A man in Green Bay finally had his 37 year wait pay off. He got his Packer season tickets! The man had waited on a list that grew to over 60,000 fans for the chance to purchase the tickets at over 500 bucks a pop. Maybe if they continue to play as poorly at home as they have this season, that waiting list will go pretty fast.
But the fact remains that season ticket waiting lists like the Packers have – and the Redskins and the Eagles among others — NFL football is freakin’ popular! Every Sunday afternoon during the fall and winter has become Event Television. The Sunday NFL Ticket on DirecTV outsells all other pay sports packages by a 3 to 1 margin. And if you don’t want to plunk down the coin for the dish – or the extra coin for the NFL package — sports bars all around town thrive by doing it for you.
Such popularity has continually begged the question: could the overwhelming interest in the NFL sustain another league? The USFL asked that question back in the 80’s, and the XFL experiment — or experience, whatever the hell it was — lasted all of one season. So does the failure of these leagues imply that the clear answer is “no?” Hold on, He Hate the XFL. I got the fix.