Today, Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio discussed the future of sports in "Rust Belt" cities such as Detroit, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, and others. He went over some census data detailing the decrease in population for these once great and proud bastions of American Industry.
He went on to say that these cities will not be able to be part of the American sports scene with regard to professional teams in the coming years, and forecast that in as little as TEN years some teams currently in these cities will not be there.
He specifically mentioned Detroit as the prime example. With corporations and people fleeing Michigan, how long, he asked, can Detroit support four professional franchises? He of course went on to throw in the weather as part of the problem such states as Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvani, Wisconsin, and others have.
Well, what do you guys think? Is Cowherd on "the money" with this dire prediction, or is he "off his rocker"?
I think there is alot of merit to what he was saying. The cnesus numbers and the plant closings don't lie. There is an exodus out of the Rust Belt (Pittsburgh has lost 60,000 people in six years), and many, many are moving south. Detroit has lost HALF its population in 50 years, and cities such as Omaha are reaching current Detroit population figures. What's up?