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College Football Playoff Tanks in Ratings
Numbers are out and it doesn’t look good
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Wall Street Journal: Indianapolis Colts an unwatchable team
How NFL Teams Make Money
The website Sports Techie had an article recently about using data
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If NFL Expands to London, Indianapolis Should Be Their Home Away From Home
The Guardian today is reporting talks between the city of London and the NFL are heating up for a potential team to be there. While chatter has Continue reading →
What NFL Players Get Paid During Training Camp
NFL training camps are in full swing. But that doesn’t necessarily mean players are making hundreds of thousands of dollars.
For Sale: NFL Football Players
Got some cash laying around to invest in? Maybe take a look at buying a piece of an NFL football player because they’re for sale. Continue reading →
Early 2015 NFL Ticket Demand Weak
Sports fans call this time between the NBA Finals and start of NFL football camp the “Dead Zone”. I decided to venture over to TicketCity.com
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Vegas Sets 2014 Sports Gambling Records
The numbers are in and sports investing broke records in 2014 for betting revenue. ESPN supplied the breakdown:
The state’s 187 sportsbooks won $227.04 million off of the $3.9 billion wagered on sports in 2014. Both amounts are all-time records, according to Nevada Gaming Control.
Football, per usual, carried the load. The sportsbooks won $113.73 million on college and pro football in 2014, a giant 40.73 percent increase from 2013. Overall, $1.74 billion was bet on football in 2014, $12 million more than in 2013. Nevada Gaming Control does not track pro and college football separately, but sportsbook managers estimate the NFL accounts for around 55-60 percent of their annual football handle. From September through December, the books are up $98.16 million on football.
In comparison, the books won $54.2 million on basketball and $21.2 million on baseball in 2014. Both numbers were down, 8.36 percent and 26.88 percent, respectively, from 2013.
2015 Super Bowl TV Ad Costs
America is passionate about not only watching the end of the year contest between the top two NFL teams, but also the commercials. But how much does it cost the companies to get their ads placed during the game?
Yahoo Sports has the breakdown:
The Super Bowl ads, and presumably the Super Bowl as well, will be on NBC next year, and hoo boy, is the Peacock Network looking to cash in. Variety reports that NBC is asking $4.5 million for 30-second spots, obviously a record and a 12.5 percent increase over Fox’s rate just this past year.
Why on earth would anyone pay this much money for a single commercial? Because the Super Bowl is the most-watched television program of the year; Super Bowl XLVIII was the most-watched show in human history with 111.5 viewers.
Just ten years ago a Super Bowl ad spot ran for $2.4 Million
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