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Originally Posted by lockman21
I'd argue against that. I know this has been posted and reposted 100 times, but - http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014...02852055561406
I'm honestly over the NFL (and football in general). I'm a firm believer in Cuban's opinion of the NFL.
I guess I understand the questions a little better...I don't think anyone can look at the NBA and say that's it. Look at the Chris Paul trade. It's clearly not the NFL with the Wizard of Oz and his ball inflating nonsense.
So we're down to MLB and the NHL. Bettman and the NHLPA took one complete season and another half season completely away from us, so definitely not them. Plus the trapezoid is fucking garbage.
Which leaves MLB. So I guess it wins by default? The pushing of the all-star game to determine home field is pretty dumb, and them trying to recreate the magic of the end of the 2011 season with these wild card games is pretty dumb, too...but not as bad as the shit every other league does.
So yay MLB?
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I see what you're saying about football. Even though there's only 11-12 minutes of actual plays being run, you could easily say the same about baseball. How much time is wasted between mound visits, guys stepping out of the box, throwing around between batters after outs, replays. Hockey is great because you're guaranteed 60 minutes of action in the 2.5-3 hours it takes to watch a game. Basketball is pretty continuous, but the ends of games can be brutally dragged out.
The thing that's great about football is more the week-to-week stuff, seeing how teams/players bounce back from a bad performance, the injury drama, etc. With the advent of fantasy the past decade and what seems like a resurgence/popularity in straight-up gambling the past 5 years, there are more people invested in watching the NFL than ever before. And even within the game itself, there are battles for field position, plenty of excitement during the plays themselves, etc. So even though by the numbers there's only 11-12 minutes of actual action, it's still a pretty encapsulating 3 hours of TV to watch a football game.