Superbowl or superbore?
Feb08201012:56 p.m.
Is it just me, but does the Superbowl hold absolutely no interest for you whatsoever?
As an avid armchair viewer of sports, I'll watch many a sport and strangely even find myself drawn into hours of attritional snooker where there's more safety play than the Liverpool back four before the passback rule was introduced.
So it's fair to say I had to look up to find out that the New Orleans Saints won their first Super Bowl against the Indianapolis Colts. It seems to me almost a sign of desperation that they actually compile how many passes a player makes and how many yards they've gained. Does it matter at all that Drew Brees hit 32 passes for 288 yards?
Clearly, there's an obsession with stats in American football, and its there in many other sports, football/soccer included. Maybe that's just something to give the commentators something to fill the void during the lengthy breaks in play? And what game can be taken seriously when the entertainment on the pitch becomes more anticipated than the match itself.
We all know that Superbowl is big money, and none moreso than for CBS who manage to command $2.8 million for a 30-second advertising spot. Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, Frito-Lay's Doritos, and Budweiser were among the fine healthy eating advertising options that appeared during the course of the Superbowl.
By the time you would have got through the marathon coverage of the event, your brain would be so addled by ads and stats that you wouldn't actually give a stuff who actually lifted the Vince Lombardi Trophy. And with all the crap that most would have munched their way through during the course of the 'entertainment', the only Superbowl they would be interested in would be of the porcelain variety.
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Johnf 'Can't remember the last time I stopped in/up to watch American Football so no attraction for me. Did you hear they were handing out warning leaflets to supporters with children because Pete Townshend is on the sex offenders list? Quite bizarre.' added 8th Feb 2010
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jamieB 'I've never seen the attraction to this "sport" - I like the tactical elements of the "play" and the fact that the "play book" demonstrates to me an obsession with the all things autistic which most of us blokes enjoy. I even like the uniforms but mainly on the cheerleaders although they seem so fake... I always thought that people who liked it during the 1980's when I think it was on Channel 4 always seemed anti-sport. I think the whole circus supports this view although I do like the underdog and the Saints did so well from that position, it seems more like a Sunday night entertainment show than sports - give me the Hockey any day - big guys with beards battering each other but taking their helmets off first. I'm not American, I have no affinity to it and I hope that the powers at Sky stop trying to emulate the stateside approach with Soccerball and that American Rugby League they play in the North of England...' added 8th Feb 2010
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