Realistically that's been the situation for going on 40 years now. The only "wildcard" is if White fans will now also accept black predominance at quarterback. I think they will. They have in the CFL, and White fans in general salivate over Jackson, Mahomes, Murray, et al. just as much as the "scouts" and draft "gurus." To watch television and movies is to see black dominance at everything, every day. The past 50 years have shown there's absolutely nothing Whites won't put up with if not embrace. American Whites are putty in the hands of the cultural commissars.
Don, not to "nitpick", because I think there is a lot of truth to what you write, but there is some very good news on the CFL front: While the "perception" is the league has been loaded with African American quarterbacks for decades, that does not jive with the current reality. On this list of
Top Ranked CFL Quarterbacks 17 of the Top 22 are white. That might shock some, but it is true. Of those 17, 12 played at FCS (1-AA) programs or lower (DII, DIII, NAIA) and 3 maxed out at FBS Mid-majors. If the CFL wanted to, they could have accumulated plenty of black quarterbacks from top tier FBS programs that couldn't make it to the NFL over the years. That is not the case. Most of that is due to sheer talent of those white quarterbacks in the CFL. But I think a very small part of that is, they realize they can't field basically all black teams in Canada and expect to fill seats.
And I don't really buy the falling attendance mantra. Season ticket sales are just fine. I watch a lot of hockey games, and at the beginning of the games or the beginning of the second and third periods you can often see a lot of empty seats. But by the time there's been a stoppage or three in play most of those seats are filled as fans straggle back in from the restrooms and food stands.....Anyway, the NFL like the other three major pro sports but even more so, is built on a very profitable relationship between the league and corporate advertising along with endless free advertising from sports networks, daily sports sections and sports segments of local news shows, talk radio sports, fantasy football sites and fantasy football TV shows, etc., etc. The NFL would still be profitable if the stands were completely empty; the days of ticket sales being the main economic factor to profitability are long gone. And with the popularity of fantasy football, many fans prefer to watch all the games on TV to going to the expense of traveling to a stadium to watch a game in person.
Most of what you write here is true. But I honestly believe I'm seeing more empty seats at NFL games than I ever have,
and it's not even close -- particularly since the Kaepernick anthem/flag protests started and aroused millions of DWF's in a negative way against the NFL. Even if these unoccupied seats have been sold to corporations, the
"optics" of half-to-partially empty stadiums are real bad for the NFL. I know I've turned down "very expensive" free tickets to see my nearest NFL team, even though I was told they were PSL seats near the field. Who wants to spend all day stuck in traffic just to watch these mostly black teams, then pay an "arm and a leg" for parking, gas, food and everything else? Honestly, I would need to be paid several hundred dollars just to attend a NFL game. I know I'm not alone. Yes, Breitbart types might be taking a lot of photos at times when fans are not settled in, but there are still tons of empty seats in a lot of Stadiums from start to finish.
All three Florida teams (
Tampa,
Miami and
Jacksonville) are playing in front of embarrassing crowds each week. Other Southern teams are struggling too.
Atlanta might be the worst. Despite a brand new Stadium they are routinely outdrawn by a MLS team.
Tennessee is also having a hard time drawing.
Carolina and
Baltimore have had attendance issues in the Mid-Atlantic region the last couple years and
Houston and
Arizona similarly have struggled to fill their aging, state-of-the art Stadiums. What's even more stunning, is how poorly both the
New York teams (notably the Giants) and
Washington have drawn since 2016. At one time, we were told they had decade's long waiting lists for tickets. That might be true, but why so many empty seats? Giants have supposedly even resorted to running commercials (featuring Victor Cruz) trying to draw in ticket buyers. That was unthinkable not too long ago. Jets have been doing this (TV and radio ads) for years, according N.Y. area DWF's.
Even, believe it or not,
Cleveland is starting to play in front of tons of empty seats, despite a star-studded (albeit underachieving) team. Perhaps season ticket holders cant give away tickets for the mostly black teams to fellow whites, unless they are contending for a Super Bowl. In the "Rust-Belt",
Detroit,
Indianapolis and
Buffalo are no longer sure sellouts and
Cincinnati is struggling as bad as the Florida teams. On the West Coast, the
49ers have struggled real bad with attendance (even with a new stadium), as have the
Chargers. Although the 49ers (like Baltimore) might pick up, as they vie for a title.