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Unothat thanks for the stats...my main point was that the NFL is shrinking the product in the bag and to me becoming almost unwatchble...in contrast, College football, the NBA and baseball do not serve up broadcasts that are as watered down with commercials as the NFL...I am a football fan but a frustrated consumer of the NFL and how they are humping the fans...according to the NY Post, NFL TV ratings are in and they show an 8% decline for the season...http://nypost.com/2017/01/23/nfl-tv-viewership-fumbles-for-the-first-time-in-4-years/According to NCCA research, this is reality,
Soccer is not close to football, 6th sport behind the others for boys
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Second, by your stats I think soccer is #5 and, most importantly, soccer has the fastest growth rate of the Big 5...also worth noting is that football participation is declining...football has negative growth rate among our youth...