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Three more on the schedule for today. the nfl isn t actually going to kick off until this coming weekend. actually, thursday night on nbc, a little plug there for the company, when baltimore visits denver. soon enough, thousands of high school teams all across the country are going to be duking it out for local bragging rights under those famous friday night lights. supposedly baseball is our national past time, but that is not what people say these days. a poll from earlier this year shows that more than twice as many americans prefer pro football to major league baseball. when you then add in college football, it s a complete landslide. when it comes to sports in america, football is king. the question, though, is whether its reign is in jeopardy. there are a lot of reasons that baseball isn t as popular today as it used to be. i have my own explanation. people finally realized how boring it is. there was also the player strike in the mid- 90s. that probably had something to do with ....
They re very passionate. we re not worried about the economics of social media. it is that, social media. not a business plan. we have a business plan elsewhere. social media is a way to engage people. can i ask you go ahead. my first job out of college was doing pr for the haas family and the oakland a s during the possibility of a player strike and i wonder you haven t said anything about the players yet, but what role do they play in terms of people following them on twitter? obviously you can follow a player. but your videos are driven by the play of the day. are some of them better partners than others? some people are very active in social media and some people are not. baseball players, first of all, they are our content. it s good you mention they are the people in the field. these are in my opinion the best people in the world. they are your characters and drama. the game itself was set up for drama but in the end it s a golfer, not the whole that makes the drama ....
Could get an agreement just to continue to talk. jenna: sounds a lot like congress, doesn t it rick. reporter: we are not too far from it. jenna: rich edson with fox business. thanks. jon: let s talk with someone who lived through the nfl player lock out back in 1982, greg buttle a former new york jet, he s also a color commentary for sny, you can hear him on espn r-r 1050 in the new york area. you have an interesting take on this. you were there for the player strike in 82. reporter: that is correct 82 we struck in the middle of the season for about seven or eight games. jon: did it work. reporter: it absolutely didn t work. it was no good. we weren t prepared to strike. the union tried to play a different couple all-star games, no one watched. ted turner tried to get involved to help us. other than that we were not a strong union in 1982. jon: what about this time around? is this players union stronger and would you advice them to strike. reporter: well they did in 87, they ....