked home 5 miles in the snow up hill). Now I can watch any game I want in glorious HD. Live sports seems to be one of the last places that advertisers can throw their money, which shows that people are watching.
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Most of the numbers suggest it's peaked (ratings, attendance, etc.) and is in a bit of a decline. Now this may just be a blip and it ramps back up again soon but I'm not so sure. Keep in mind that we're only a couple of years away from kids who were born in the 2000s being the coveted demographic and they're consuming things much differently than even kids who were born in the 80s and 90s.
Anecdotally, among my friends, I notice quite a difference in enthusiasm for sports between those of us who were born in the 80s vs. those who were born in the 90s. It was much more common for my age group to attend sporting events in our childhood and we tend to be more interested in sports in general than the younger crowd.