Suggestion from a guy that doesn't like football to make it more interesting. . .

[Mixolydian]

Football is such a homo-erotic sport. Bunch of guys in spandex pants touching and piling on top of each other.

 

[CPA]

The fact that goals are a premium in soccer is one of the reasons why it's so popular. If goals were easier to score it would lose its appeal. Besides, many games are truly great even with a 0-0 score.

If by "truly great" you mean "snoozefests" then I can agree with you.

 

[Brigandier]

It's pretty good work from a comedian.

Yeah, and shows exactly why baseball is boring as snot.

 

[diesbudt]

It's pretty good work from a comedian.

Its decent and funny. Especially since it is a comedy routine, though has a lot of logical flaws though.

-In football you score touchdowns and field goals. Which are worth points. In baseball you score runs, which are worth 1 point a piece. Trying to compare green apples and red apples as different fruit variety.

-Ball prevents from scoring in Baseball? Guess home runs do not count

-The person at bat wears a helmet. So does the catcher. Those are not caps. Because I wouldn't want to be in the direction of a 100 mph fast ball that could hit my head w/o some form of helmets.

-The fans comment sitting up there. Saying baseball is a picnic feeling hasn't been to any games recently. And football fans? Unless it is fans of another team, there is a brotherhood between them. (Soon to be Green bay packer season ticket holder, cant wait to join my "brothers" there)

-Object of both sports is to win. No need to get technical about the path they take to try and win, if they were the same it wouldn't be a different sport.

-A true fact it has posted was that Baseball is a 19th century game. I mean even the yankee playoff home games were not sold out... Games popularity is no where near as high as it used to be. Add in the LONGGG seasons they have, and the stupid high ticket prices for all sporting events are becoming.

 

[diesbudt]

The fact that goals are a premium in soccer is one of the reasons why it's so popular. If goals were easier to score it would lose its appeal. Besides, many games are truly great even with a 0-0 score.

I love soccer or "futball" as it is so named.

Only issues I have of it is how bad the acting has become in faking penalties for yellow / red cards. And also stalling on faking an injury late game to eat up time.

(Looking at you ghana in the last Men's world cup)

 

[sdifox]

Its decent and funny. Especially since it is a comedy routine, though has a lot of logical flaws though.

-In football you score touchdowns and field goals. Which are worth points. In baseball you score runs, which are worth 1 point a piece. Trying to compare green apples and red apples as different fruit variety.

-Ball prevents from scoring in Baseball? Guess home runs do not count

-The person at bat wears a helmet. So does the catcher. Those are not caps. Because I wouldn't want to be in the direction of a 100 mph fast ball that could hit my head w/o some form of helmets.

-The fans comment sitting up there. Saying baseball is a picnic feeling hasn't been to any games recently. And football fans? Unless it is fans of another team, there is a brotherhood between them. (Soon to be Green bay packer season ticket holder, cant wait to join my "brothers" there)

-Object of both sports is to win. No need to get technical about the path they take to try and win, if they were the same it wouldn't be a different sport.

-A true fact it has posted was that Baseball is a 19th century game. I mean even the yankee playoff home games were not sold out... Games popularity is no where near as high as it used to be. Add in the LONGGG seasons they have, and the stupid high ticket prices for all sporting events are becoming.

Logic and funny do not mix...a lot of humour is based on hyper-extending logic.

 

[Brigandier]

Logic and funny do not mix...a lot of humour is based on hyper-extending logic.

Total failure to recognize George Carlin on my part, still not funny to me.

 

[BUTCH1]

Best way to watch a game, DVR it or just a plain DVD recorder, go and rake some leaves, wash the car do some errands, then watch the game recorded and flick past the beer and truck ad's in 5 seconds, much more enjoyable IMO and you can pause it to get a snack or use the bathroom and take your time doing so..

 

[Clinkster]

Considering how successful it is, they probably don't give a rat's ass about the few who aren't interested.

When your championship game has non-football fans watching it only for the commercials, you've definitely succeeded.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Suggestion: If you don't like football don't watch it. The #1 most popular spectator sport in America is not going to change to accommodate a few girly-men who don't understand what's happening.

 

[KevinCU]

NBA is 12 minutes..... LOL.

