[ARCHIVED THREAD] - NFL Football (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/15/2014 2:30:45 PM EDT
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There's nothing like it. I can watch any team play and love every minute of it.
Only thing bad about football is that it ends way too soon 
eta: to make things worse Im getting hooked on fanduel 
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I used to be a huge Dolphins fan growing up. I had my whole room decked out in Dolphins gear. Now I have pretty much just a passing interest in it. I don't care enough to actually watch a whole football game, but I do enjoy when the Dolphins and the Bengals (my home town team) win games.
But to answer your poll, baseball has always been my favorite sport, and I still love the Reds. I love the sport of basketball too (baseball and basketball are the only sports I played through high school) but I am not a fan of the NBA brand. I like the Cavaliers, but what the NBA has become, and how they pander to certain demographics really turns me off anymore. |
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Rugby seems like a mans sport, just cant get past the short shorts, too friggin gay  Quoted:
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Watch Rugby a few times. Football will seem slow and boring. Rugby seems like a mans sport, just cant get past the short shorts, too friggin gay Wow, never noticed how short the shorts were. Guess I was focused on the game. Have something you want to tell us? (cue rainbow icon) |
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Wow, never noticed how short the shorts were. Guess I was focused on the game. Have something you want to tell us? (cue rainbow icon) Quoted:
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Watch Rugby a few times. Football will seem slow and boring. Rugby seems like a mans sport, just cant get past the short shorts, too friggin gay Wow, never noticed how short the shorts were. Guess I was focused on the game. Have something you want to tell us? (cue rainbow icon) 
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I used to be one of those people who didn't care about team sports at all. I watched the NFL with my friends and it grew on me a little, mostly because there are strategies and tactics and creativity . I still don't understand all the rules, especially the penalties ... the game seems very complex. Other sports just don't seem enjoyable to watch. |
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Soccer American football sucks. But the Steelers are in town and I'm going to troll the shit out of their fans. There's a dedicated Steeler's bar downtown. The bartenders know me, so I should be able to avoid an asskicking. If we're talking about things to watch on TV, soccer sucks even harder that football. It's about as riveting as watching Bob Ross paint happy trees. |
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I see the attention span of my fellow Americans is very, very short. Oh well, c'est la vie. I guess I just used up all my attention years ago when I had to watch actual game film and learn a 3-inch-thick playbook. Watching other people who I don't know or care about, doing similar things, hundreds of miles away, just isn't that exciting. |
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A few rugby stars have tried to make it in the NFL. They can't. Not big/strong/fast enough. Quoted:
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Watch Rugby a few times. Football will seem slow and boring. A few rugby stars have tried to make it in the NFL. They can't. Not big/strong/fast enough. How many football stars have made it in world-class rugby? Different games with different requirements, especially at that level. |
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To me, the thing with other sports is that they don't seem as dynamic. Soccer, basketball, hockey and the like have a pretty steady level of movement throughout the game. It seems that in football there is more potential for sudden changes and dramatic comebacks. Other sports seem more about personal athleticism and personnel management than tactics. This is a non-sport guy's opinion; I guess any preference is pretty arbitrary when you get right down to it. |
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How many football stars have made it in world-class rugby? Different games with different requirements, especially at that level. Quoted:
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Watch Rugby a few times. Football will seem slow and boring. A few rugby stars have tried to make it in the NFL. They can't. Not big/strong/fast enough. How many football stars have made it in world-class rugby? Different games with different requirements, especially at that level. Why would they? NFL is where the money is; that's why rugby players try to make the leap. Wouldn't make sense to go the other way. |
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Why would they? NFL is where the money is; that's why rugby players try to make the leap. Wouldn't make sense to go the other way. Quoted:
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Watch Rugby a few times. Football will seem slow and boring. A few rugby stars have tried to make it in the NFL. They can't. Not big/strong/fast enough. How many football stars have made it in world-class rugby? Different games with different requirements, especially at that level. Why would they? NFL is where the money is; that's why rugby players try to make the leap. Wouldn't make sense to go the other way. Isn't there a punter in the NFL that came up playing rugby? I could be wrong but I could have sworn I heard that at one point. |
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Isn't there a punter in the NFL that came up playing rugby? I could be wrong but I could have sworn I heard that at one point. Quoted:
