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Alan Swank
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Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/6/2017 12:42:04 PM

Saw this into today's Dispatch. The comments on football viewing were very interesting.

http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20170705/rob-oller--pro-sp...

Last Edited: 7/9/2017 3:05:55 PM by Alan Swank

OU_Country
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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/6/2017 4:04:01 PM

Thanks for sharing. He hits the nail on the head regarding certain things:

*the length of the broadcast being a key factor in viewership.
*the fact that soccer's piece of the pie is only going to get larger.
*that two older school sports are in decline for the younger viewers - baseball, and racing.

Robert Fox
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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/6/2017 5:08:24 PM

OU_Country wrote:

He hits the nail on the head regarding certain things:

*the length of the broadcast being a key factor in viewership.
*the fact that soccer's piece of the pie is only going to get larger.
*that two older school sports are in decline for the younger viewers - baseball, and racing.

I agree these are critical to today's audience. Short attention spans don't ride through commercial breaks well. Baseball is already slow moving. Add in a commercial break at every batting change and you have a recipe for turning the channel. Don't know how often they advertise within racing, but the sport bores the hell out of me personally.

I think commercial content is a bigger factor than age of the viewer. Turner Classic Movies seems to be highly popular in part, I assume, because it lacks commercials. I would also assume they have a sizable Millenial and younger audience.

L.C.
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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/6/2017 8:05:25 PM

Many young people have no interest in any sports at all. Instead of playing sports, they are spending their teen years playing video games. As a result, they are more interested in using Twitch to watch other people play video games. Is video gaming the future replacement for sports entertainment?

�We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.� ― Epictetus

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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/7/2017 8:23:37 AM

Video games as most people know them today will never replace sports, but virtual reality sports could eventually replace sports. No risk of concussions.

Personally, I can't wait to be a fan sitting in virtual Peden Stadium in 2050. I wonder if I will still get yelled at for standing on 3rd down?

I've seen crazier things happen.

L.C.
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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/7/2017 9:16:44 AM

I think it's an odd idea, too, yet I thought I read awhile back about some college issuing scholarships for video game players. To me the idea of watching someone play a video game is bizarre..at first glance. Yet, is that any stranger than watching someone else play chess? Or a physical activity that we could also be playing ourselves (i.e. "a sport")? On reflection, I guess it's the same thing - watching someone do something we could do ourselves because they are better at it than we are.

�We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.� ― Epictetus

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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/7/2017 10:29:50 AM

I feel like I read something at some point that a big reason soccer has not gained more traction in the US is that broadcasters don't want to put it on prime time, since soccer doesn't have the stoppages in play to accommodate commercial breaks.

This article would suggest the opposite though...the lack of commercials is exactly what draws in younger viewers.

(I still think the answer is for Netflix or one of the other streaming services to get into live sports....)

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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/7/2017 1:13:36 PM

Some thoughts on soccer TV viewing. For a decade or so I coached a high-level club team. Won several league titles and one state championship. My lads - some of whom played for me for as many as 7 consecutive years - played 12 months of every year - 3 months with their respective schools and 9 with the club. 10 or 11 of my players went on to play college soccer. The quality of play was excellent and the physicality was intense.

I've had the pleasure of watching British Premier League soccer in person. Athletes highly skilled and fiercely competitive.

So why not more fan interest in the U.S.? I believe one reason - a big one -is the way games are televised. Because the field is larger than a football field, because the 22 players are spread across that wide and long expanse, and because the flight of the ball is unpredictable, most of the TV shots are panoramas. On screen in those panoramas, the players appear as ants moving in slow motion. They appear almost dainty.

If a way could be found to effectively televise more of the action more closely, I tend to think TV viewing would increase appreciably.

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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/7/2017 2:20:36 PM

"It would be foolish to suggest NASCAR is dying � as a niche sport, its future likely is safe � but with the average viewing age climbing from 49 to 58 since 2006, its impact will continue to diminish."

I'm gonna go ahead and be foolish then. I think NASCAR might die in the next 25 years given the complete lack of interest in cars by people under the age of 40.

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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/7/2017 4:46:57 PM

Brian Smith wrote:

I've got three guys in my office from 26-30 that are obsessed with cars. In places outside of urban America, I would suspect there's a still a high interest in cars for younger people. I don't think it's not going to die unless someone forces the use of an electric engine, thereby eliminating the noise. Many people love to watch racing, myself included, because of the speed, power, and noise. Racing, at many levels, is also probably the most fan friendly sporting event a person can go to. The only drawback to a Cup level NASCAR race is the length of time. I watch nearly every race, but without DVR, there's no chance I would do that.

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RE: Interesting article on sports TV viewing

Posted: 7/7/2017 4:51:22 PM

C Money wrote:

The prime time argument for the major networks would make sense. That said, NBC, Fox, and ESPN have all at various points of time paid big bucks for the Premier League, so there must be some value in advertising during those games. The MLS is on Sundays with a 5pm, then 7pm double header almost every weekend during the season.

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