Hudspeth sees pros, cons to midweek games

[CharlieK]

This right here. I think it's a combination of a lot of things. Cuban said it best last year "Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered". After the year the NFL had the last 2 years, with all the bad press, domestic violence, letting Hardy play after his BS, finding out the military paid the NFL to honor its vets, and on and on.. Every broadcast is now politically charged, to some degree because of this Kaep nonsense. Add that to the election cycle, and ESPN being a faux journalism arm of the Disney company now, and its just not worth it.

I was already on the outs with the NFL when recently it just clicked in my mind that these guys show up on Sundays like normal folks show up to an 8-5 job. Some care, some don't, some are in the middle. But a small percentage of the players care like the fans care. And that's a huge disconnect. But the changing of the rules, the waaay too subjective power that the officiating crews have been given, the ridiculous fines, the flag football mentality, the concussion lawsuits, the entitled nature of the participants (from the owners down to the players)...

I've just completely lost interest. I still keep up with the Saints, but when Drew hangs it up, I'll probably do the same.

Honestly enjoy HS football more than either now. 100% guaranteed they are playing for the love of the game, and very easy to keep the whole thing in perspective since it's really just kids playing a game. I've watched 0 NFL minutes this year, and besides UL maybe only a couple of college games. I used to watch several games both Saturday and Sunday. Since I was like 5 years old. The NFL has a big problem, and it is just starting to manifest itself. I would definitely be short the NFL if it was a stock.

[cajunhawk]

With round the week games, football has somewhat reached a saturation point.

NFL ratings are down 11%

I think that can be attributed more towards the NFL's staunch anti-streaming policy, and archaic DirecTV exclusivity contract than it is on over saturation. People are cutting the chord in droves, and the NFL is lagging way behind.

[anhil8tor]

Wife heard Wayne Toups is playing at halftime. Wants to go with girls from work. I volunteered to let her go and I stay home with the kids. There isn't much point when all Hud will do is blame everyone around him for his failures. Nothing will change.

I'm with you. Kudos to Johnson and Rebowe for getting out before the chit storm. Now we are reduced to following the might hud for 2 more years. I can't see anything that will lead me to believe we will win more than 6 games at any point over the next 2+ years and I'll be damned if I will make a new orleans bowl trip for a 6-6 team that has a win of a 1AA school. Sorry fellas.

[CajunJack55]

I think that can be attributed more towards the NFL's staunch anti-streaming policy, and archaic DirecTV exclusivity contract than it is on over saturation. People are cutting the chord in droves, and the NFL is lagging way behind.

Agree. Heard this weekend that the NFL will start fining teams up to $100, 000 for posting GIF and Videos of their teams on social media. What an ___ backwards way to market.

[CajunNation]

3 things are killing the NFL.



1)Salary Cap

No more dynasties. Talent is diluted. Very little fan/player connections being developed.

The bad teams are just as bad as before. The good teams are not as good as before.


2) Saturation

Used to be Sunday and MNF. It was appointment television. Now, who cares? There are games seemingly every other night. And, it is usually bad football. I'd rather watch Big Bang Theory re-runs.

3) Political Correctness

This is killing America, not just the NFL, but that is a another story. The NFL used to have zero tolerance for PC bullcarp. Now, they have zero tolerance for any dissension to their PC bullcarp.

When you dance with the Devil. You don't change the Devil. The Devil changes you.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I never watched football for pregame ceremonies so I am not a good judge of this.

Neither do I, and most people. Still it's a big deal and garnered positive and negative momentum.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Many of us have cut the cable TV cord. I only have internet TV now so no more live NFL. I don't miss it for many of the reasons stated here.

How's that working for you? How many channels you get. How many TV sets? How's your costs? Just curious.

The wife and I watch too much TV. We're not satisfied with over the air channels, premium channels like HBO, Stars, Showtime, cable network like TNT, Fx, and many others. I've got two needed recorders. I need the entire spectrum of channels plus the ability to record for lean weeks. Additionally Netflix, Apple TV for more sports.