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Watch Rugby a few times. Football will seem slow and boring. A few rugby stars have tried to make it in the NFL. They can't. Not big/strong/fast enough. How many football stars have made it in world-class rugby? Different games with different requirements, especially at that level. Why would they? NFL is where the money is; that's why rugby players try to make the leap. Wouldn't make sense to go the other way. Isn't there a punter in the NFL that came up playing rugby? I could be wrong but I could have sworn I heard that at one point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_players_who_have_converted_from_one_football_code_to_another#Rugby_union_to_American_football |
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I have season tickets to the Denver Broncos but in recent years have only made 2 games or so a year. I grow more ambivalent about it yearly and have considered not continuing to pay for season tickets. I might watch the last 2 games of the Stanley Cup but ignore the rest of the Hockey season (have not followed since they went on strike over a decade or so ago). The last basketball game I watched more than 5 minutes of was a Harlem Globrtrotters game in The late 1970's Baseball I followed the Astros in the Bagwell / Biggio era when I lived in Houston. And fuck kickball ....err...I mean soccer. |
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Strikes Blackouts Teams moving Paying stupid prices Cheating Scum bag players I lost all interest in pro sports I see it as just another way people have invented to take my cash and give me little in return. Unless friends or family own the team or are on it .... what exactly are you rooting for? Few if any players on these teams are even from the state the teams in Then you add in Dorks that wear jerseys and have giant stickers on their truck and flags on their houses .... will actually fight you if you like another team ......... I don’t even want to be remotely associated. How many of you know ... that beer you paid 8 bucks for was provided free if they hung their sign in the stadium .... its all just a scam IMO |
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Quoted: If we're talking about things to watch on TV, soccer sucks even harder that football. It's about as riveting as watching Bob Ross paint happy trees. Quoted: Quoted: Soccer American football sucks. But the Steelers are in town and I'm going to troll the shit out of their fans. There's a dedicated Steeler's bar downtown. The bartenders know me, so I should be able to avoid an asskicking. If we're talking about things to watch on TV, soccer sucks even harder that football. It's about as riveting as watching Bob Ross paint happy trees. I like Bob Ross.
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| Used to like it, but I finally realized that American Football has devolved into 13 minutes of activity spread out over 3+ hours. When watching it in person the abilities of the athletes really comes to the front, but the seemingly endless waiting while TV commercials are being played really takes away from the game. |
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I like Bob Ross.
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Soccer American football sucks. But the Steelers are in town and I'm going to troll the shit out of their fans. There's a dedicated Steeler's bar downtown. The bartenders know me, so I should be able to avoid an asskicking. If we're talking about things to watch on TV, soccer sucks even harder that football. It's about as riveting as watching Bob Ross paint happy trees. I like Bob Ross.
Given that you also like watching soccer on TV, that doesn't surprise me. |
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NFL is getting hard to enjoy anymore. NFL is getting silly with all the hitting penalties. Almost wish they would get it over with and just ditch the pads and bring out the flags because no one is aloud to hit anymore. I know a lot of people like to hate on Roger Goodell when it comes to this, and I admit I am not his biggest fan, but you have to understand...he really doesn't have a choice but to do what he is doing. The fact is, Ex NFL players go broke at an insane rate. A lot of these guys don't take into consideration that all the money they will make in their life will be made in a period of less than 10 (and in most cases, less than 5) years because they skirted through college knowing that they were good enough to go pro one day, so they have no other skills. Add that to they get wide eyed when they get their first pay checks, and don't realize that they won't be able to live that lifestyle for their whole life...and when you mix that with knocking up women who's goal in life is to get child support from a rich man...and you can see why so many of them go bankrupt down the road. I truly believe that is the biggest reason for all the class action lawsuits that get thrown against the NFL. For everybody that thinks the NFL should go back to how it was in the 70's, and I agree it would be more entertaining, you have to understand: if they don't take the steps to at least have the appearance that they are trying to make it "safer" it won't be hard for lawyers to press lawsuits against them (which has already happened to the tune of high amounts of money.) There are some players that may have deserved it...but the fact is that when over half of your players are unskilled (other than football) dumbasses that will one day be broke, they will gladly throw their hat in the ring with a chance of a free pay day, whether they have legitimate injuries from their playing days or not. I know some of it may have to do with wanting the game to be more fun for casual fans, I think the biggest part of it is trying to save their asses from losers that want a free pay day because they pissed away all their money and have no way to earn any more unless ESPN hires them. I find it hard to fault them for covering their asses, personally. But then again as I said, I don't really get into it as much as I used to, so maybe my opinion would be different if I did. |
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For me it's a warm summer afternoon with a cold beer and a baseball game... Or a cold day with cold beer, warm stew, and a football game...
