@DireWolfM14. The MLB also added 2 teams for the post season wild card rounds. I reckon american sports revenues might be going down hehehe. I like the decision, however.
I'm not a big fan of watching
paint dry baseball, so I don't follow the MLB, that's news to me. I've been to several Giants' games, and at least one A's game in my time. Going to the ballpark to watch a game is a lot of fun, but other than that I can't seem to get into it.
To speak to your other point; I know the NFL has been losing viewership in the US for a couple of years now. I'm sure it was a shock to the NFL, which seemed to enjoy nothing but growth for decades, regardless of what they did to fuck it up. I'm not exactly sure what factors are contributing, but some speculate it was partially due to Kaepernick and his protest antics. The league didn't want to alienate anyone so they just ignored the whole thing, hoping it would go away. It caused many to regard the league office as being anit-American, and anti Law Enforcement. Not the best way to gain popularity with their target demographic.
There are more and more reports speculating about Rivers being a Colt next season. Looks like they are done with Brissett, who only has a two year contract, and want to move on. I read about some connections from Colts coaching staff to Rivers (his former QB coach and some other guy that used to be with the Chargers iirc).
Rivers would have an above average O-Line to work with, so that is a plus, but not sure if it/he will be enough to get the Colts out of mediocrity. The AFC South used to be the worst division in the NFL for a long time, but it has gotten way better, even without having a top tier team (I don't think the Texans are top tier). Wide open division.
I think that would be a great fit for both the team and Rivers. The Colts have a long history of picking smart quarterbacks who can be a coach while lining up under center.
This
report says Brady will enter free agency, but I am still not sold on that. Would be very weird to see him in another uniform and I think deep down inside he wants to stay in New England no matter what and retire a lifelong Patriot.
I think you're absolutely right about that. I agree that Tom Brady would like nothing more than to retire on a Sunday in early February while wearing a Pats uniform. Alternately, Brady has never shied away from expressing his life-long love for the 49ers. He's a bay area native, grew up a Niner's fan, and his family are still, to this day, steadfast Niner's fans. True faithful. I always thought that if Brady left NE the most appealing place for him to land would be SF. I don't think that's in the cards, barring some strange turn of events, it's very unlikely to happen.