Submitted by Slight_Author_8386 t3_y5oy1y in dataisbeautiful
Iceeman7ll t1_ismmdkj wrote
If NFL is half as smart as the English Premier League, they would introduce new teams in other states with no teams, in tier two and tier three NFL games.
Slight_Author_8386 OP t1_ismngws wrote
That’s what’s known as “college football” lol. But that’s a good idea, and it world be MORE FOOTBALL 🏈
Iceeman7ll t1_ismrkcu wrote
NFL is a perfect embodiment of how a nation as big as American (see data chart about) is focusing wealth of the establishment in only half the states instead of the whole country.
I agree college football is the alternative, but that’s not professional sport in the fact that the students don’t get paid.
JCPRuckus t1_ispdhln wrote
This is such an, "I don't understand how the world works" comment. People aren't spread evenly across the country. There are huge swathes of the country with almost no people at all, and other parts with a million people in a few square miles. You don't just put things in the middle of nowhere where there aren't enough people to justify it. You put in where there are already lots of people to use/pay for/run/enjoy/whatever it.
Compared to how much of the economy they actually account for, cities are vastly under-invested in. Cities subsidize suburbs and rural areas (if you account for where people in the suburbs actually work), and could actually do so just as much, while being nicer themselves, if people like you weren't constantly demanding mal-investment that makes the whole pie smaller for everyone.
Skeptic_Juggernaut84 t1_ispljkw wrote
I was thinking about where they would put a team in a state like Nebraska. That state is nothing but corn fields and small towns. They don't have the extremely large cities to accommodate an NFL team. No large city means no revenue.
Slight_Author_8386 OP t1_isms9dj wrote
Good point
BUSFULOFNUNS t1_ismtld6 wrote
** cough cough ** scholarships, free ride, pay no tuition, don't have to buy overpriced university textbooks they only use one semester, free housing ** cough ahem cough ** You're right. Students don't get paid.
GaussfaceKilla t1_isosng5 wrote
Not to mention NIL deals.
GaussfaceKilla t1_isoskjs wrote
There isn't enough good QBs to play in the current NFL. Adding more teams would just make more bad football.
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