Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 18:52:53 GMT
Jan 19, 2019 18:18:10 GMT @screamingtreefrogs said:
Look at the flip side of that argument thought which I find intriguing beyond belief.Condense the season.
Games more meaningfull
Think TV rating wouldn't spike or attendance figures skyrocket?
as opposed to empty stadiums in April and May before schools let out?
empty stadiums in September when a club knows (and their fanbase too) they're out of it?
what was '94 the strike season when it was kind of exciting? same happened with the NHL year ago
you go 82 or so games - 5% of me can almost stomach a 1 game WC playoff - 162 games? what planet do I live on where people support this horseshit. luckily the phils have never been involved and I feel for those fanbases that booted. even feel for yanks and bosox fans involved in this nonsense. i'll never forget - think it was like in 2011 when the Phils got ousted in the playoffs after winning 100 games - may have been 2010 - sh*t - at least they weren't given just one chance to make it to the next round.
Only way to shorten a season is a return to the Sunday Double headers. Charge extra, have every Sunday "two fers" and you condense the season. But the players piss themselves at the mere thought of a scheduled doubleheader. And you come back to the fact that the average American has the attention span of a flea.
Yes!
This!
I still bartend PT - it is well worth having a bar stay open on Friday/Saturday nights until 2am and close on Sunday night at 9pm as well as the rest of the week if it makes more sense financially for the business? Yes - dependent on location and atmosphere of the bar - they need to consider expenses that are not being made up from people walking through the door - i.e. salary wages, heating & air conditioning, electricity, security......
We have MLB - are all of these teams - or even a majority of them selling out - or packing 3/4 of the house in April, May, September?
Would it not make more sense to compact the season where games are meaningful and fans may feel more intrigued to watch on TV and pack the stadiums (not talking about the hardcore fans here)?
i.e. if a bar has one customer walk through the door on a Sunday night from 8pm - 2am - and they spend $10 on beer - it is fiscally responsible for that owner to keep the bar open....or close to cut losses?