--- In mepbmlist@y..., Kerry Bridge <kerry.bridge@a...> wrote:
I must admit if I was going to label any type of Football boring it
would be American Football (Grid Iron).
How any game can stop for commercial breaks is beyond me, as for the
players being one dimensional you need both offensive and defensive
teams.
I like to be an armchair quarterback, a couch coach, and a FBI for
cheerleaders. That is how a commercialized, sensualized, media-
blitzed sport like American football can be interesting. Not to
mention if you ever want to do anything in the advertising field and
wish to learn something, you better watch American Football and the
commercials inbetween. Watching football is a social event as well as
sporting event. The breaks allow for arguments and gloating as well
as comentary on how bad this Quarterback is doing this year, as well
as how this certain team is going to go all the way. Most people
forget how short a season Pro football is and how few games are
played.
Commercials during football have the largest American audience, are
the most costly and cost effective commercials in the U.S.A. and
during the SuperBowl, they are the most costly and cost effective in
the World. I can honestly say the commercials, especially during the
Superbowl the Half time shows during football are what partly makes
the game interesting to me. We are talking opinions here folks.
One dimensional, yes it is true, players rarely paly IRON MAN (what
we call players who play both the Big O and the little d). But let's
look at Soccer, someone did bring it up earlier. Many positions on
the field are not as onedimensional as American Football, but are one
dimensional. The goalie, doens't strike, in hockey either if my
limited contact with the sport serves me right. The sweeper and
fullback positions are also not usually moving past midfield. The
Forwards rarely backpedal. Hockey is played on a smaller surface or
playing fiedl allowing more versatility for playing both ways and in
the fast action pace of Hockey you need to play both way. Same as
BasketBall, another sport which I have an extreme aversion for. As
far Cricket, I have seen a cricket field from a distance when I was
in London, but never have seen the sport played, and therefore can
only take your word on it, I could only hope it is not as drivel as
American baseball.
It takes 5 hours to play 60 minute game, now that is boring.
The 5 hours is an exageration, the game usually lasts two and a half
to three hours. Yes playing 4 15 min quarters. Then there is the 30
min half time. The 12 time outs, three per side per half. An actual
strategic part of the game is when to and having to use your
timeouts. Out of bounds and etc. will stop the clock so commercials
rarely stop the game on their own, but will run whenever the clock
stops and TV stations know not to play commercials during instant
replays.
Watching the Superbowl is being prescribed for people with sleeping
disorders because it would put the dead to sleep.
I guess that would be the reason the Superbowl has the highest
Television ratings in the World including Soccer/football.
Now if you want to watch a game of footy, may I suggest Austrlian
Rules Football (AFL)the best in the world.
Seen it once, seems similiar to rugby, we do not have it here or I
would watch it, a great game indeed.
One last thing Australia will win the 3rd Cricket Test, this comming
week.
Once again never seen Cricket, but hope it is nothing like baseball.
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I must congratulate the English Selectors for not choosing the two
bowlers that the Aussies rate : Tufnell and Mullaly.
