NFL Fans: Why Would a Shortened Season Make You Stop Watching Football?

April 8, 2011   ·   Caleb Garling   ·   Jump to comments

How will fans react if there is an NFL lockout? In their next issue, Sports Illustrated will release a poll that, according to the Baltimore Sun, says:
"Nearly half of fans (44 percent) say they would have less future interest in the NFL if the season was delayed or canceled. More than half of fans (53 percent) expect a full NFL season without replacement players in 2011, but if replacement players are used 63 percent will still watch."
Let me say first that I am firmly in the 53 percent that expect a season—without needing to call Keanu Reeves. I’ve written that I playfully believe we're watching something of a PR game, and that since there will be a season, there are myriad ways we can voice our annoyance with the legal antics that have polluted SportsCenter.
Also, we need to attach three major asterisks to the poll, until the article comes out:
1)   People sometimes answer surveys the way they think they should, rather than with an hon...

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