Good points on how it changes the way people are watching the games, and how it may ultimately be bad for the long term interest in the league.
For me the bloom has been off the RedZone rose for a couple of years now.My theory is, if you are watching everything, you're really watching nothing.
I think RedZone serves two masters:
-Gamblers/fantasy geeks
-People without Sunday Ticket who are stuck with Browns vs Rams or Raiders vs Cardinals
Otherwise, it's not a great way to watch if you intend on really paying attention (I guess a third master can be added - "I don't really give a fuck, I just Zombie Watch this shit because it's Sunday guy". I admit that this is me many weeks).
I was a Game Mix guy, then I became a RedZone guy, but now i'm a Game Mix guys again. What ends up happening with the Game Mix, is your mind slowly 'eliminates' games one at a time for whatever reason (blowout, boring, teams you dont care about, etc), and you eventually end up putting one or two games on the full screen anyway.
And as the author notes, Red Zone is absolutely useless during the late games. If you can't handle channel flipping between 2 or 3 games, well, I don't know what to say. Plus, when the game mix breaks down into 4 screens, they are of a very healthy size on any decent sized modern TV.
One thing I know for certain, is Red Zone makes for dumber fans. Check out the chatbox on a random Sunday. When you are forced to watch a game start to finish, you are forced to have a feel for the game. Red Zone eliminates this. Nobody has a feel for any of the games. All they know is Rodgers threw 3 TD's and Peterson had two long runs. What were the keys to the game? Who knows, all I know is that faggot Voctor Cruz only had 2.50 fantasy points, so he fucking sucks.
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