Classic... And Canadians don't have "American" Football. Sorry🙁
That sounds about right. Although the fact that you guys even have sports is a testament to man's evolution.
Also, funniest thing I've read in a long time when comparing Arnold's John Matrix to Bennett in Commando:
After systematically killing an army of no less than 300 fully armed men, Schwarzenegger's Matrix must face his ultimate challenge: some pasty fat guy dressed like he's just finished playing the submissive in an act of bondage.
Greatest.Video.Ever
Originally posted by Dr McBeefington
Boring in comparison to Tennis and Soccer sure.. But it's better than the rest.
Not really. Football is incredibly boring. It'd be like if you organized a Renaissance royal melee and every thirty seconds, people had to stop and line up before attacking one another again, only the guy who gets the point slips past the enemy forces with his tail between his legs and brings something completely arbitrary beyond a set point on the field.
Oh wait, no I take that back... the idea of people hitting each other with melee weapons is entirely way better than a bunch of padded up guys with necks big enough to swallow bricks grunting and ramming into each other while an overwhelming majority of people approve of this career choice over say, programming video games or being a philologist.
FFS, volleyball is much more interesting than football, and if it's a female team, significantly lower chances of homoeroticism and broken pacing.
Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Not really. Football is incredibly boring. It'd be like if you organized a Renaissance royal melee and every thirty seconds, people had to stop and line up before attacking one another again, only the guy who gets the point slips past the enemy forces with his tail between his legs and brings something completely arbitrary beyond a set point on the field.
Oh wait, no I take that back... the idea of people hitting each other with melee weapons is entirely way better than a bunch of padded up guys with necks big enough to swallow bricks grunting and ramming into each other while an overwhelming majority of people approve of this career choice over say, programming video games or being a philologist.
FFS, volleyball is much more interesting than football, and if it's a female team, significantly lower chances of homoeroticism and broken pacing. [/B]
I'm not interested in watching gigantic women play sports, attractive or not. I don't enjoy any female sports because it doesn't impress me. If I want to watch females get sweaty with one another, I could watch lesbian porn.
I don't think a criticism could be made of soccer or tennis.
Originally posted by Stealth Moose
if it's a female team, significantly lower chances of homoeroticism
Drat. There goes all reason to watch it then.
For the record Football (Soccer for you guys) is probably even more boring than American Football. The real exciting sport is Korean Starcraft. Also Warcraft 3 but they don't do that much anymore.
Awwwww yeah. 😄
Originally posted by Dr McBeefington
That's only if you don't understand the complexity of the game and therefore, don't treat it as a chess match with big black guys. It's the most complex game in the world by far so if you don't break it down beyond "they run a play for 10 seconds then stop", then I could agree.
The point was whether or not American football is boring. I'm not arguing it doesn't require tactics. Football can be incredibly boring for someone who isn't interested in the library of rules, plays, technicalities, etc. required to 'fully appreciate it'. This is in comparison with say, Tennis, Soccer, Golf, or even Hockey which is relatively simple by comparison.
To use a literary example, Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin series is the best book series I've ever read, bar none. Yet to the average person not inclined to appreciate the virtues I do, it's cluttered with 19th century English terms and slang, narrative which is broken up suddenly and has no real conclusion but arcs over multiple years with many subplots, characters, ships and more to confuse people. The book Master and Commander alone has more nautical slang and technicalities than the average American will ever normally encounter or use, and the historical accuracy is sometimes sacrificed for better storytelling. Those not already possessing both the desire to read it and the knowledge to supplement what isn't readily obvious would find the book boring.
In that respect, it's not any different than football, just well... okay, I lied. O'Brien's books require more gray matter than an entire season of Football. But I never claimed it was a great comparison.
Let's be fair. If you had enough athletic ability to play sports professionally, you would. We all would. I agree football is a little rough but assuming you're Drew Brees or Aaron Rodgers and manage to have a killer offensive line, I think you'd love your line of work.
I'd love the money, sure. But then if someone offered to pay me six million a year plus to shovel shit in Siberia, I'd love that too. Monetary compensation doesn't equate to being more interesting than games I'd rather play or watch.
I'm not interested in watching gigantic women play sports, attractive or not. I don't enjoy any female sports because it doesn't impress me. If I want to watch females get sweaty with one another, I could watch lesbian porn.
Your tirade aside, I stand by my point. Volleyball's pacing is much better, and if you're homophobic (which you must not be, embracing all those sweaty guys sticking their hands between each other's legs, kudos to you!) there's always an all-female team for the insecure. Kinda like how lesbian porn is for insecure men. Now wait a minute...
Neph:
For the record Football (Soccer for you guys) is probably even more boring than American Football. The real exciting sport is Korean Starcraft. Also Warcraft 3 but they don't do that much anymore.
Koreans are -insane- with that, but I can't really jump on board with loving to watch it. Participating is much more interesting than passively watching, IMO. And I don't play RTS games well because I don't like spamming hotkeys left and right.
Vene:
There is something incredibly tense about watching football and wondering if they will manage to make the first down. Plus, like any sport, the required coordination and drilling necessary is rather impressive.
It's all subjective, true, but I'd point out that there's incredible tension in other games more often than not. Hell, I was watching Putting events which were nailbiters. It's all just in what you appreciate.
For my part, American football ranks right up there with waiting for a George Foreman grill to preheat.