LAMM AT LARGE: It’s difficult to know when the switch was flipped, but everything the NFL touches turns to gold.

It’s difficult to know when the switch was flipped, but everything the NFL touches turns to gold.

Forget the actual season for a moment and consider these things:

In late February, with the NBA, NHL, NASCAR, PGA Tour, and college basketball seasons underway, the NFL Scouting Combine often tops sports reports;

The sports news in the months of March and April is loaded with draft talk, and the actual draft, starting next Thursday, is among the most watched events of the year.

You can throw the coverage of free agency and constant coverage of signings and speculation of will he/won’t sign. (That’s a nod to daily coverage of Aaron Rodgers.)

For several decades, NFL regular season games in most cities have drawn bigger TV audiences than MLB playoff games.

While I can’t put my finger on exactly when the NFL became king of all American sports, it seems to have occurred in the late 80s or early 90s.

Why?

If anyone knows when/why this mad love affair with the NFL started, call me, please.