re: Iowa-South Carolina Draws 18.7 Million Viewers

You know how half of this board “doesn’t watch the NFL anymore”? Yet the talking heads producing salacious narrative are doing just fine, while quality sportswriting squeaks along on a spare tire?

Even if the NCAAW game is bloated with “fake fans,” those fake fans are the ones who just care about the drama and narrative. WWE sells, and they’ll create new heroes and villains for next year even if they don’t have a record breaking talent to prop the viewership up to the ridiculous heights of this past year. Paige and Juju will be valuable starpower even with the massive departures to the draft.

We’re definitely in a critical moment where they can secure interest from a whole generation of young people or fumble it with a terrible product. As much as many folks can’t stand the gameplay, other folks feel the same about golf. This year was at least proof of concept.