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Viewership I believe was down over 20% YoY. That’s close to double the average rate of decline for all television programming. Actually, it’s similar to what WWE is seeing with their programming on USA...down between 20 and 30%. Both are producing very stale product. And I can’t think of...

Right. And that same ‘ Bama fan can enjoy being a fan of a champion of a marginalized, scorned sport in the years to come.

No...like NCAA they are too short sighted to see where this is headed. Besides, ESPN still airs niche sports programming.

No. I’m saying that limiting success to three states perpetually will cause disinterest to surge. Combine that with economic factors of trying to (unsuccessfully) compete, the huge college athletic dep debt problems, and the political issues that emerge when colleges scrimp on spending for...

They are. But the general rate of decline for all shows has been around 11% year over year. If last night outstripped that, then it starts to become significant.

The NCAA is too focused on the short term to make the necessary changes. And when they do 15 years from now it will be too late. But at least Alabama will get to continue to rule over a CFB that has less than thirty overall teams.

It is in danger of become a specialized regions sport that is big in the South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma, and Texas. Everywhere else it withers away and is closed down for monetary or political reasons.

As long as the NCAA turns a blind eye to the enhanced recruiting, there’s no reason to think that Alabama won’t win At least five of the next ten NCs, and be in eight of the next ten NC tournaments.