Quote Originally Posted by carlos View Post
They seem to take for granted the fans will flock back once the gates are open with what ever they decide to do. I don't think that will be the case and while the covid situation has become a factor of everyday life disinterest may play an equally large role.
I think the league is looking at it from the opposite point of view -- deathly afraid that fans have been lost forever. Attendance was going down long before COVID kaiboshed a season and put the league out of mind for a year (while also creating a coterie of fans who won't be so eager to gather in large groups after the pandemic ends, if it ever does). Anything the league comes up with at this point, whether it's minor rule tweaks, major proposals to change roster rules or a total merger with the XFL, will be designed with the intention of reviving a flagging business.