This is a league that just had playoff games on the golf channel, so I don't see a whole lot of options for them. I'm not big on advertisements either, but when it comes to making money there's few other concessions I think most are willing to make. Ticket prices going up would be a lot worse. Food/drink prices are already laughable league-wide (although hopefully the Atlanta Falcons making more money with cheaper food is an experiment other teams pay attention to).
Sports are in tough. The more we learn about what high impact sports can do to people, the more that aspect of sport gets minimized, ruining it for people who rank that high on their list of importance. We also have more entertainment options... the days of renting a single movie are over and we can now watch damn near anything we want, whenever we want it, for free (if so inclined). Even when I go to games as soon as the whistle blows I'm on my phone because it's infinitely more interesting than a kiss cam.
Ads suck, but I see no other way.
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