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http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-nfl-is-in-declin...
As I read the above piece from the Weekly Standard, all I could think of was substitute F1 for the NFL.
Not a perfect match, but you will see NASCAR references, the move away from its roots, etc.
Your thoughts?
As I read the above piece from the Weekly Standard, all I could think of was substitute F1 for the NFL.
Not a perfect match, but you will see NASCAR references, the move away from its roots, etc.
Your thoughts?
I think there's a similar issue across many sports.
Look at cricket....to get people through the gates, they had to launch 20/20 which, my few Cricket fan friends tell me is not - well - 'cricket'. My West Ham buddies tell me the new ground is so much better than Upton Park but for this very reason....is worse.
The common denominator in all these cases seems to be money - specifically the need from a powerful few to extract as much of it from the sport as possible without any consideration to the sport itself. The result is that the only race is the race to the bottom.
Look at cricket....to get people through the gates, they had to launch 20/20 which, my few Cricket fan friends tell me is not - well - 'cricket'. My West Ham buddies tell me the new ground is so much better than Upton Park but for this very reason....is worse.
The common denominator in all these cases seems to be money - specifically the need from a powerful few to extract as much of it from the sport as possible without any consideration to the sport itself. The result is that the only race is the race to the bottom.
Not having driven a F1 car, tho have been pushed in one to park it in parc ferme, but American Football I have played over many years and sometimes that 3 or 4 hour match seems awfully short when playing 
Bills lost last night, Noooooo! To the Miami fish too, woe, woe, and thrice woe!
Bills lost last night, Noooooo! To the Miami fish too, woe, woe, and thrice woe!
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