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[Momo]

SW Battlefront

This is the one game I will be social about. I hope all you fuckers get it so we can play together

[Am_I_Anonymous]

SW Battleground

This is the one game I will be social about. I hope all you fuckers get it so we can play together

Agreed. It's the one game I actively google for updates. I just hope dice doesn't go all BF4 on that ass and kill it from the start with glitches.

Edit: oopsie poopsie, fixed.

[Momo]

lol Claire Redfield looks like a realistic 35 - year old woman going through tough shit and GAF can't handle it.

She has a sunken-in-drugged-eastern-european-dark-rings-around-the-eyes-child-molester look.

No co-incidence you are okay with it right?

[Himu]

What's the next overhyped next gen shooter so I can mark my date for more tears?

[Momo]

SW Battleground

This is the one game I will be social about. I hope all you fuckers get it so we can play together

Agreed. It's the one game I actively google for updates. I just hope dice doesn't go all BF4 on that ass and kill it from the start with glitches.

Edit: oopsie poopsie, fixed.

If they let us roll our own servers, I'll pony up for a bore server.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

What's the next overhyped next gen shooter so I can mark my date for more tears?

Halo, duh.

[Momo]

What's the next overhyped next gen shooter so I can mark my date for more tears?

[Himu]

What's the next overhyped next gen shooter so I can mark my date for more tears?

Halo, duh.

Is prefer this one to be ps4 exclusive to get Sony stans bawling.

[Phoenix Dark]

Bruh just come on out and say you hate VA then 

I have no problem with VA but lord knows I wouldn't buy a house in Virginia


#ColiFuckery

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I see a certain bore poster on thecoli arguing about the NBA being worse than the NFL

We'll see which one is bigger in 15 year, fam

If you honestly think the NBA will be bigger than the NFL, you're insane. Bigger than MLB? Absolutely....

The NFL grosses more in a month than the NBA does all season bro bro.

[Himu]

I see a certain bore poster on thecoli arguing about the NBA being worse than the NFL

We'll see which one is bigger in 15 year, fam

Will the NBA not be in 15 years?

We really need :trollbron I use hitler as a substitute and we are over using it

[Am_I_Anonymous]

What's the next overhyped next gen shooter so I can mark my date for more tears?

Halo, duh.

Is prefer this one to be ps4 exclusive to get Sony stans bawling.

I don't think this means what you think it does.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

If you honestly think the NBA will be bigger than the NFL, you're insane. Bigger than MLB? Absolutely....

The NFL grosses more in a month than the NBA does all season bro bro.

I not only think it will be, i'm sure.

One of these sports is globalizing fast, the other isn't. It's a function of time.

Baseball has been global for 30 years bro. NFL won't let the NBA hit europe before they do. You can't beat the NFL, they are the only league that has absolute control over the players. NBA will price itself into hard times by 2020.

[Himu]

I see a certain bore poster on thecoli arguing about the NBA being worse than the NFL

We'll see which one is bigger in 15 year, fam

If you honestly think the NBA will be bigger than the NFL, you're insane. Bigger than MLB? Absolutely....

The NFL grosses more in a month than the NBA does all season bro bro.

NFL will contract and implode when concussions scare the shit out of people more. It's already happening. Enjoy the ride for now.

[Mr. Nobody]

Bruh just come on out and say you hate VA then 

I have no problem with VA but lord knows I wouldn't buy a house in Virginia


#ColiFuckery

 








Fuck Nas though 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I see a certain bore poster on thecoli arguing about the NBA being worse than the NFL

We'll see which one is bigger in 15 year, fam

If you honestly think the NBA will be bigger than the NFL, you're insane. Bigger than MLB? Absolutely....

The NFL grosses more in a month than the NBA does all season bro bro.

NFL will contract and implode when concussions scare the shit out of people more. It's already happening. Enjoy the ride for now.

Yeah the 1.4 billion in revenue they took in during the first week says they'll buy off whomever they have too. Sorry bud you're comparing a nice chevy to a bentley here. Never gonna happen.

[king of the internet]

What's the next overhyped next gen shooter so I can mark my date for more tears?

That Order game for PS4 is gonna be hot garbage. It's gonna cause a tears tsunami. 