Or a cold day, with warm stew and a cold beer.... Or maybe any day with a cold beer and some food. Or just cold beer, period. |
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A few rugby stars have tried to make it in the NFL. They can't. Not big/strong/fast enough. Quoted:
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Watch Rugby a few times. Football will seem slow and boring. A few rugby stars have tried to make it in the NFL. They can't. Not big/strong/fast enough. If athletes the caliber of modern NFL players played rugby, there would be 2-3 fatalities per game. The NFL sucks, but the level of athleticism, the pure size, strength, and speed, is fucking amazing. |
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I know a lot of people like to hate on Roger Goodell when it comes to this, and I admit I am not his biggest fan, but you have to understand...he really doesn't have a choice but to do what he is doing. The fact is, Ex NFL players go broke at an insane rate. A lot of these guys don't take into consideration that all the money they will make in their life will be made in a period of less than 10 (and in most cases, less than 5) years because they skirted through college knowing that they were good enough to go pro one day, so they have no other skills. Add that to they get wide eyed when they get their first pay checks, and don't realize that they won't be able to live that lifestyle for their whole life...and when you mix that with knocking up women who's goal in life is to get child support from a rich man...and you can see why so many of them go bankrupt down the road. I truly believe that is the biggest reason for all the class action lawsuits that get thrown against the NFL. For everybody that thinks the NFL should go back to how it was in the 70's, and I agree it would be more entertaining, you have to understand: if they don't take the steps to at least have the appearance that they are trying to make it "safer" it won't be hard for lawyers to press lawsuits against them (which has already happened to the tune of high amounts of money.) There are some players that may have deserved it...but the fact is that when over half of your players are unskilled (other than football) dumbasses that will one day be broke, they will gladly throw their hat in the ring with a chance of a free pay day, whether they have legitimate injuries from their playing days or not. I know some of it may have to do with wanting the game to be more fun for casual fans, I think the biggest part of it is trying to save their asses from losers that want a free pay day because they pissed away all their money and have no way to earn any more unless ESPN hires them. I find it hard to fault them for covering their asses, personally. But then again as I said, I don't really get into it as much as I used to, so maybe my opinion would be different if I did. Quoted:
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NFL is getting hard to enjoy anymore. NFL is getting silly with all the hitting penalties. Almost wish they would get it over with and just ditch the pads and bring out the flags because no one is aloud to hit anymore. I know a lot of people like to hate on Roger Goodell when it comes to this, and I admit I am not his biggest fan, but you have to understand...he really doesn't have a choice but to do what he is doing. The fact is, Ex NFL players go broke at an insane rate. A lot of these guys don't take into consideration that all the money they will make in their life will be made in a period of less than 10 (and in most cases, less than 5) years because they skirted through college knowing that they were good enough to go pro one day, so they have no other skills. Add that to they get wide eyed when they get their first pay checks, and don't realize that they won't be able to live that lifestyle for their whole life...and when you mix that with knocking up women who's goal in life is to get child support from a rich man...and you can see why so many of them go bankrupt down the road. I truly believe that is the biggest reason for all the class action lawsuits that get thrown against the NFL. For everybody that thinks the NFL should go back to how it was in the 70's, and I agree it would be more entertaining, you have to understand: if they don't take the steps to at least have the appearance that they are trying to make it "safer" it won't be hard for lawyers to press lawsuits against them (which has already happened to the tune of high amounts of money.) There are some players that may have deserved it...but the fact is that when over half of your players are unskilled (other than football) dumbasses that will one day be broke, they will gladly throw their hat in the ring with a chance of a free pay day, whether they have legitimate injuries from their playing days or not. I know some of it may have to do with wanting the game to be more fun for casual fans, I think the biggest part of it is trying to save their asses from losers that want a free pay day because they pissed away all their money and have no way to earn any more unless ESPN hires them. I find it hard to fault them for covering their asses, personally. But then again as I said, I don't really get into it as much as I used to, so maybe my opinion would be different if I did. I have no doubt that it's pressure from lawsuits. No arguments there. That doesn't change the fact that football is less enjoyable with all the powder puff penalties, at least for me. Personally I want to see large men knock the shit out each other while moving a ball down a field. I don't care if they use steroids, don't care if they are thugs, and I don't care if they are not smart enough not take care of themselves. Nobody is forcing anyone to play football, they are adults that can do a risk assessment when it comes to their health, and with a league minimum of 450k per year they have the opportunity to save accordingly. |
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Dumped football for NASCAR a few years ago. I was sick of all the thugs. Haven't looked back. I know Im gonna get flamed for this, an I mean no disrespect but I don't see NASCAR as a "sport" I know they are all in great shape and have great hand/eye coordination but the car doing the work for them takes the sport out of it for me. just imho |