Super Bowl "Super Wait" is what killed old media
Why will NASDAQ rule in the coming years? Tech knows that time waits for no one, and it waits even less as every year passes.
Meanwhile, Old Man Media still runs a governor on the Super Bowl show and milks it dry come game time. Old money jumped head first onto the web finally - but somehow forgot to take off its lead shoes. How are you going to fly in the web culture by expecting your Edzel to keep up with a Porsche? And how does one adopt a new tack on the web yet allow the mother ship to stay its course? It doesn't make sense, abandoning a steerable ship that is headed toward an iceberg but not there yet. But thanks!
Nobody likes waiting two weeks to play the Super Bowl. Not the fans, not the players, not the coaches, not the ticket sellers probably. Who does? Are you out spending money all week on chips and six packs and new cars and televisions because you're warming up for some distant game day in FEBRUARY? Are you looking for media updates daily? Are you wondering what players are doing to keep from going out of their minds waiting 14 days to finish the championship?
Who in this day and age really cares about the game half as much two weeks after the conference championships? Does the NFL even believe they have any fans under 30? Or have they already cashed out and conceded that the league disbands in a decade as more and more of its audience loses its sight and hearing?
Two weeks for the Super Bowl? I can't wait for this blog post to upload and you want me to keep my interest for 14 days about the most lopsided, advertising-orchestrated event in all of sports? I started drinking already around two, and by kickoff I'll be starving and busy stuffing my face to pay much attention to the t.v. Then, probably about halftime, I'll be ready to take a nap. Forget Tivo, I'll check out the highlights on YouTube sometime next week if I think of it after yet another week passes...
Meanwhile, Old Man Media still runs a governor on the Super Bowl show and milks it dry come game time. Old money jumped head first onto the web finally - but somehow forgot to take off its lead shoes. How are you going to fly in the web culture by expecting your Edzel to keep up with a Porsche? And how does one adopt a new tack on the web yet allow the mother ship to stay its course? It doesn't make sense, abandoning a steerable ship that is headed toward an iceberg but not there yet. But thanks!
Nobody likes waiting two weeks to play the Super Bowl. Not the fans, not the players, not the coaches, not the ticket sellers probably. Who does? Are you out spending money all week on chips and six packs and new cars and televisions because you're warming up for some distant game day in FEBRUARY? Are you looking for media updates daily? Are you wondering what players are doing to keep from going out of their minds waiting 14 days to finish the championship?
Who in this day and age really cares about the game half as much two weeks after the conference championships? Does the NFL even believe they have any fans under 30? Or have they already cashed out and conceded that the league disbands in a decade as more and more of its audience loses its sight and hearing?
Two weeks for the Super Bowl? I can't wait for this blog post to upload and you want me to keep my interest for 14 days about the most lopsided, advertising-orchestrated event in all of sports? I started drinking already around two, and by kickoff I'll be starving and busy stuffing my face to pay much attention to the t.v. Then, probably about halftime, I'll be ready to take a nap. Forget Tivo, I'll check out the highlights on YouTube sometime next week if I think of it after yet another week passes...
Labels: advertising, delay, hype, lack of interest, media, mistake, Super Bowl, wait