[Himu]

You are talking about now. But the concussion issue is going to fuck the sport. Kids are are playing soccer instead of football due to the dangers. As high schools have more parents who refuse to let their children play football, college and NFL will be affected. I'm not saying it's contracting NOW. I'm saying that the mentality that football is a barbaric sport as we come to understand the nature of brain injury is starting to take hold.

[Momo]

Basketball is pretty popular worldwide, GridIron? Good luck moving that stinker of a game even into mexico.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Baseball has been global for 30 years bro. NFL won't let the NBA hit europe before they do. You can't beat the NFL, they are the only league that has absolute control over the players. NBA will price itself into hard times by 2020.

I'm sure you've noted the influx of foreign players in the NBA. It's only really just starting right now.

The NFL has no chance in europe. Europeans don't fuck with american football at all and never ever will. And it's too expensive to take off in developing countries.

Neither does the NBA....Soccer rules bro....NFL rules bro....nobody will ever break the monopolies. Unreal people even think this would be possible.

[StealthFan]

niggerhoops will never be more popular than the nfl tho I do agree that concussion-gate is gonna be immense.

[Himu]

Basketball was my favorite sport as a kid, so I look forward to a resurgence in the NBA. But I can't fuck with the current NBA.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

You are talking about now. But the concussion issue is going to fuck the sport. Kids are are playing soccer instead of football due to the dangers. As high schools have more parents who refuse to let their children play football, college and NFL will be affected. I'm not saying it's contracting NOW. I'm saying that the mentality that football is a barbaric sport as we come to understand the nature of brain injury is starting to take hold.

LOL nothing like making shit up. High school football has more participation now then ever before. There are over 6000 high school football teams. When the trending of america changes from oppressing liberalism (I know how your life should work, this is bad m'kay) back to the center the concussion thing will be pushed down. BTW every other sport has concussions too bubba.

[Momo]

niggerhoops will never be more popular than the nfl tho I do agree that concussion-gate is gonna be immense.

Commonwealth/Euros have had concussion/spine injuries/paralysis be a definite and understood risk of one of our favorite pastimes (Rugby) for ages. Fuckers wont stop playing it 

[Himu]

niggerhoops will never be more popular than the nfl tho I do agree that concussion-gate is gonna be immense.

What was the point of this? What were you hoping to gain out if it?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

niggerhoops will never be more popular than the nfl tho I do agree that concussion-gate is gonna be immense.

Commonwealth/Euros have had concussion/spine injuries/paralysis be a definite and understood risk of one of our favorite pastimes (Rugby) for ages. Fuckers wont stop playing it 

Bingo. The warnings will be in place, waivers will be signed, and the game will go on.

[Phoenix Dark]

NFL ratings are increasing in England, and the league has serious plans to expand a team there; this year the Detroit Lions (hell yea) are playing the Atlanta Falcons at Wembley Stadium.

I don't expect the NFL to make a huge dent in Europe, but they'll at least succeed at making the sport more popular there and making money. They're not the most successful sports league in the world for nothing. I'm going to assume they know what they're doing with this. Overall though I don't think the NFL will become as popular as soccer will ultimately become in the US due to demographic shifts.

[StealthFan]

niggerhoops will never be more popular than the nfl tho I do agree that concussion-gate is gonna be immense.

What was the point of this? What were you hoping to gain out if it?

what do you mean? this is the second time i have asked you this today

[Brehvolution]

There was already a NFL Europe. That shit has been tried and died.

[Phoenix Dark]

Baseball has been global for 30 years bro. NFL won't let the NBA hit europe before they do. You can't beat the NFL, they are the only league that has absolute control over the players. NBA will price itself into hard times by 2020.

I'm sure you've noted the influx of foreign players in the NBA. It's only really just starting right now.

The NFL has no chance in europe. Europeans don't fuck with american football at all and never ever will. And it's too expensive to take off in developing countries.

What lol? That surge peaked awhile ago. It'll continue but similar to the highschool player surge, the league realized it was overhyped and moved on.

[Momo]

No one wants England though, and EPL apart, no one follows anything they do. You can have them as a 51st state, the rest of the world will sigh in relief as we no longer have to pretend they are a separate entity.

[ToxicAdam]

The real secret to the NFL success is college football. It's the star-maker and has a built-in fanbase that never goes away. It turns regional teams into national teams if they draft the right guy. The NFL just gets to cherry-pick the very best from that system and cash in on them, with a new crop of cheap talent coming along every year.

