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Does anyone else feel like we’re living in an era where everything has to be a massive, multi-day production just to exist?
I was looking at my schedule for the upcoming month, and it feels like there's a constant stream of "pre-season" hype, press junkets, and televised hype cycles for basically every major league. It used to be that you just showed up on Saturday, watched the game, and that was that. Now, it feels like the buildup is just as long—if not longer—than the actual season itself.
I get that the money is huge and the marketing is necessary, but sometimes it feels like a lot of noise just to sell us on things we already know are going to happen. It's hard to keep the excitement genuine when we're being bombarded with scheduled "big moments" for weeks before a single whistle even blows.
Am I just being a cynic, or do you guys feel like the constant media spectacles are actually draining the hype rather than building it?
I was looking at my schedule for the upcoming month, and it feels like there's a constant stream of "pre-season" hype, press junkets, and televised hype cycles for basically every major league. It used to be that you just showed up on Saturday, watched the game, and that was that. Now, it feels like the buildup is just as long—if not longer—than the actual season itself.
I get that the money is huge and the marketing is necessary, but sometimes it feels like a lot of noise just to sell us on things we already know are going to happen. It's hard to keep the excitement genuine when we're being bombarded with scheduled "big moments" for weeks before a single whistle even blows.
Am I just being a cynic, or do you guys feel like the constant media spectacles are actually draining the hype rather than building it?