1. 09-09-21 12:37 PM #1
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    The NFL is the most-watched soap opera in the world

    The games are fun, but what happens between the games keeps our interest all week.

    https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nfl-pre...120056443.html

    None of us want to talk about this so let's acknowledge it now and get it out of the way. There will be players or coaches who aren't vaccinated and subjected to the NFL's protocols, perhaps missing key games or even causing a forfeiture. We're already seeing it with Dallas Cowboys star guard Zack Martin likely out of the season opener. The social media arguments that will start after that happens will be equally baffling and circular. Just be warned: It's nearly impossible for COVID-19 to not be a story of the NFL season.

    Jerry Jones has figured out something the rest of the NFL hasn't: Controversy sells, and it's good for business.

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    Not many people watch outside the US big cities. You go to a small town in Montana, Iowa or Mississippi they don't watch NFL. You go to Rwanda, Moldova, Uzbekistan or Surinam they don't watch NFL.

    The most watched sport is soccer and then cricket.
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    Just bet on the guys who have the most vaxxed, I heard it will be that easy.
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    why do you think they talk about the nfl the year round,they want you to think it the best league in the world and it not.....
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    NFL owns Sundays from 1pm to 11pm for 5 months. I'm okay with that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    NFL owns Sundays from 1pm to 11pm for 5 months. I'm okay with that.
    Yep.
    The NFL is so powerful it's the only corporation that owns a day of the week.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pavyracer View Post
    Not many people watch outside the US big cities. You go to a small town in Montana, Iowa or Mississippi they don't watch NFL. You go to Rwanda, Moldova, Uzbekistan or Surinam they don't watch NFL.

    The most watched sport is soccer and then cricket.

    Soccer and cricket are soap operas?
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    Fox News and CNN are soap operas.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheGoldenGoose View Post
    Fox News and CNN are soap operas.
    In primetime you are right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thetrinity View Post
    In primetime you are right.
    Divide and Conquer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheGoldenGoose View Post
    Fox News and CNN are soap operas.
    Ditto for AEW and the WWE
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    Quote Originally Posted by ericc View Post
    Soccer and cricket are soap operas?
    Have you watched how players switch teams or how they players behave in the field? They are all acting.
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