New NFL Propaganda Piece

Since the NFL's embarrassing loss of viewers during the last SuperBowl game, things have been a bit ugly in NFL HQ.  Not only did about half the SuperBowl audience tune to another halftime show (run by patriots and for patriots), a good portion of those people never returned to the game for the second half.

This makes advertisers unhappy.

So, to counter the bad news, NFL starts beating its drums about NEXT season--in foreign countries.  NFL says this will be a Big Success, ya'know. 

You can tell this was a "Come here and hear our plans" interview.  IOW, the reporter is a boot-licker.

The reporter did ask one good question:  will the NFL increase the number of games?

Notice how it was brushed aside:

... “The possibility of an 18-game schedule requires more work — it requires alignment and negotiation with the players union — but that opportunity to bring more regular-season football, and in turn the opportunity to play beyond this current number of international games, is something that we’re certainly considering,” O’Reilly said....

IOW, 'We will take the money and to Hell with the players and their silly little injuries.'

We began writing about NFL Greed last year, and we predicted that it will bring about a significant drop in ratings--and further, that the NFL's move to "subscription" broadcasts will backfire.  This international crapola will also backfire.  NFL will never replace soccer, but WILL alienate fans in the US whose teams are gone for a weekend--and the TeeVee doesn't carry the game unless one pays extra.

Oh, well.