I agree with the OP on almost all those points and would also like to add:
* The game is getting too soft with the horrible roughing the passer penalties that are out there nowadays, back in the day the name of the game was blasting the Qb if you played defense. Deacon Jones has gotta be sick to his stomach.
*No more primetime...whether I was at the Ralph for the day or at a bar or my buddies house wherever, I used to really look forward to going home and knowing I would get to see all of the days highlights and action put together in a very entertaining fashion.
*Players are growing up with too much hype and getting perks as early as high school and definately college. By the time they make it to the NFL they feel like they don't have to prove anything, that they have already made it. Back in the day, that was just the beginning there was still alot more left to be proved. Just ask Thurman