Also, football is the perfect sport for television. Lots of breaks in the action and every play capable of producing something visceral and incredible. It's always going to be the advertising darling.

[Momo]

They're not the most successful sports league in the world for nothing.

How are you measuring this brah?

[Steve Contra]

NFL is the most successful sports league in the world.  Not really a contest.

[Momo]

NFL is the most successful sports league in the world.  Not really a contest.

How are you measuring this brah?

[Steve Contra]

NFL is the most successful sports league in the world.  Not really a contest.

How are you measuring this brah?

Every single team is profitable, something like 22 of the 32 teams are worth a billion dollars or more.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

There was already a NFL Europe. That shit has been tried and died.

To be fair soccer sucks in america because nobody wants to see the guys who couldn't make it in the real league form a league.

[Phoenix Dark]

LOL nothing like making shit up. High school football has more participation now then ever before. There are over 6000 high school football teams. When the trending of america changes from oppressing liberalism (I know how your life should work, this is bad m'kay) back to the center the concussion thing will be pushed down. BTW every other sport has concussions too bubba.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/page/popwarner/pop-warner-youth-football-participation-drops-nfl-concussion-crisis-seen-causal-factor

(Image removed from quote.) the changes start small, from the bottom, with the kids, and then they go ALL the way up.

Kind of like how boxing coaches in the 60s noted changes in the amateur game, which became safer and more protracted after Ali's breakdown became more and more public.

Yea concussions should be the real discussion here. And NFL folks are still butthurt Pop Warner is starting to move away from tackling lmao. They don't get it...

That being said, high school football remains a powerhouse in the US. Truth be told Pop Warner tends to be a more suburban white thing, whereas middle school and HS is often more diverse. If we start seeing more HS programs shut down or decline then the league will really be in trouble.

IMO concussions real danger to the NFL is moreso liability related. The NFL settled a nearly $800mil lawsuit last year, and that precedent is going to lead to bigger settlements or even court losses. NFL teams split $6b in revenue last year and the league continues to grow BUT concussions are going to pose a threat. Especially once individual teams start getting targeted.

And last point: this Ray Rice shit doesn't help either. The league claims half its fans are female but I expect that to decline due to this shit.

[StealthFan]

Parity is much better in the NFL than MLB and NBA.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Parity is much better in the NFL than MLB and NBA.

To be fair that's because in MLB there is no salary cap and the NBA can't stop fucking tampering with itself.

[Steve Contra]

NFL is the most successful sports league in the world.  Not really a contest.

How are you measuring this brah?

Here's a good metric, of the top 50 most valuable teams in the world a full 30 of them come from the same league, and that's the NFL.  Soccer has like, 8 from different leagues

http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2014/07/16/forbes-announces-the-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams/

[Phoenix Dark]

They're not the most successful sports league in the world for nothing.

How are you measuring this brah?

31 of 32 NFL teams make a profit yearly, more than half are worth more than a billion dollars, and the NFL's revenue is obscene. 32 teams split $6b in revenue last year. Overall the entire league 2013 revenue was $10b, and they're aiming for $25b within a few years...

FIFA's 2013 revenue was $1.3b (US dollar). NBA was at nearly $5b last year.

[Momo]

NFL is the most successful sports league in the world.  Not really a contest.

How are you measuring this brah?

Every single team is profitable, something like 22 of the 32 teams are worth a billion dollars or more.

Eh, I dont really understand why this measurement is of value here, but I cant argue with it. So taking it as fact and moving on.

There was already a NFL Europe. That shit has been tried and died.

To be fair soccer sucks in america because nobody wants to see the guys who couldn't make it in the real league form a league.

They have Thierry Henry though, and from watching short clips, he still has it :'(

[Am_I_Anonymous]

They're not the most successful sports league in the world for nothing.

How are you measuring this brah?

31 of 32 NFL teams make a profit yearly, more than half are worth more than a billion dollars, and the NFL's revenue is obscene. 32 teams split $6b in revenue last year. Overall the entire league 2013 revenue was $10b, and they're aiming for $25b within a few years...

FIFA's 2013 revenue was $1.3b (US dollar). NBA was at nearly $5b last year.

And once they move the Jaguars it'll be 100%.....Florida is oversatuated with teams.

