Paying $100+ per ticket to sit in the next-to-last row in the entire stadium is dumb when I can go to my local bar, eat and drink until I can’t eat and drink any more, take a cab home, and still have money left over.

NFL teams priced out their fans. I find my $400 much better spent on Sunday ticket because I will at least have money left over.

Goodell is correct in acknowledging the HDTV factor, and is simply dishonest or out of touch for ignoring the $$ factor. I don’t think Goodell is stupid. The only logical motive for commenting the way he did was to start prepping everyone for the time when the NFL goes pay-per-view on TV.

Hey, at the half you can have a little fun with the wifey!!! jus saying…..

Oh wait, that’s what the Jaguars did 5 years ago and they haven’t had a blackout since. But they are moving to LA b/c of attendance problems, aren’t they? Aren’t they?

The Jacksonville solution, suggested multiple times here, has become practically a national joke.

But it’s worked. 5 years, no blackouts.
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The tarps have been on since the 2005 season. They had 3 regular season games blacked out in 2007 and 7 regular season games blacked out in 2008. So, you are incorrect.

And the fact that San Diego is top 5 most expensive major city to live in probably has nothing to do with it either right? yeah, I thought so.

The greed of these teams throws the local car dealer ad at me over and over while the people at home can flip to another game.

Many of us are NFL fans….not just the home team. We want to know what’s going on.

No one obstructing your view.
Not having to worry about parking
No getting home late due to the traffic
Not dealing with rude and drunk obnoxious people.
Bathroom breaks take longer because you have to stand in line and find your seat once you get back.
And you dont have to wait in line for a security check just to watch the football game!!!!
And if my team is losing!! I can simply switch the channel and stop the agony!!

All this is worth staying at home and watching it ond a beautiful “55″ HD visio

Yes !!! HD is taking over and until price for tickets are lowered and concession prices are lowered, more will continue to stay in the saftey and comfort of their homes to enjoy the games..

TV is very adroit at not showing empty stands.

The root of the problem:
Inflation & unemployment.

Unfortunately, the economy sucks and the voters in this country continue to overwhelmingly vote for more spending, directly or indirectly. At a time when the federal deficit is over $16 Trillion, state/local governments are still getting aid from the treasury while their constituents approve of billion-dollar stadium bills.

That said, I’ve never really understood the desire for new stadiums. Yes, they look nicer, but the cost/benefit for the gameday experience does not seem worth it to me. As a Niner fan, I go to Candlestick to tailgate and watch a football game in person. If I cared about the scenery and the quality of the video screens, I’d clean my living room and watch the game at home.

Most of the GOOD teams don’t have a problem selling tickets.

Perhaps there’s too many teams in areas that just don’t care about football, or even more… sports in general.

Eliminate a few teams, and the talent per-team gets much better.

Instead, you’re doing the opposite… talking about having teams in London, and Mexico, and maybe Canada. That’s not solving anything. Even if you gain fans in other countries… they’re not going to be flying around to the majority of the games still held in the US.

People have already touched on pricing. It’s too high. It should be the same price league-wide, and should be much lower. Don’t penalize me, as a fan, by charging me more just because my local team happens to be doing better than another team.

And hey, if your stadiums aren’t filling up anywhere near capacity… perhaps you should eliminate a few thousand seats, so that you can make the remaining seats much more comfortable. More elbow and leg room. Perhaps even cushioned? You know, instead of 73,000 tiny, cramped, packed to the brim seats…. how about 60,000 very spacious, luxurious, comfortable seats?

With the free space that frees up… maybe you can install screens in the back of each seat so that people can watch NFL RedZone, or at least see scores/stats of all the other games going on. Maybe even a headphone jack to listen, as well.
The signal would be hard-wired, so everyone’s phones wouldn’t be competing for signal.

And hey, here’s another idea NFL… START YOUR GAMES ON TIME! All of this pre-game nonsense… someone please let me know the next time a Thursday/Sunday Night Football game starts before 8:30…. even though it’s supposed to start at 8:20. Monday Night Football is supposed to start at 8:30… but usually doesn’t start until 8:40.

Goodell is such a jerk. This is the very first baby step to making the nfl pay per view. This is what happens when rich people run things, regular folks get squeeze out.
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CONGRATS tool man. First one to pin this on Rodger. Lord knows when Tag was commish tickets were .12 cnets, gas was %0 cents and women were free. Yup, Goodell ended all of that.
How do you NOT occasionally shove food down the wrong hole moron?

Stay at home I get my 12 pack teach my own kids the proper way to swear “at Ponder” no lines at the vikingdoode bathroom. bbq while the game is going on HD IS NICE but I know where this is going. He wants to charge a fee to sit at home and watch the game. if that is the case I will rake the leaves that my wife is bitching at me too do on Sunday. I might get lucky if I do!

Oh wait, that’s what the Jaguars did 5 years ago and they haven’t had a blackout since. But they are moving to LA b/c of attendance problems, aren’t they? Aren’t they?

The Jacksonville solution, suggested multiple times here, has become practically a national joke.

But it’s worked. 5 years, no blackouts.