Just to be clear: watching a game is not the issue. Changing the way money affects the game is.
Professional sports has never been more successful. That was in the original post on this thread where a local TV contract is worth over 250M a year. Attendance is rising and TV revenues continue to accelerate.
In our four major sports the competition has never been better especially the introduction of foreign born players. The NHL, NBA and MLB are now international in both performers and exposure.
