Where will we be in ten years?

[zmart]

Soccer needs a major change. The only way Americans will embrace soccer is with more action. I suggest that they play with 2 balls at the same time. Imagine, two fastbreaks, offense and defense at the same time, 17 -12 scores.

 

[RuffRuff]

I don't think this is true at all. The recent changes have made baseball so much enjoyable for everyone from the casual fans to the diehards

And massively popular at the 10-17 level. Tons of money being poured in, private equity, etc. MLB ain’t going anywhere - they’ll continue to adapt. Soccer may grow more because it’s it has so much more room, but it is never taking baseball. Only chance is if some iconic superstar ala soccer Jordan shows up that kids looked up to. We’ve been waiting for that guy for a long time. Soccers benefit is its simplicity and that kids can play it at 4 years old. Most great athletes then abandon it as they get older.

Listen, if you’re 5’8” and quick, play soccer. They’ll never attract the crème de la crème of big time athletes in the US. Most of us go watch those guys because they are unique physical specimens and larger than life.

 

[Fishy]

The NFL will still be king. The NBA will be the NBA. Baseball will have fallen in a volcano and the people who like the NHL will still like the NHL. Soccer will fade in the US because we suck at it, but the rest of the world will still do what they do. The WNBA doubles down on trying to be the most unlikable group of human beings in sports and loses all forward momentum. Boxing no longer exists and horse racing is conducted without horses after a successful PETA campaign to have them banned. UFC is supplanted by the new Bar Fight League in which combatants are required to try to have a political discussion while doing shots at scheduled intervals.

College football and basketball are still popular, but there’s a league of 60+ schools playing in their own association. The NCAA is still around to organize the remnants of D1 as well as D2 and D3. It co-owns the year end tournament with the new power division and splits the revenue 30-70. Some number of NCAA teams earn berths to the tournament while all power conference teams are included. Ditto for the women’s tournament.

Half the power conference football teams play in their year end tournament. The remaining 50 or so teams left behind in the NCAA have a four team playoff in Flint, Michigan to determine the best of the rest. The players each pay a $50 entry fee to cover field rental.

The USA wins six gold medals at the 2036 Olympics because collegiate Olympic sports were all cut in 2030 due to budgetary constraints.

 

[nycscooby]

Outside the power conference, yes one power conference on its own outside of the NCAA.

 

[uconnbill]

Sports must continue to evolve to meet the demand for results now. I think UConn will always be doing something good. I think they will get into a conference, either a watered-down ACC or the Big 12.
Pro football will still be king. Baseball needs more viewers. I am not sure how they do it. The NBA has its limits, but it will continue until salaries need to stop growing as they are now.
College sports need rules and boundaries, which it doesn't have now

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I don't think this is true at all. The recent changes have made baseball so much enjoyable for everyone from the casual fans to the diehards

You think so? The expanded playoffs and hokie rule changes have turned me off to the sport.

If they want to make the regular season games worth watching, suggestion is to not let half the league into the playoffs?

What I don't understand is they cheapen the playoffs by adding additional teams and rounds for more tv money, but why not keep the wild card round as it was and make it 7 games?

 

[HooperScooper]

The NFL will still be king. The NBA will be the NBA. Baseball will have fallen in a volcano and the people who like the NHL will still like the NHL. Soccer will fade in the US because we suck at it, but the rest of the world will still do what they do. The WNBA doubles down on trying to be the most unlikable group of human beings in sports and loses all forward momentum. Boxing no longer exists and horse racing is conducted without horses after a successful PETA campaign to have them banned. UFC is supplanted by the new Bar Fight League in which combatants are required to try to have a political discussion while doing shots at scheduled intervals.

College football and basketball are still popular, but there’s a league of 60+ schools playing in their own association. The NCAA is still around to organize the remnants of D1 as well as D2 and D3. It co-owns the year end tournament with the new power division and splits the revenue 30-70. Some number of NCAA teams earn berths to the tournament while all power conference teams are included. Ditto for the women’s tournament.

Half the power conference football teams play in their year end tournament. The remaining 50 or so teams left behind in the NCAA have a four team playoff in Flint, Michigan to determine the best of the rest. The players each pay a $50 entry fee to cover field rental.

The USA wins six gold medals at the 2036 Olympics because collegiate Olympic sports were all cut in 2030 due to budgetary constraints.

So you're the one who took my 2 gummies.

 

[superjohn]

You think so? The expanded playoffs and hokie rule changes have turned me off to the sport.

If they want to make the regular season games worth watching, suggestion is to not let half the league into the playoffs?

What I don't understand is they cheapen the playoffs by adding additional teams and rounds for more tv money, but why not keep the wild card round as it was and make it 7 games?

I like that a game is the length of The Departed now instead of the length of Once Upon a Time In America extended director's cut. I can have a couple beers before the game and head to the bar after the game instead of sitting there for 4 hours nursing a $17 beer.

 

[RuffRuff]

The NFL will still be king. The NBA will be the NBA. Baseball will have fallen in a volcano and the people who like the NHL will still like the NHL. Soccer will fade in the US because we suck at it, but the rest of the world will still do what they do. The WNBA doubles down on trying to be the most unlikable group of human beings in sports and loses all forward momentum. Boxing no longer exists and horse racing is conducted without horses after a successful PETA campaign to have them banned. UFC is supplanted by the new Bar Fight League in which combatants are required to try to have a political discussion while doing shots at scheduled intervals.

College football and basketball are still popular, but there’s a league of 60+ schools playing in their own association. The NCAA is still around to organize the remnants of D1 as well as D2 and D3. It co-owns the year end tournament with the new power division and splits the revenue 30-70. Some number of NCAA teams earn berths to the tournament while all power conference teams are included. Ditto for the women’s tournament.

Half the power conference football teams play in their year end tournament. The remaining 50 or so teams left behind in the NCAA have a four team playoff in Flint, Michigan to determine the best of the rest. The players each pay a $50 entry fee to cover field rental.

The USA wins six gold medals at the 2036 Olympics because collegiate Olympic sports were all cut in 2030 due to budgetary constraints.

Is this at the same point restaurant chain Fudruckers devolves to B&$ttf&$ckers?

Name the movie.