NBA has four 12 minute quarters. Total of 48 minutes. NCAAB has two 20 minute halves. Total of 40 minutes.

Difference is 8 minutes..... LOL!!!

 

[Fayd]

If by "truly great" you mean "snoozefests" then I can agree with you.

.... if a game is 0/0 after an hour, you can bet that hour was filled with upsets, turnarounds, a shitload of action. and a lot of spectacular saves by both goalies.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

.... if a game is 0/0 after an hour, you can bet that hour was filled with upsets, turnarounds, a shitload of action. and a lot of spectacular saves by both goalies.

If a game is 0-0 after an hour that often the teams should just save everyone the bother and not play at all. The only "action" in a 0-0 soccer game is trying to decide which team is flopping most effectively.

 

[Red Storm]

.... if a game is 0/0 after an hour, you can bet that hour was filled with upsets, turnarounds, a shitload of action. and a lot of spectacular saves by both goalies.

Except a win, loss, or score of any kind. No thanks.

 

[Ns1]

.... if a game is 0/0 after an hour, you can bet that hour was filled with upsets, turnarounds, a shitload of action. and a lot of spectacular saves by both goalies.

lolno


more action in the last 5 minutes of a football game vs the entire 90 minute futball game.

Soccer IRL

 

[smitbret]

NBA has four 12 minute quarters. Total of 48 minutes. NCAAB has two 20 minute halves. Total of 40 minutes.

Difference is 8 minutes..... LOL!!!

Oooooh, I thought Zinfamous meant 8 minute quarters, not 8 minute total time difference. I was clarifying that NBA had four 12 minute quarters.

I was trying to figure out why/how someone would make that mistake.

 

[Anubis]

lolno


more action in the last 5 minutes of a football game vs the entire 90 minute futball game.

Soccer IRL

the last 5 min of a football game has 10+ min of comercials and the potential for kneeling for 2 minutes of it. so no you are wrong

 

[Ns1]

the last 5 min of a football game has 10+ min of comercials and the potential for kneeling for 2 minutes of it. so no you are wrong

No I'm not because those 5 minutes still > the entire 90 minutes of soccer, commercial breaks, knees and all.

 

[Pheran]

This is why I only watch football time-delayed on a DVR. Just start watching about 40-60 minutes late while recording, fast forward through all the worthless commercials, announcer crap, halftime et al, and by the time the game ends you'll be caught up and didn't waste your time with all that garbage.

 

[Red Storm]

This is why I only watch football time-delayed on a DVR. Just start watching about 40-60 minutes late while recording, fast forward through all the worthless commercials, announcer crap, halftime et al, and by the time the game ends you'll be caught up and didn't waste your time with all that garbage.

DVRs are spectacular for games I'm only mildly interested in. I've noticed that the 30-sec skip seems to time itself perfectly with general game pace, so if you skip right at the end of a play, it goes right to the start of the next one.

 

[sdifox]

Total failure to recognize George Carlin on my part, still not funny to me.

That's fine, I don't find that piece all that funny but that is probably because I am not obsessed with either sport.

 

[smitbret]

DVRs are spectacular for games I'm only mildly interested in. I've noticed that the 30-sec skip seems to time itself perfectly with general game pace, so if you skip right at the end of a play, it goes right to the start of the next one.

I noticed that, too, unless the offense is running no-huddle. You can also hit 30skip 4 times as soon as it goes to break and come back to the game without seeing a momentof commercials. Works out almost perfectly if I wanna watch 2 or 3 games at night.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

If you want to watch a sport with continuous action, watch rugby.

 

[SP33Demon]

Suggestion: If you don't like football don't watch it. The #1 most popular spectator sport in America is not going to change to accommodate a few girly-men who don't understand what's happening.

And those days will be over soon, when your wife (and 98.3425% of mothers) won't let your son play football due to more knowledge about CTE and its risks. Enjoy it while you can, soon it'll be flag football. Refer back to this post in 10 years and tell me I wasn't right.

 

[Brigandier]

If you want to watch a sport with continuous action, watch rugby.

Rugby is the most interesting non-American sport, bar none, and for someone that thinks football is too slow, is the perfect alternative.

The rules are a little simpler as well, though I'm not entirely sure exactly why sometimes they scrum and sometimes they don't.