I would agree with that.You can also add the fact that between straight betting, office pools, elimination pools, fantasy leagues, etc., almost everyone who watches football has a financial stake in the result of the games they're watching. Pretty sure I'm the only one who doesn't.
Also explains some of the success of March Madness.
Not so much with baseball, people watch it less because of gambling and more for the sport.
Sandra
Irrelevant. Of course fewer people will watch end of the season regular season games when their teams have already clinched or already out of it. Even I stopped watching the Dodgers last year once they clinched with a few days left. This does not prove your point or discredit any point I made:
Actually the WBC has not affected the start of the regular season. It has started on the first Sunday of April (and a few times even the last Sunday of March) for many years now. Opening Day (Monday) has coincided with the NCAA Basketball Championship game (with one exception) for many years now.
I have attended every Opening Day in Cincinnati for over 30 years.
You may be confused with the start of Spring Training, or the dates some players are required to report to ST because of the WBC!!!...
Opening day for the Reds:
2008: Monday, March 31
2009: Monday, April 6
One week difference. Not confusing at all.
Sandra
From the L.A. Times:
Rain could push Game 1 of ALCS to next week
October 15, 2009 | 8:48 am
The National Weather Service is predicting an 80% chance of rain at the scheduled start of the American League Championship Series on Friday night at Yankee Stadium, which could throw the series into serious disarray.
If Game 1 can't be played Friday night, when temperatures are expected to drop to the low 40s with a wind-chill near freezing, the start of the series could be pushed back to Saturday. But the forecast is basically the same. In fact, the forecast doesn't have the skies clearing until Tuesday.
But there are other obstacles in rescheduling any rain-outs. If either Game 1 or 2 is postponed by weather, the teams could play on Sunday, which is currently listed as a travel day. But since the ALCS is being televised on Fox, it's unlikely the network would agree to a schedule that would include a Sunday afternoon game because it would clash with the network's NFL schedule.
Game 3 is currently scheduled for Monday afternoon in Anaheim. If the teams have to play Sunday night, it's unlikely they would be asked to fly across the country and play the next afternoon. The game could be moved to Monday night or could simply be moved to Tuesday by the commissioner's office, which is in charge of scheduling postseason contests. That would compact the schedule by having the teams play on three consecutive days.
Wednesday is now scheduled as a day off.
Under any scenario, however, the series is scheduled to return to New York for Games 6 and 7, if necessary, next weekend when the forecast calls for -- wait for it -- more rain
Wow that would be too bad..
But then again After 2 days of rain in L.A it has become a beautiful sunny day for some NLCS game today.. That's why there is no better weather anywhere then Socal.. this weekend gonna be in the 90's
I am 40 miles away and it usually takes about 1 hour to get to Dodger Stadium (there is always a little traffic at least). With traffic it can take over 2 hours. I will be leaving at 3:00 when I get off of work and will probably get there in the 2nd inning
