I'm interested to see if sports' cultural cache experiences more of a perceptible fall. For a long time, sports fandom provided a uniquely immersive experience - a world of interesting play styles, strategies, stats, and exciting shared experiences in the big games.
My sense is that the hardcore fans are still there, but a lot of casual followers are slowly being peeled away into other immersive experiences - well written TV, social media communities, deeper and deeper gameplay experiences. Additionally, gathering a bunch of people into a room to watch something isn't as much of a draw with the constant connectivity of smartphones. My girlfriend is a
When you add the dinosaur economic model controlling the medium and the rising sensitivity to the brain damage that football causes, I wouldn't be too surprised to see a more perceptible downturn.
My sense is that the hardcore fans are still there, but a lot of casual followers are slowly being peeled away into other immersive experiences - well written TV, social media communities, deeper and deeper gameplay experiences. Additionally, gathering a bunch of people into a room to watch something isn't as much of a draw with the constant connectivity of smartphones. My girlfriend is a
When you add the dinosaur economic model controlling the medium and the rising sensitivity to the brain damage that football causes, I wouldn't be too surprised to see a more perceptible downturn.