Why the NFL became the first sport three reasons to create special charm

Major League Baseball (MLB) is known as the American favorite entertainment, but the NFL has for years been trying to take the title.

This year, the Harris Interactive network reported that 34% of americans favourite game is football, and baseball is only 16%, and 11% of the respondents is a favorite of the college football. The answer is obvious, americans prefer football. So simple, but is not limited to ratings rise, nowadays, children tend to choose more exciting football, rather than baseball. According to the Wall Street journal reports:

"The National Sporting Goods Association (National Sporting Goods Association, an industry trade group) research shows that from 2000 to 2000, 7 to 17 dropped to 24% the number of teenage children play baseball. Although the long-term effects of concussion concerns continue to grow, to participate in the all football a teenager soared to 21%, over the same period, puck up to 38%. Sporting Goods manufacturers Association (Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association, another industry trade organization), said baseball participation has dropped to 12.7%."

100 years ago, just from the 1912 Olympic Games gold medal Jim Thorpe (Jim Thorpe) become a professional football's first superstar. Thorpe's career continued to his 42 years old, in 1923, he became a member of the first team in the league.

Then by then. Now, 100 years on, thorpe and his generation people see people flock to the NFL game now estimates could be in for a shock. They can't imagine to the NFL program will be like a marathon a week starting Thursday night, until Monday night's game play is over.

Is worth again, no considering the above on Monday to Sunday can see countless college football game. When TV have a VCR, there is not much reason football doesn't appear in people every time I turn on the TV menu appears.

In the United States, people don't need to explain to others what is the NFL RedZone (TV) and Fantasy games (Fantasy Football), the NFL now grip the throat of the American college of sports experience, but it wasn't like this before.

The NFL after temporary downturn more brilliant in the 90 s

Our generation grew up in the 90 s, it is easy to recall is not the king of the NFL.

No offence in those years the NFL many legendary star, but no one can like Larry Bird (Bird) and Michael Jordan (Michael Jordan) that draw attention to the americans.

I know a die-hard football fans will recall earlier than in the 90 s, at that time the NFL is their favorite sport, I can! However, from the social perspective, the NFL was later from steady growth to the rapid growth of. Above is the super bowl, viewed in the 90 s the NFL is not, as is its most ardent fans want to occupy the dominant position.

Think about this: if Amy Smith (Emmitt Smith) is a giant, Byrd is a mountain. When Jerry Rice (Jerry Rice) to become the greatest player in history, Jordan has become the "god". Since Byrd stepped into the NBA stadium in 1979, the NBA has become America's first sports and slowly decline until Jordan in the late 90 s.

Later, as Jordan fade from public importance, NBA players began to strike.

In the late 90 s and the beginning of the 20th century, NBA players selfish, rob money image by high marks, play free variable stars such as Allen Iverson (Allen Iverson) and Paul Pierce (Paul Pierce) and others. Magic Johnson (Magic Johnson), "showtime lakers. Reid, Auerbach (Red Auerbach) the celtics dynasty, bad boys pistons and Jordan's bulls all disappear. Because of the influence of the strike, the importance of the NBA in American life began to retreat, even Michael Jordan in the wizards short-term return cannot save the situation.

Of course, not only in the NBA have a strike. In fact, the NFL was the only one in the 90 s, there have been no labor union work stoppage. The MLB stopped in 1990, in 1994-1995 have a strike. National Hockey League (National Hockey economic, NHL) players went on strike in 1992, 1994-1995, and stop.

At that time, only the NFL provide stability for sports fans. Even rising wages and labor unions threatened to strike from time to time, the NFL to give the public feeling is that football is the real team sport, the NBA, MLB and NHL player is all some kid with a high salary.

Yes, 1998 when sami - sousa (Sammy Sosa) and Mark McGwire (Mark McGwire) compete home record, MLB said he still have a chance to become America's first movement.

Expansion and rules to improve team to create a more vibrant  

In the 1995 s and 2002 s, the NFL regardless of appearance and inner great changes have taken place.

First of all, moved from Los Angeles to st. Louis RAMS, moved from Los Angeles to Oakland raiders. Also added two teams, Carolina panthers and Jacksonville jaguars. The changes put two teams in the south of the market, and a return to the Midwest.

In 1996, the Cleveland browns move to Baltimore, has become the ravens. Then, in 1997, Houston oil ers moved to Nashville, eventually become the Tennessee titans. Just two years later, Mr Brown team as a new team to build up again. In 2002, Houston texans to compensate leave oil ers and added.

So another team, on the east coast and in the south of the NFL.

In this step, the NFL can hold "as long as the expansion of the team will have more people to see" attitude, but the league is still working to improve, improve the experience of the audience.

Since Walter Camp (Walter Camp, 1859-1925, American football players, coaches, sports reporter, known as the "father" of American football) and Pop - Warner (Pop Warner, 1871-1954, American football players, coaches) since the days of the rules of football has been changed. But for this article to talk about things, the rules of the NFL's first big change was in 1990, the NFL changed the playoff race, increased the two wild card team.

In 1994, the league has increased 2 additional points of rules. Although the team do not often choose to play 2 additional points, but this rule not only enrich the team's tactics and to the final moments of the game more exciting.

The rest of the time in the 90 s and the early 20th century, some rules of change significantly helped the offensive group. First of all, in 1995, took over after being hit by a defender the boundary can be involved in the game again. The next year, the judges started more strictly to treat 5 yards contact rules, and began to vigorously promotes the helmet into the situation of the helmet to protect players. In 1998, the defense can't lure back to attack the front players move early. In 2001, the judges are required to protect the passer to ensure employers' investment.

These changes in geographic and rules allow viewers, thus attracting more and more local media market in the United States. In spite of this, the NFL also can only be captured one step between all the football fans.

Fantasy games for primary fans to create the overall attractiveness  

League game in 1963, the first dream, but it was not until decades after the emergence of the Internet, people no longer need to rely on the fax machine to track the score, also do not need, such as the morning newspaper to get the result information, fantasy games into the mainstream.

Bleacher Report site actually have an interesting link with the trend of the NFL. As the CEO Brian gray (Brian Grey) in 2001 to become yahoo! Sports, general manager of one of his top priority is to raise their fantasy game players, and the practice of gray is the game is to make the dream become a free game, since then fantasy games began to rapid development.

Now, even in the ESPN, CBS and other web sites that fantasy games are open for free, yahoo is still the most popular online fantasy game.

With the emergence of fantasy game, the fans for the hometown local team and the fans have a great interest. 20 years ago, from Syracuse, New York city, fans not to care about the st. Louis RAMS running back ran out of the several touchdown. Now, the same fans watching it closely to his latest injury was running back and threatening if the coach can limit his love will he retaliation in ball number.

Fantasy games makes NFL newsman comments more daring, and promote the use of the second screen, because the fans not only has a big TV, and there will be general tablets and other mobile devices. To keep up with the game at home, in 2011, the union force for the team in their respective home video game board displays fantasy game data of the league.

Now, the NFL has only sowing touchdown NFL RedZone and critical moment their TV channels, and Microsoft also extends the fantasy games on Xbox One platform. The way we experience the game is changing, from the influence to the league office decision fantasy games also is just a matter of time.

The NFL makes up for the NBA because of Labour disputes and star leave made vacuum, simultaneous expansion and rules change makes the NFL team make the game more attractive for the primary fan. And than any other, fantasy games can lock the fans and give them more care about alliance all the reasons for the team.

So the NFL is undoubtedly the first movement, and see what will change in the short term.