The story lines are more complex, hooking viewers in a soap-opera like fashion. So I ll accept that MacMahon is a genius of sorts, but the quality resides in his imaginative perception of what the people really wanted - then delivering it. Two problems with that approach. Speaking as a football fan, what keeps me watching is the astonishing skill level, the superhuman grace under pressure regularly evidenced by the NFL s most skilled practitioners. Gratuitous violence will mean more injuries.
More injuries mean a lower skill level.
A lower skill level means a mad dash for the remote. Secondly, the interest of many casual fans is buttressed by the betting which occurs, from office pools to government run schemes. But no one will wager unless and until there is absolute faith in the integrity of the process. Given MacMahon s past, this will be difficult to earn. And having self-aggrandizing Jesse Ventura, forever associated with the hucksterism of the WWF as a color commentator, doesn t help engender trust.