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Agree 100%.NCAA football - all collegiate major team sports, really - are also entirely driven by the major corporations that own the broadcast sports media outlets. The shareholders of those corporations are the only folks making serious coin off college and pro football (while most colleges struggle not to lose money providing the "product"). So, yeah, it's all a business.
The primary concerns of corporate shareholders are quarterly earnings reports and dividends, an extremely short-term perspective that virtually excludes any long-view analysis.
I agree 100% about what could/should be done to ensure future quality. However, for the folks in the financial driver's seat, the cost of investing in the long term health of this particular golden goose is off the table. If this goose dies, they'll just find another one. At least, they think they will.
One thing I picked up on earlier in the thread was:
Like/Dislike the NBA or basketball as a whole, what is clear is television ratings are going through the roof at a faster pace than the NFL.
With the that said more people still watch the NFL and its not close.
NBA’s national television ratings up 32 percent from last season, per Nielsen
As NFL ratings drop, ESPN's NBA viewership is up 24 percent this season
The business world is more focused on the rate of change (first derivative) and the rate of the rate of change (second derivative) more than the absolute value.
We could indeed see NFL having a hard time getting similar media deals in the future, IMHO.