So, the Alliance of American Football, a new football league, started this weekend. In case you haven't heard (and judging on the attendance, you probably haven't) this new league isn't trying to compete with the NFL, and that's a good thing, because they'd get crushed. Most new sports leagues fail, and if I know this, I'm sure that the people who create the leagues know this as well. So why bother? If you want to make money there are much better ways to do so. Maybe it's because the owners and investors are rich-but not so rich they can afford an NFL team, so they figure this is the next best thing.
And don't talk to me about the ratings. Yes, they scored monster ratings where they beat the NBA game. That's to be expected. A lot of people will tune in for the first night. And never turn in again. Ask the XFL back in the early 2000's. They had monster ratings too-at first.
I don't see this succeeding long term. Sure, rabid football fans (and there's nothing wrong with being obsessed with football) will watch, but the casual fan will not. If I wanted to watch people play football who wen't as good as the NFL players, I'd watch college ball.
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