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Senator Clay Davis · 02-01-2023, 03:19 PM

NFL just has the perfect TV model:

- Scarcity of supply (only 22 weeks and three days a week)
- Urgency of almost every game from said scarcity
- The best gambling sport (regular gambling + fantasy)
- RedZone arguably the best sports program there is
- Arguably the easiest sport for casuals to follow

Every other sport will deal with a downturn for the foreseeable future. Other sports can't reduce games because they can't increase the cost per game without losing even more fans, and they'd have to do that to placate the players losing revenue from fewer games. The gambling ads are over the top, but for the NHL, NBA and MLB basically their only hope to draw more casuals into caring about seasons that are too long, and largely irrelevant.

02-01-2023, 03:19 PM	#89
Senator Clay Davis Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis Exp:	NFL just has the perfect TV model: - Scarcity of supply (only 22 weeks and three days a week) - Urgency of almost every game from said scarcity - The best gambling sport (regular gambling + fantasy) - RedZone arguably the best sports program there is - Arguably the easiest sport for casuals to follow Every other sport will deal with a downturn for the foreseeable future. Other sports can't reduce games because they can't increase the cost per game without losing even more fans, and they'd have to do that to placate the players losing revenue from fewer games. The gambling ads are over the top, but for the NHL, NBA and MLB basically their only hope to draw more casuals into caring about seasons that are too long, and largely irrelevant. __________________ "Think I'm gonna be the scapegoat for the whole damn machine? Sheeee......."