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Originally Posted by ronsmac
So true. Most of my co-workers only care about football because of fantasy and 20 years ago my friends and I only cared because of gambling.
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Tell that to 1.2 million people who 17 Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays every year fill NFL stadiums to 93% capacity at an average of $53 per ticket. Tell that to the more than 1 in 3 homes in the USA that have an NFL licensed product in their home. That's more homes in this country than have a crucifix. Tell that to all the TV viewers, who since SB VI between Dallas and Miami, the first SB to reach top 5 in the Nielsen ratings for the year, that haven't allowed the SB to go that low since. Tell that to the more than 24,000 people that purchased Russell Wilson jerseys in 2016.......In the state of South Carolina.
Maybe your heads are all gambling and FF, but the NFL is burned into the American psyche like no other entertainment in history. The NFL is nothing short of the most successful marketing venture of post WWII western civilization. It has been an awesome undertaking. Incomparable.
And Chevy, Ford, Dodge, Budweiser, Allstate, and numerous other mega-american advertisers will be more than happy to fill every minute of that Cleveland-Buffalo game in the Miami TV market. Because if that's the only game they have to watch, those well informed advertisers know damn well that's what the people of Miami are gonna be watching.
