Last week there was a reasonably important football game on television. Whole days and drunken get-togethers are wrapped around this event, so for poops and cackles I will give a run-down how my day went.
First off, I normally do not watch football anymore. I have a few favorite teams, but know few players, so there’s that.
The ridiculously long pre-game show I did not watch. Nothing but repetitive crap, and I mean crap. Mundane empty interviews. Pedantic player profiles, You get the idea.
The “start time” for the game was something like 5:30 pm, local time. But that’s just the television start time. The game itself, after the pomp and circumstances, overly-dramatic singing of the National Anthem, absurdly drama-ish flipping of the coin, long drawn-out player introductions, the meeting of a foot on the ball is usually 30 to 45 minutes after that. I skipped that, too.
I tuned in roughly 6:20 pm, the 1st quarter was roughly half over. One team was up 7-0, but I really hadn’t missed anything. I no longer give a crap about the commercials, either. Look, can we be serious? The commercials have long been over-hyped for at least 30 years. I’m sorry, but they’re no longer the big deal so many people still think they are.
Ok, so half-time is coming up, just about zero time, so I change the channel. I have no interest in the ridiculously long performances, either. I heard it was good. Don’t care. I had to give sufficient time so I didn’t tune back in until half way into the 3rd quarter.
Oh, last play, zero countdown… switch the channel, I’m gone. Don’t need or want mind-numbing shallow post-game interviews, either.
Long story short, why isn’t it about the GAME anymore? Does anyone really like all that superfluous crap? And don’t even get me start on the insipid highlighting of celebrities throughout the entire game. Does anyone really care? Anyone?