Tiger_heart
Well-known member
How much do they really matter these days? They represent, for the clubs, a small revenue stream, and are nowhere near the more important TV/media ratings.
Think of the sale of 30 seconds of prime advertising time in a nationwide broadcast of the SOO or the sale of a team’s logo or endorsement of a product.
Yes, crowds provide a "spectacle" to the eye, they help keep the game real, and believable. But there are plenty of studies to suggest that they don't have an impact on player's performance. They have far too many other things to concentrate on when they take the field.
So can RL today survive without the fans in the stands? There is some question whether the entertainment value of the sport might be as great without that sense of live action that the fan attendance provides the viewing audience. However, prior history (see Covid) tends to imply that it could well endure with games played in empty arenas. Other forms of entertainment have long managed to adapt to such transitions - opera and dramatic theater have managed to thrive despite such changes. So we might expect RL to adapt to them as well. Won't be to everyone's liking, but may be unavoidable.
Think of the sale of 30 seconds of prime advertising time in a nationwide broadcast of the SOO or the sale of a team’s logo or endorsement of a product.
Yes, crowds provide a "spectacle" to the eye, they help keep the game real, and believable. But there are plenty of studies to suggest that they don't have an impact on player's performance. They have far too many other things to concentrate on when they take the field.
So can RL today survive without the fans in the stands? There is some question whether the entertainment value of the sport might be as great without that sense of live action that the fan attendance provides the viewing audience. However, prior history (see Covid) tends to imply that it could well endure with games played in empty arenas. Other forms of entertainment have long managed to adapt to such transitions - opera and dramatic theater have managed to thrive despite such changes. So we might expect RL to adapt to them as well. Won't be to everyone's liking, but may be unavoidable.
