Try to present a coherent argument. Are you saying it isn't a legitimate strategy in football to run down the clock and intentionally waste time? Be honest.
oooh, now i get it. you clearly don't understand football, therefore it is boring.
i bet banging chicks is also boring to you, since you obviously don't understand that either.
now this thread makes sense!
(other than the 100% obvious troll attempt)
Rules make it a sport. But the entire objective of football is to do as little work as possible.
94% of every game is inactivity. Think about that. What if you watched a 2 hour movie and had to sit through 114 minutes of credits?
To make things worse, the "action" segments are just a guy running with a ball in his hand. Maybe someone tackles him to the ground, so he lands gently on the soft grass while wearing 20 pounds of padding so he doesn't get hurt. Yippee, I'm excited already.
Real men watch boxing, MMA, and wrestling. Heck, even a poker game has more surprises than football.
I can see why it's the most popular sport in a country filled with overweight slobs.
you must have not competed in many things if you feel that way. and i'm not talking just about sports.
I noticed that no one's yet presented a sound argument against anything I've said. Just a bunch of angry Americans getting their panties in a bunch and slinging unintelligent insults funded by their bottom-of-the-barrel public school education.
I noticed that no one's yet presented a sound argument against anything I've said. Just a bunch of angry Americans getting their panties in a bunch and slinging unintelligent insults funded by their bottom-of-the-barrel public school education.
plenty of people have, but since it's clear you are trolling, you are avoiding commenting on them.
I'm rarely bored when watching football. I can't remember the last time I was as tense as I was watching the Saints trying to rally against Seattle near the end of the game a few weeks ago. I guess you have to invest yourself in a team to really get anything out of it though.
I came expecting a thread about football, seems we are talking about hand egg though.
I noticed that no one's yet presented a sound argument against anything I've said. Just a bunch of angry Americans getting their panties in a bunch and slinging unintelligent insults funded by their bottom-of-the-barrel public school education.
What surprises are there in watching poker exactly? You know everyone's cards
Funny, usually in poker people try to keep their cards a secret. Are you sure you aren't thinking of checkers?
Soccer sucks.
If someone actually gave a "sound argument" would you actually listen?
Football is a lot of different things to a lot of different people. It's one thing to be a sterotypical, drunk obnoxious fan and just cheering wildly when your team "does something good".
It's another thing entirely to appreciate the strategy (or question it) in playcalling, the way a QB can read a defense, how well a team executed a play or how well a defender covered a receiver.
When it comes to pure excitement there certainly is an emotional reaction when a WR gets lit up by a defender that timed his hit well. There's an emotional roller coaster when a back breaks the line, gets through the secondary and is making a 40 yard dash to the end zone only to get caught and pulled down at the 2 yard line. Then you watch that team get stuffed the next three plays and settle for a field goal.
Then there is the whole nail biting aspect of the game when you have a team you are cheering for up or down by a score with a minute left and they either have to march down the field and get a touchdown or execute well on defense and prevent the other team from scoring.
If you have no emotional investment in cheering for a team (or cheering against a team) or if you don't really understand the nuances and strategy invovled in it then I can understand not liking it. It's a very rule heavy game that does have a large number of interruptions.
But to call it "boring" would be disengenuous. It is a highly physcial game, with athletes that make spectacular physcial accomplishments and many decisions early in the game can greatly impact the outcome later on.
Funny, usually in poker people try to keep their cards a secret. Are you sure you aren't thinking of checkers?
Also, the person with the best hand doesn't always win.
On average, 10-11 minutes are spent actually playing, so call it 1/6th, or 17%, so 83% is inactivity. But yeah, the point remains.94% of every game is inactivity. Think about that. What if you watched a 2 hour movie and had to sit through 114 minutes of credits?
To make things worse, the "action" segments are just a guy running with a ball in his hand. Maybe someone tackles him to the ground, so he lands gently on the soft grass while wearing 20 pounds of padding so he doesn't get hurt. Yippee, I'm excited already.
Real men watch boxing, MMA, and wrestling. Heck, even a poker game has more surprises than football.
I can see why it's the most popular sport in a country filled with overweight slobs.
Soccer (Football) is the most popular sport on this planet.
Aside from getting split poorly on a high/low pot, when does the person with the best hand not win?