Lizard King Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Yep, I've been enjoying that baseball is on the rebound in so many areas. Internationally it's catching up to basketball...still behind, but way less than imagined...their programs to get black American kids into the sport are getting results....they crush in the streaming department...America eats baseball stat porn.... You know what the best part is? The Cubs are becoming the new headliner. The worst? Manfred and the owners are going to dominate the players at every level, already are, if the players don't start acting 3+ years ago. Black athletes in the MLB are something like 20%... Urban youth are barely playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETSfaninNE Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Got it. Here's the deal. The NFL, in 2015, is only experimenting with streaming off cable right now. And they're patting themselves on the back for this. In 2015. I can't even begin to explain how much of a joke that is, and how much it shows the degrees to which this league is behind the times. Appreciate the clarification but still not seeing it, as I've repeatedly said they have a full fledged streaming service that's absolutely awesome. Its only behind the times in the USA and Mexico and not because of time but forcefully stuck behind the TV contracts. They can't do anything until the contracts expire. The reason they are able to stream the international games is b/c they aren't on american soil (no american broadcast rights). All this "test" is, is a loophole to allow an NFL game streamed and another major payday for the NFL from Yahoo. Again I stated in my previous post, do you think MLB was making 7 billion dollars a year in TV and advertising contracts? No, they were at a historical low on the popularity scale and mind-share of your average tv viewer. They needed to innovate the delivery of their sport, the NFL just isn't allowed to do it yet in the USA and 7 billion dollars a year is hard to walk away from when your sport is still peaking in popularity. 6 years from now the streaming floodgates will open and if we don't have net neutrality streaming services are going to be garbage. tldr: I'm not agreeing with your armchair view of the NFL and streaming. Its not as easy as flipping a switch and they aren't technologically behind the times just because the USA don't have access to their awesome streaming capabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Black athletes in the MLB are something like 20%... Urban youth are barely playing Almost a dozen young black ahtletes taken in the first two rounds of the draft so far. It's not so much about the "urban youth," there's more to black America than poor black kids. The black middle class in America is really underrated and relatively untouched. They LOVE America, have the money to spend on sports like baseball, get involved with sports in general, are large and growing.....That's where the money is for baseball right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetscrazey Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 if they want anyone to watch it, they should probably pick different teams..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet9 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Black athletes in the MLB are something like 20%... Urban youth are barely playing Less than half that. 8.3% in 2014. It should be noted that blacks are only like 12-13% of the population though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard King Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Almost a dozen young black ahtletes taken in the first two rounds of the draft so far. It's not so much about the "urban youth," there's more to black America than poor black kids. The black middle class in America is really underrated and relatively untouched. They LOVE America, have the money to spend on sports like baseball, get involved with sports in general, are large and growing.....That's where the money is for baseball right now. Possibly, but I'm just restating what was said a few months ago when Curtis Granderson was interviewed about his urban baseball outreach for young athletes. There are hardly any young black men playing the game anymore. Football and basketball are getting the most participation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxgreen Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I really like Rob Manfred. I think he may be the best hire of all the new commishs. He sort of has a coming-around-a-corner vibe but he is very plain spoken about baseballs problems and at the same time realistic about what can be done about them. He also doesn't come across like some sort of purist douchebag like Selig who was totally unwilling to bend to new ideas. Baseball will never be on the cutting edge of what is new but they are at least trying to update it. Whenever they want to point out what is wrong with sports baseball always gets the short end of the stick. The games rules where made up over 200 f-ing years ago, things don't change in one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Blitz Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Sooooo not the Scout Network then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Do the online chat, trust me on this one. Nobody has caught on to this one still, so there are no wait times, you can talk at your leisure, and you have a record to copy and paste over if they transfer you to someone else. Plus you wind up not getting frustrated and yelling, which helps because the person on the other end doesn't tune you out. Coincidentally this is the next venture for Facebook. Their logic is that people hate dealing with tech support, so they're trying to set it up so you can contact companies through your messenger and talk to them leisurely throughout your day. Plus you'll have a permanent record. No clue if it's going to work but it's an interesting idea. BANG! Like clockwork, this month's bill is $20 high. I'm sure my "package expired" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 If you're trying to kill the sport, you put Bills vs. Jags for the world to see. In summary, this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Comcast, the Post Office, and the DMV. Hit all those in a day, and you've essentially lived out Dante's Inferno. Happy Day! I have just cancelled my xfinity! I had to tell them I was moving back to Brooklyn so they wouldn't attack me about moving my service. Of course they keep telling me I will receive my final bill when I am paid through October 7. I had to keep saying - you mean refund. Over and over. Good news is that I paid it with my credit card and they can all fight about it. Silver Spring has Comcast and FIOS. I assume we will be going with FIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villain The Foe Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 The internet - good for more than just free porn Wait, free??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetscrazey Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I'm sure people will love watching games on their little laptop screens. I use an HDMI out to my TV but most people probably don't use this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I'm sure people will love watching games on their little laptop screens. I use an HDMI out to my TV but most people probably don't use this. Chromecast. FTMFW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj meadowlands Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 The future of NFL watching, for me, is the ability to flip between a few different camera angles on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 This has never had anything to do with getting the world to care about football. This is an experimental run to see if people in the States will watch football at 9:30 in the morning without having to sacrifice much off the back end. That's always been the point of the London expansion. Not gaining a London audience, but getting you to watch more Peyton Manning ads while you're eating breakfast. Chicken parm you taste so good (even at 9:30AM). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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