NFL games are 11 Minutes of Play

burningmetal · 11-23-2015, 11:04 PM

This is why I like hockey, even though I rarely get to see it anymore. Tons of action and not nearly as many stoppages. Basketball has a million timeouts, way too many stupid fouls and is just generally boring to watch, with the exception of a few individual players. And then there's football.

A once great game, that is now nothing but commercials and flags for looking at the quarterback the wrong way, or taking ten minutes to try to figure what the heck a catch is anymore.

Football remains my favorite game because it's the first sport I fell in love with. But it has lost a lot of it's luster.

Baseball gets a lot of flack for being slow, but it's a game that has to be played that way. Every pitch is crucial. If you make one mistake it could cost you dearly. That's entertaining enough for me. A lot different than sitting through endless commercials.

SloMotion · 11-24-2015, 05:17 AM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

This is why I like hockey, even though I rarely get to see it anymore. Tons of action and not nearly as many stoppages ...

... and even when it does stop, it's a quick trip to the face-off circle or it's because a fight broke out, which is usually a ton of action in itself,

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Don't get how a basketball game doesn't flow, but like you said, it's probably all the play stoppages that keep me from watching all but the last few minutes of a game.

I like the boringness of baseball, kinda' like chess/checkers and nothing better then sitting in a ballpark on a sunny afternoon, keeping score and scarfing a few stadium dogs,

. Football's kinda' like that too, without the scorekeeping, and a bigger variety of scarfing,

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11-23-2015, 11:04 PM	#1
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: NFL games are 11 Minutes of Play This is why I like hockey, even though I rarely get to see it anymore. Tons of action and not nearly as many stoppages. Basketball has a million timeouts, way too many stupid fouls and is just generally boring to watch, with the exception of a few individual players. And then there's football. A once great game, that is now nothing but commercials and flags for looking at the quarterback the wrong way, or taking ten minutes to try to figure what the heck a catch is anymore. Football remains my favorite game because it's the first sport I fell in love with. But it has lost a lot of it's luster. Baseball gets a lot of flack for being slow, but it's a game that has to be played that way. Every pitch is crucial. If you make one mistake it could cost you dearly. That's entertaining enough for me. A lot different than sitting through endless commercials. Danno, RaginCajun83 and SloMotion like this.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

11-24-2015, 05:17 AM	#2
SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Re: NFL games are 11 Minutes of Play Originally Posted by burningmetal This is why I like hockey, even though I rarely get to see it anymore. Tons of action and not nearly as many stoppages ... ... and even when it does stop, it's a quick trip to the face-off circle or it's because a fight broke out, which is usually a ton of action in itself, . Don't get how a basketball game doesn't flow, but like you said, it's probably all the play stoppages that keep me from watching all but the last few minutes of a game. I like the boringness of baseball, kinda' like chess/checkers and nothing better then sitting in a ballpark on a sunny afternoon, keeping score and scarfing a few stadium dogs, . Football's kinda' like that too, without the scorekeeping, and a bigger variety of scarfing, . SmashMouth, RaginCajun83 and burningmetal like this.