Only the very biggest fights are PPV. Lots of good fights on HBO/Showtime -- marcbvtgm 08/11/2017 4:25PM
Boxing went pay per view, how is that working for the sport? NASCAR gouged -- Stech 08/02/2017 6:32PM
Baseball, boxing, horses were biggest US sports until 60s ** -- marcbvtgm 08/11/2017 4:21PM
True. I remember boxing in mid/late 80's was HUGE. I don't... -- cincyhokie 08/08/2017 07:46AM
I remember the Friday night fights on TV back in the -- RJHokie 08/08/2017 07:59AM
Boxing is the only sport that my Dad ever watched. -- Atlee Hokie 08/11/2017 04:32AM
Two sports I never watched for $250, Alex -- WestyHokie 08/03/2017 09:55AM
Yes a lot of dynamics affecting the game -- Mercury 08/03/2017 05:40AM
Agree about PPV, but there's more to it. -- Maroon Baboon 08/03/2017 12:13AM
NASCAR ricket prices were one thing... -- Calamitous 08/02/2017 10:09PM
Nothing over the top about safety concerns -- Hamburger 08/06/2017 12:47AM
I was with you until "over the top safety concerns". ** -- GoobyPls 08/04/2017 5:17PM
Kinda how I feel about season tickets, plus -- 133193Hokie 08/02/2017 9:44PM
As for NASCAR, the extremely weak economy didn't help their attendence -- EDGEMAN 08/02/2017 8:06PM
I think it's permanent. Yes, the great recession took a huge toll. -- Atlee Hokie 08/04/2017 07:35AM
Even if the economy is a factor and the core NASCAR fans -- VTHokie2000 08/04/2017 2:55PM
Can't say relative to the other things you mentioned. -- Atlee Hokie 08/04/2017 6:24PM
I do agree with you about the COT. Although, I am not sure -- VTHokie2000 08/04/2017 7:18PM
Being a Virginian, I'd put the Wood Bros in that legendary group. ** -- Atlee Hokie 08/04/2017 9:33PM
I don't have a problem including the Wood Brothers in that group. -- VTHokie2000 08/07/2017 1:42PM
Brother Glen Wood drove the #21 car in the 50's. -- Atlee Hokie 08/07/2017 5:12PM
Ah I didn't know that Glen drove the car at one point. -- VTHokie2000 08/07/2017 5:29PM
No doubt about that ** -- Hamburger 08/05/2017 11:58PM
I had a front seat to it, it'll be a long long time before it bounces back -- Stech 08/02/2017 8:32PM
Yep, actively annoyed their base in reaching for urban viewers -- GoobyPls 08/04/2017 5:16PM
And NASCAR tried to sanitize it. -- Atlee Hokie 08/04/2017 6:31PM
And the hypocrisy, a driver gets in trouble (fined, etc) for throwing a -- wwhokie1 08/05/2017 9:25PM
Much like the NFL -- Hamburger 08/06/2017 12:48AM
In fairness to boxing, how much of that has to do with the US -- VTHokie2000 08/02/2017 8:02PM
1976 US Boxing Team, Plane Crash of 1980 (video), and what happened since -- Maroon Baboon 08/03/2017 09:50AM
The great American athletes went to other sports...they showed arrogance to -- Stech 08/02/2017 8:11PM
Great American athletes also went to sports where they were less likely -- DarylS 08/09/2017 1:00PM
We may find, gradually, that great athletes will do the same w/ football. ** -- Atlee Hokie 08/11/2017 04:34AM
I think that trend is starting ** -- DarylS 08/11/2017 11:21AM