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The death of football will not initially be noticed at the professional level directly.  The NFL will endure and be a major spectacle for some time to come.  The real death of football will be caused by the drying out of pop warner, jr High, High school programs and eventually perhaps even college football programs.  Football will die in much the way that a star dies.  First  the core burns out. But  it takes many years for the burn out of the core to effect what is happening at the surface of star.   In the case of a dying star it takes, I believe, millions of years.  In the case of football, a decade or two might suffice.   

 If there is not talent in the pipeline,  eventually the NFL will eventually succumb.  It will take a while.  But it is already happening.  It will only get worse.  As somebody already implied above,  eventually talented and promising athletes, willing to give their all to a sport, but who still want a life after sports, will begin to find their way into sports that exact less of a long term physical cost.  As the talent level in the NFL gradually wanes, fans will gravitate to these other sports as well.  Eventually the NFL may go the way of Arena Football. An entertaining curiosity without mass market appeal.  Once that happens a negative feedback loop will have been created. 

Last edited by SluggerDad
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