Quote Originally Posted by Tater View Post
Yep. Early 2000s everything felt like the main event. Mainstream coverage and chasing more causal fans instead of building your base ruined the sport. College football is very close to following a similar path. And NIL/Portal is just a symptom of the problem.

Return to promoting each individual game and focusing on it like it's your only care for the day rather than nonstop playoff advertisement and it will slowly fix itself. No one who watches State vs. Arkansas wants to hear about playoffs all throughout the broadcast. Call the game.
The chasing casual fans aspect and Car of Tomorrow killed Nascar. They abandoned the North Wilksboro track that was home of some of their most extreme diehards for putting races in New Hampshire and Texas. When you abandon your loyal followers for fans that may or may not give a shit about you you'll see attendance wise what you see today. Nascar needs to do a better job advertising the party aspect of what happens at a track during a race weekend to draw more people in to the sport as well.