RonnieT24
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Everything you say here is true.. What saves the NFL is that this country is absolutely in love with football. So they can pretty much do us however they want with impunity. But at some point it will come to a head. Somebody will squeal.. somebody will get caught with their hand in the proverbial cookie jar. It's just a matter of time. I just hope I'm around to see it. And I hope this forum is here so all the people who have been denying the corruption for decades can eat a crap ton of crow about it. We remain fans because we're conditioned to. And despite it's flaws and corruption, NFL football is still wildly entertaining. The same way movies are.. We know nothing we see on the screen is real, yet we enjoy it just the same. What I do think we're already seeing is a growing emotional detachment from the outcomes among many fans. That manifests itself in a number of ways. For me it's no longer watching every game that they put on. With my streaming service I have access to every game.. At times I have had as many 6 screens going at once. Two games on each monitor on my desktop. I have not done that at all this season. I've also missed a number of Thursday night and Sunday night games due to disinterest. Same with the Monday night games not involving the Cowboys. And I don't think I'm alone in that. I would wager there's a couple million others out there doing kinda the same thing. I used to watch 12 games a week.. Now I'm down to two or three. I might eventually even get down to one..Let’s all admit the NFL is corrupt. The only opinions that would matter to the league are the opinions of people who are not fans, but people the league would like to be fans. If you’re an NFL fan, and you recognize the evidence the league is corrupt, and you remain a fan, it means you don’t care about the corruption. Why should the NFL care? We’re all going to remain fans, we’re all going to continue to buy Pepsi, Budweiser, and Ford pick up trucks. The point is, it apparently doesn’t matter. However the NFL manages its affairs, it is a wildly successful pro sports league.