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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 973543" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>I like football. The current media surrounding football is more like professional wrestling than it is an actual sport. It is getting to be more hype than anything at all related to football. I used to watch Sportscenter and College Gameday. I haven't watched either in several years. Pretty much the only time I watch ESPN is when GT is playing. I watch fewer other games now than I used to. </p><p></p><p>I think there is a real danger of college football having the same kind of declines as NASCAR has been experiencing. Push out the people who actually care about the sport to gain viewers who are only interested in the hype. When the hype wears off, those viewers will start to leave and many who actually care about the sport won't be around any longer. The business model for ESPN is changing, and the endless supply of money isn't available now. It is possible that the viewership of college football will decline in 10 years instead of increasing. Teams like Texas, A&M, and Alabama will be stung if that happens, but it won't hurt them too bad because they have large revenues not related to media. GT really needs to get the debt paid off because expecting increases in media revenue perpetually in order to survive and pay interest only on the debt might not be successful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 973543, member: 2426"] I like football. The current media surrounding football is more like professional wrestling than it is an actual sport. It is getting to be more hype than anything at all related to football. I used to watch Sportscenter and College Gameday. I haven't watched either in several years. Pretty much the only time I watch ESPN is when GT is playing. I watch fewer other games now than I used to. I think there is a real danger of college football having the same kind of declines as NASCAR has been experiencing. Push out the people who actually care about the sport to gain viewers who are only interested in the hype. When the hype wears off, those viewers will start to leave and many who actually care about the sport won't be around any longer. The business model for ESPN is changing, and the endless supply of money isn't available now. It is possible that the viewership of college football will decline in 10 years instead of increasing. Teams like Texas, A&M, and Alabama will be stung if that happens, but it won't hurt them too bad because they have large revenues not related to media. GT really needs to get the debt paid off because expecting increases in media revenue perpetually in order to survive and pay interest only on the debt might not be successful. [/QUOTE]
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