ESPN Game Day

[Bison 4 Life]

Wait, you show pictures of 4 of the worst teams in the NFL?

I saw a shit ton of people at the Vikings game yesterday.

[DePereBisonFan]

ESPN's troubles are largely a reflection of professional sports in trouble. For years now the NFL has been ignoring their core fans in pursuit of higher profits and this was the result in week 7. Beautiful stadiums with nobody in them.

I would love for tickets to start to drop down to reasonable levels. $25 would be great.

[Bison 4 Life]

I would love for tickets to start to drop down to reasonable levels. $25 would be great.

They used to be. NFL, like ESPN got a little too big for its britches. Sunday Ticket and DirecTV also have ridden this wave.

You can't get NFL games anywhere, it costs extra almost everywhere. MLB is $125 a year for 162 games. You cant' even get that from NFL.

Sports itself needs to come down to Earth.

[Hammerhead]

When were those photos taken. It's not uncommon to see lots of empty seats when the 2nd half starts when people are still in line at the concession stands.

[JMB]

ESPN's troubles are largely a reflection of professional sports in trouble. For years now the NFL has been ignoring their core fans in pursuit of higher profits and this was the result in week 7. Beautiful stadiums with nobody in them.

It may not only be football. Look at NASCAR'S ratings are down 17%.

[bisonp]

Wait, you show pictures of 4 of the worst teams in the NFL?

I saw a shit ton of people at the Vikings game yesterday.

Miami is 4-2. Indianapolis was 2-3 just last week. Bears are now 3-4. Chargers have yet to fill their 27,000 seat soccer stadium.

The NFL just stinks right now. Too many bad teams, awful quarterback play making NFL games hard to watch

[bisonp]

It may not only be football. Look at NASCAR'S ratings are down 17%.

No, it's not. I remember when I was younger and NASCAR was interesting. I can't even tell the cars apart anymore unless they zoom in on them. Haven't watched it in years. I see highlights of MLB games with their luxury seats behind home plate largely empty, and those who are in those seats are staring at their phones. What a terrible atmosphere.

Soccer seems to be the only US sport on the rise right now.

[Christopher Moen]

When were those photos taken. It's not uncommon to see lots of empty seats when the 2nd half starts when people are still in line at the concession stands.

I was going to ask the same thing, as most of those pictures show teams kicking off. Even in Denver, where every game was a sellout, 3/4 of the stadium is empty for the second half kickoff because many people are either in the bathroom or standing in line of a concessions stand.

[HerdBot]

ESPN's troubles are largely a reflection of professional sports in trouble. For years now the NFL has been ignoring their core fans in pursuit of higher profits and this was the result in week 7. Beautiful stadiums with nobody in them.

The Falcons go to the super bowl, build a crazy nice stadium.... And it's never sold out because they don't sell single tickets.. Only expensive seat licenses which the common man can't afford and they end up with a bunch of corporate stiffs and milk drinkers who don't even show up

Then you got LA where nobody gives a shit about the NFL and they can't sell out a the Coliseum if you combine the rams and chargers. Fans are pissed about losing teams too

The NFL atmosphere is a joke in many cities and the business side and ridiculous costs are alienating fans. Plus games are decided by refs now

[Christopher Moen]

The Falcons go to the super bowl, build a crazy nice stadium.... And it's never sold out because they don't sell single tickets.. Only expensive seat licenses which the common man can't afford and they end up with a bunch of corporate stiffs and milk drinkers who don't even show up

Then you got LA where nobody gives a shit about the NFL and they can't sell out a the Coliseum if you combine the rams and chargers. Fans are pissed about losing teams too

The NFL atmosphere is a joke in many cities and the business side and ridiculous costs are alienating fans. Plus games are decided by refs now

The Chargers current home (StubHub Center) only holds 27,000 people. Yesterday, of those attending, approximately 20,000 were Broncos fans. To the Chargers defense though, they had similar issues in San Diego of playing at home in front of opposing fans.