[StealthFan]

MLB, NBA and NHL need shorter seasons.

[Momo]

NFL is the most successful sports league in the world.  Not really a contest.

How are you measuring this brah?

Here's a good metric, of the top 50 most valuable teams in the world a full 30 of them come from the same league, and that's the NFL.  Soccer has like, 8 from different leagues

http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2014/07/16/forbes-announces-the-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams/

I disagree that the valuation of teams needs to be in this conversation. Sports live and die by it's popularity in schools, pros and eyeballs on screens/at the arena.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

This is the statement I'll stick by: Basketball will always have the biggest stars but the NFL will always be the king, baby.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

To be fair soccer sucks in america because nobody wants to see the guys who couldn't make it in the real league form a league.

Soccer sucks in America because we didn't have a proper academy system, and that's already being remedied. You can see the early fruits of that in guys like DeAndre Yedlin. The MLS is expanding, and intelligently. In the past couple years they've added franchises and have more on deck, TV deals for the sport also expanded in the last couple years. We've got more and more mexicans joining the country.

That one's also just a matter of time (Image removed from quote.) .

It's still single-A ball compared the the rest of the world. Americans hate being #2 much less #66

[Rufus]

I'm no sportsball person and I'm sure there's significant overlap in fan satisfaction and profit generated, but measuring the success of a sport in revenue seems kinda suspect to me.

[Phoenix Dark]

This is the statement I'll stick by: Basketball will always have the biggest stars but the NFL will always be the king, baby.

Yup, although soccer certainly has a collection of globally popular players. But right now LeBron is the biggest athlete in the world.

[Himu]

Bigger than Messi or Ronaldo?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Here is an example of the NFL in america (for those whom aren't here)

The Cleveland Browns have been one of the worse teams in the NFL since their return. They have been to the playoffs once and their median record in probably something like 5-11 for the last 10 year. They have a 70,000+ seat stadium with 80.00 average seats and 10 dollar beer...crazy huh?  Well they have sold out every game since they have returned...every FUCKING game has 100,000 people downtown in Cleveland. As big as the Cav's are going to be this year and for the next few, this will always be a football town.


Other football towns: Dallas, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, San Fransisco, etc.......in fact outside of NYC and Miami (LOL) I can't think of one city were the NFL isn't the king dog by a 100 miles.

[Momo]

This is the statement I'll stick by: Basketball will always have the biggest stars but the NFL will always be the king, baby.

Yup, although soccer certainly has a collection of globally popular players. But right now LeBron is the biggest athlete in the world.

No, Lionel Messi or Christiano Ronaldo is. Get out of here.

[Steve Contra]

You asked for most successful league, it's the nfl.  Every other league in the world would murder to figure out what they're doing right across the board (this is the most important thing, it's a full league).  Like Mandark said, the Buffalo fucking Bills are worth more money, and generate more profit than almost every team in European football.

[Steve Contra]

This is the statement I'll stick by: Basketball will always have the biggest stars but the NFL will always be the king, baby.

Yup, although soccer certainly has a collection of globally popular players. But right now LeBron is the biggest athlete in the world.

Yeah this is dumb.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Bigger than Messi or Ronaldo?

Oh fuck yes. Lebron is way bigger name than those guys. Everybody in Europe knows Lebron, probably less than 15% of americans even know who these guys are.....maybe 25% because of the world cup.

[Himu]

The world = America and Europe now?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

This is the statement I'll stick by: Basketball will always have the biggest stars but the NFL will always be the king, baby.

Yup, although soccer certainly has a collection of globally popular players. But right now LeBron is the biggest athlete in the world.

No, Lionel Messi or Christiano Ronaldo is. Get out of here.

The richest country in the world doesn't know who the fuck these guys are, you lose.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

The world = America and Europe now?

You think Messi is bigger in China than Lebron? In Japan? Shit son, gtfo.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

It's still single-A ball compared the the rest of the world. Americans hate being #2 much less #66

Just a generalization. If Americans can't deal with being mediocre, then how come they come out in record #s for the World Cup?

Inside 15 years barring the MLS will probably be better than Serie A in terms of match quality and prospects, and will be exporting more and more players to the bigger 3 leagues. More money to spend, already have high youth participation, diverse talent pool, high quality sports science, shifting demographics. Just a matter of time, imo.

because america likes trendy.