Super Bowl.

[dave_77]

I find cricket very boring also....

 

[Stu]

I find cricket very boring also....

I'm OK with one day or 20/20.

 

[Rodcx500z]

I to like 20-20 or the hundred

 

[Clint]

I can't think of a sport I like.

 

[Druss]

I can't stand cricket, almost but not quite as soul destroyingly boring as formula one.

I do like to watch Wimbledon, but sports wise that's about it.

 

[soupdragon]

Go Patriots. Oh hang on, they don't win games anymore

Cheers Tom

 

[Graz]

I with the majority on American Football, basically rugby for wusses, afraid of getting a bit hurt

I'll admit I don't know much about it and don't really have a interest in following it but the odd time I've tried to watch it the whole game just seems overly complicated and there's too much faffing around, just get on with the game FFS

Cricket on the other hand, any game that give you an excuse to sit around in the sun (ok English weather a given), for up to 5 days drinking and eating sausages rolls gets my vote any day. And yes if we're putting one over on those dirty Aussies then better still Best spectator sport ever.

I did happen to be in New York one year at the culmination of the "World Series" of baseball, it was the NY Yankees and Mets in the final. Started to understand the game a bit, there are tactics and so on. This game also drags on a bit so allows plenty of time for beer and hotdogs. Wasn't converted though.

 

[Ale House Rock]

Dearie me. A lot of moaning Minnie's on this thread today!

 

[Stu]

I with the majority on American Football, basically rugby for wusses, afraid of getting a bit hurt

I'll admit I don't know much about it and don't really have a interest in following it but the odd time I've tried to watch it the whole game just seems overly complicated and there's too much faffing around, just get on with the game FFS

Cricket on the other hand, any game that give you an excuse to sit around in the sun (ok English weather a given), for up to 5 days drinking and eating sausages rolls gets my vote any day. And yes if we're putting one over on those dirty Aussies then better still Best spectator sport ever.

I did happen to be in New York one year at the culmination of the "World Series" of baseball, it was the NY Yankees and Mets in the final. Started to understand the game a bit, there are tactics and so on. This game also drags on a bit so allows plenty of time for beer and hotdogs. Wasn't converted though.

Baseball (another sport I enjoy) has changed somewhat in the last couple of years.
It was getting a bit like cricket with people hanging around waiting for a ball to be thrown.

By making a couple of changes around the length of time between pitching and changes between innings (and a couple of other minor things), they instantly knocked nearly half an hour off each game. The average is now 2 hours 30 from 3 hours in 2022.

As an aside, American Football isn't for wusses. There are far more serious injuries, particularly with head and neck, than any other sport.
It's the highest sport for causing CTE outside of boxing.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Perhaps try Ice Hockey.

I used to like ice hockey is it still on the free channels?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Dearie me. A lot of moaning Minnie's on this thread today!

Its called a discussion thanks for your well thought out input to the thread

 

[Chippy_Tea]

As an aside, American Football isn't for wusses. There are far more serious injuries, particularly with head and neck, than any other sport.
It's the highest sport for causing CTE outside of boxing.

That was discussed in the video because they are padded up they throw themselves into tackles a lot harder than they would without them which causes injury,

 

[Stu]

I used to like ice hockey is it still on the free channels?

Sadly not. Being fairly fringe in the UK, the main channels moved away from it.
Freesports did for a while alongside their paid-for Premier Sports. It became viaplay and then went out of business.

Premier Sports then came back out the back of it, but it's a pay-channel and they no longer have any rights to UK Ice hockey.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Apologies for being on-topic...

Why do they always have it on a Sunday nigh when many fans have work the next day why not on Saturday when most don't.

Remember that the NFL is not really about sport or the fans at the game, it's about selling beer and junk food to as many TV viewers as possible. They get more eyeballs having regular-season games on a Sunday than on a Saturday, so the Superbowl is on the same day as that's "normal" for the NFL.

Another factor is that the NFL in its current form is a relatively new invention - the first Superbowl was only in 1967 although there had been various leagues since before WWII. As such it had to fit around college football to some extent, where the tradition was always for Saturday matches. Once the TV rights were merged, it suited the TV rightsholders to have college football on Saturday and pro football on Sunday so that they didn't clash.

It ends around 10:15, if you want to have a few beers while watching and celebrate your team winning its a bit late especially if you are driving to work early the next day surely Saturday would be better for everyone.

Remember the continental US alone spans three timezones, so finishing at 10.15 on the East Coast is only 7.15 on the West Coast (and 5.15 in Hawaii), so there's tension between being early enough for the East Coast but not being too early to maximise audiences on the West Coast.

But also - the game itself takes nearly 4 hours, and there's a big buildup before it so they're half cut before the game even starts. So it's more about the journey than having a big celebration after the result. And if you're having fun with your friends then you're not watching adverts so the schedulers don't care about that....

A lot of US celebrations are front-loaded like that - Independence Day has this big thing about fireworks, but it's a fortnight after the summer solstice so it may not get dark until nearly 10pm. So they drink all day, stay around for the fireworks, and then that's pretty much it.

 

[soupdragon]

That was discussed in the video because they are padded up they throw themselves into tackles a lot harder than they would without them which causes injury,

I used to work with a county level rugby player. Many years ago he tried out for our local American football team (Wirral Wolves, now long disbanded) and he was shocked just how physical the game was even at the amateur grass roots level. Needless to say he was happy to wear the shoulder pads to prevent injuries

Cheers Tom

 

[Appleton Brews]

Perhaps try Ice Hockey.

Rubbish rather watch ice melting.

 

[Appleton Brews]

I find cricket very boring also....

Love Test Cricket.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Love Test Cricket.

I would rather watch the worlds slowest melting ice melt

 

[Clint]

THIS is a super bowl! It's the biggest one in the country. As usual I'm in the frame...

 

[Rodcx500z]

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THIS is a super bowl! It's the biggest one in the country. As usual I'm in the frame...

Just think how much curry you could get in that