re: Is football dying?

If football is dying, it may be because of a couple of factors...
1. Overexposure - larger tv screens; far more tv channels showing college and pro games; way too many meaningless bowls, and them renamed to reflect corporate greed instead of football tradition; NFL playoffs - too many teams playing too many end of season games, not to mention preseason nothing games - all televised on our big screen tvs at home. Oh, and did I mention the crazy prices of tickets for college and pro games?
2. I call this one the "kill the golden goose" factor. The NFL's predatory early signing of non-graduated college football underclassmen - destabilizes whole college teams (see LSU defense this year) and robs fans of fun of watching these very talented players develop over a full college career. I think this contributes to an apathy factor on the part of fans, who have discovered their favorite players have no real loyalty to their favorite team, other than as a vehicle to take them quickly to the big bucks they can make in the NFL. If the players don't care, why should I? Earlier departures from games, quieter fans in game can be symptomatic. I was at the Outback Bowl yesterday, sitting in the heart of the LSU section and was stunned by the relative quiet of the LSU fans compared to the far more numerous Hawkeye fans.