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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 1089089, member: 628"]
Responding to the [B]bolded[/B], in order...

> Incorrect.  Attendance has been remarkably stable. League-wide attendance in 2008 was 17.3 million.  In 2013 it was...17.3 million.

> Kinda, but not because of the reason you gave.  Average game time is up about 6 minutes per game over a few years ago.  But the reason is not penalties.  The amount of penalties called per game has been consistent, it's been about the same over the past few years.  The reason for the extra minutes is because of instant replay, specifically the new-ish rule that require a reply to confirm every score and turnover.

> Well, no kidding.  You also conveniently fail to note the fact that there is more scoring in the NFL (and college) in decades.  And more passing than ever.  Both of which tend to add more time to each game given more frequent clock stoppages.  The continued growth in ratings coincides with that increase in scoring and passing.  So perhaps the public is responding to an improvement in the "product", not lagging in responding to a defect.

I'm in a field where we tend to discount a "focus group of one".  Or opinions formed from selection bias.  You think there are too many penalties and the games are too long.  Thus when someone agrees you reinforce your opinion as if that is broad evidence.  It's human nature to do that, but it's also not representative.
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