What does the average person want out of a sporting event? I don’t mean die-hard sports nerds, the kind of people obsessed with Statcast exit velocities, who make NBA greatest-of-all-time arguments wielding measurements like Win Shares and VORP. I mean the average human beings whose eyeballs every sports league is fighting for, the Joe Q.
Does watching this make me think about the outside world in any way? Or can I truly escape everything for an afternoon?, which kicks off its season Thursday night with a game between the Buffalo Bills and the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, understands that its mastery of escapism is the secret to its incredible, almost overwhelming success.
williamfleitch I don't know. The price point and the whole politicalization have indeed taken a toll. States that now allow sports betting/gambling have probably hidden the decline of the average fan/fair weather fan to zealots.