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re: Gallup: Football still America’s favorite sport, but losing young fans
Posted on 9/13/26 at 9:00 am to TheRouxGuru
Posted on 9/13/26 at 9:00 am to TheRouxGuru
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We’ve been hearing this shite since 2005
But now it’s way more assessable to us (all leagues), lends itself very well to highlights in short form which younger generations eat up, and participation rates are continuing to climb.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 9:29 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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I simply don't believe this.
I do. You’d be surprised how many kids don’t play or don’t even watch sports these days. Most just go back and watch highlights on Tik Tok
This post was edited on 9/13/26 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 9/13/26 at 9:38 am to St Augustine
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But now it’s way more assessable to us (all leagues), lends itself very well to highlights in short form which younger generations eat up, and participation rates are continuing to climb.
Anecdotal, but most of my friends' kids actually follow soccer because they play it. They won't sit and watch a football game though because it's "boring".
I love football, but I get it. It takes 3+ hours to play a 60 minute game with like 12 minutes of actual action. Plus, the expense for a family to attend NFL or major college games these days means fewer kids being exposed to it at an early age.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 9:57 am to nvasil1
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They won't sit and watch a football game though because it's "boring".
Anectodal as well but that’s exactly how mine and many of their friends are. Even the ones who actually play football. Watching a 4 hr cfb game full of ads and an extended halftime is the antithesis of most things that appeal to kids in 2026. For better or worse they just have so many options.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 10:04 am to RLDSC FAN
Gambling is their favorite sport
Posted on 9/13/26 at 10:05 am to Boodis Man
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Soccer comin'....you can tell from the world cup viewing numbers
Premier League ratings will be the true test
Posted on 9/13/26 at 10:06 am to danilo
quote:it gets beat by the WNBA
Premier League ratings will be the true test
Posted on 9/13/26 at 10:23 am to WestCoastAg
You people do realize that these kinds of things have been said for over 50 years. It's the same people regurgitating the same BS because they hate football and everything associated with it.
Oh, and if you're going to claim you no longer care about or pay attention to football, I doubt you would be spending time posting to a website dedicated primarily to football.
"I haven't watched football in 10 years," says the person with over 10000 posts.
Oh, and if you're going to claim you no longer care about or pay attention to football, I doubt you would be spending time posting to a website dedicated primarily to football.
"I haven't watched football in 10 years," says the person with over 10000 posts.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 10:28 am to RLDSC FAN
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Very true
Find this true as well, was back home last fall on a Saturday evening and out to dinner and I walked in another room at restaurant to check a football game score, asked my nephew about it and he said he doesnt watch CFB much. Floored me.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 10:59 am to TheRouxGuru
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That’s because the communists are intentionally turning football gay to ruin our country
Yeah, not because they’re threatening cities relocation if they don’t build them new playgrounds. /s
Posted on 9/13/26 at 11:04 am to St Augustine
Correct. Baseball still ruled Saturday and Sunday in non NFL months in 2005. It changed around 2012 or 13.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 11:04 am to ConnectTheDots
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this really a surprise with the way demographics are shifting
This is the only correct answer. We have brought in 30 million legal and illegal immigrants to this country over the last 40 years. Guess what? They're all soccer fans.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 11:12 am to RLDSC FAN
CTE concerns are causing participation numbers to drop in more prosperous parts of the country.
If kids don't play football they will less likely become fans of football.
Football participation rates probably aren't dropping in the south due to the poverty level.
Poor kids where football is their only hope for a bright financial future.
Much the same way poor people box even though they know the dangers.
If kids don't play football they will less likely become fans of football.
Football participation rates probably aren't dropping in the south due to the poverty level.
Poor kids where football is their only hope for a bright financial future.
Much the same way poor people box even though they know the dangers.
This post was edited on 9/13/26 at 11:14 am
Posted on 9/13/26 at 11:32 am to Jersey Shore
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Football participation rates probably aren't dropping in the south due to the poverty level. Poor kids where football is their only hope for a bright financial future.
Exactly. As long as football is a way out, it will be popular among the lower socioeconomic classes.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 12:02 pm to RLDSC FAN
College football was my most anticipated sport, but now that it's been converted to professional football, I don't care very much.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 12:05 pm to RLDSC FAN
Young people are probably more likely to name a sport they play, in school or recreationally. But after a certain age, most people don't play any sport except maybe golf. They devote their limited free time to watching it. Football has always been #1 for me but I have plenty of friends who would have given a different answer at 18 or 25.
Posted on 9/13/26 at 3:09 pm to Jersey Shore
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CTE concerns
Doesn’t this apply to head butting a soccer ball also?
Posted on 9/13/26 at 3:18 pm to Fus0623
quote:I understand this and see this firsthand
do. You’d be surprised how many kids don’t play or don’t even watch sports these days. Most just go back and watch highlights on Tik Tok
[embed]Just 20% of Americans ages 18-34 say football is their favorite sport to watch, according to Gallup.[/embed] re read. This is saying 80% of 18-34 year olds have a sport they prefer to watch over football. That is what I am not buying
Posted on 9/13/26 at 3:39 pm to RLDSC FAN
Thank God NFL football is back
Posted on 9/13/26 at 4:14 pm to mattz1122
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Go woke go broke
Except that they are not broke dumb frick
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