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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho gives a rats ass about NFL's 'deflate-gate'
Geesh, it's been "headliner news" on both CNN and MSNBC now for how
many days? .. and it goes on and on and on .. it's now 13 minus into 4pm
"news" on these two channels, and they are still parsing this complete non-story.
Sports is sports, not "news" IMHO. It would be like leading the sport channel
hour with 13 minutes of what's going on in the stock market, or ME wars.
Kind of makes me wonder what the hell's REALLY going on that they SHOULD be
talking about, like RW schemes to get the Balimore prosecutor to recuse herself,
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)You can steal a billion dollars like Rick Scott or two presidential elections like the Bush Crime Family, but take a little dope and hit a baseball, and it is news.
BONDS NEEDS TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Does this coverage of this non-issue surprise anyone?
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Some people neither.
Meh.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,838 posts)Then we get back into heated discussions.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Not everyone is you, dear.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)but isn't that what all those sports channels are for on cable TeeVee?
Coventina
(27,084 posts)Also, many sports fans try to say sports is a metaphor for life.
If that's the case, then it's even more important that cheaters not prosper.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)I'm of the opinion that American sports is 99% bread &
circuses ... rather like in the movie The Hunger Games.
Coventina
(27,084 posts)I wish it were otherwise, and I do my part by not focusing on sports and instead focus my time and energy on what I feel "really matters".
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)Luckily, I can multi-task.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)but by the time I get pissed about TPP, rolling oil-train bombs, Gitmo, NSA paying on us 24/7, Citizens United, The Koch Bros, cops shooting unarmed black males at-will, endless ME wars, et. al. I have absolutely NO time or energy left-over to get pissed about the fucking air pressure in NFL balls. I'm already multi-tasking plenty believe me.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)spanone
(135,803 posts)Iggo
(47,545 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)It didn't get to be that way in a vacuum. The answer is a LOT of people give a rat's ass.
If there were corruption in a major business in the country would you not want to know? Or would you shrug it off with a "Who gives a rats ass about corporation XYZ ......."?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/08/20/the-nfls-most-valuable-teams/
Forbes team values are enterprise values (equity plus net debt) and are calculated using multiples of revenue that reflect each teams current stadium economics (with adjustments for pending new stadiums and renovations). For teams that own their stadiums, we include the revenue the team gets from the stadium (net of applicable debt payments), but not the market value of the real estate.
The NFL is by far the most popular sport on television and media right fees underpin the leagues sweeping increase in team values. Thanks to new broadcasting deals with NBC, ESPN, CBS and Fox that begin with the 2014 season, evenly-split revenue will increase to $250 million over the next four years. In addition, the leagues one-year Thursday Night Football deal with CBS will add $275 million in revenue to the league this season. And the NFLs deal with DirecTVwhich recently began to offer streaming optionsis expected to increase substantially from its current $1 billion a year fee to the league given the importance of the NFL to the value of the satellite television provider.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Really? IF?
Actually, on edit, you do have a point, in that NFL is "a business", so I'll give you that.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)But only enough to state that I don't give a damn.