See also: Could ESPN drop Monday Night Football? They may or may not believe in ghosts, but NFL owners really ought to fear a dead man.  The game of football is in the process of destroying its hold on the American public's favor, and the rival it had vanquished as the real "national pastime," Major League Baseball, is resurgent.  The news that the World Series handily beat NBC's ratings crown jewel, Sunday Night Football, by millions of viewers ought to send chills down the spines (if any) of the owners. Fashions change – by definition.  What is wildly popular in one era becomes a laughable curiosity decades or centuries later.  Bustles were once a requirement for a well turned out lady but now are a laugh. For the past few decades, football's planning and teamwork, its warlike contest for territory, and the thrilling grace of a long pass contrasted with the meat grinder of the ground game seemed to have matched the...(Read Full Post)