Here's a "sport" that involves morbidly obese men who have very limited skills and who play a maximum of 6 minutes each out of a four hour event.
Most of the "plays" accomplish very little.
There's been very little innovation in the sport for years.
During the Superbowl most of the audience is more focused on the ads than the game.
There are very few elite quarterbacks and it's virtually impossible to win playoff games without one.
Most damningly... a high chunk of the fans are more interested in their fanatsy teams than any NFL club.
So maybe this is why wokeness has infiltrated to fill a huge vacuum.