Super Bowl?

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

Don't understand the appeal?

[WJ99mobile]

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And that’s fine.

People don’t need to like everything.

[ToTaL ITK]

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never watched it... yank vehicle for advertising(as is all their sports)

[NYCBlue]

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Don't understand the appeal?

I don't understand the question.

[William Treseder]

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I don't understand the question.

Think he’s asking for someone who likes the game to explain why. For instance, I like following and watching boxing.
I find it both exciting and educational when boxers who train hard most of the yr, pit their skills, punching power, balance, hand speed and all round boxing ability against an opponent (usually about the same weight) under a certain set of rules, and try to become one of the best in the world in their division.
Not everyone’s cup of tea though.

[Eric Cartman]

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I quite like the NFL but the superbowl just annoys me, I don't care about any team in particular, it's late, sack off the halftime show and get on with it. I will probably watch the first half and go to sleep

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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It's got a chess-like appeal but the hype, ad breaks and showbiz drawing it out over three hours is too much to bear. An edited version of just the play and lasting an hour would be good.

[Trigger]

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Each year I give it various amounts of viewing, usually I can't get into it.

Think it was the year before last though that I enjoyed it, very close match.

It's more a cultural event than a sports match, if viewing it with that mindset I think it can be appreciated by a lot of people that wouldn't usually enjoy the sport itself. Probably a good laugh with a few mates and beers.

Saturday night would be better if I can make a request.

[Des Parrot]

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It's got a chess-like appeal but the hype, ad breaks and showbiz drawing it out over three hours is too much to bear. An edited version of just the play and lasting an hour would be good.

The best way to watch it. I’ll avoid the result until the morning, then watch the extended highlights show which is normally 40-45 minutes and only has the plays.

The actual game KO is 11:30pm

[G rangetown Blue]

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never watched it... yank vehicle for advertising(as is all their sports)

124,000,000 people might disagree with you.

[delmbox]

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It's got a chess-like appeal but the hype, ad breaks and showbiz drawing it out over three hours is too much to bear. An edited version of just the play and lasting an hour would be good.

The actual sport is great but yes the endless stops in play are unbearable. I'd watch it if I didn't have work in the morning though

[splott parker]

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Forget sacking the quarterback, sack whoever sorts out the off field entertainment.

[jimmyscoular]

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Don't understand the appeal?

You, of course, are the mirror image of the many Americans who complain that soccer is boring, with its "endless passing, stupid offside rule and low, low, low scoring." It does little good to point out that peoples as culturally diverse as the English, Brazilians, Germans, Ecuadorians, Koreans and Turks find it gripping. They just don't get it.

Here's the truth: If your parents had emigrated to Kansas City, and you had been born and raised there, chances are you would be absolutely on fire for today's game. It's what you know and where you're from.

Bit like language, really. Germans may sound guttural and rough, but to them it's all poetry.

[NYCBlue]

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never watched it... yank vehicle for advertising(as is all their sports)

So just like an American version of the Premier League?

[pomeroy]

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You, of course, are the mirror image of the many Americans who complain that soccer is boring, with its "endless passing, stupid offside rule and low, low, low scoring." It does little good to point out that peoples as culturally diverse as the English, Brazilians, Germans, Ecuadorians, Koreans and Turks find it gripping. They just don't get it.

Here's the truth: If your parents had emigrated to Kansas City, and you had been born and raised there, chances are you would be absolutely on fire for today's game. It's what you know and where you're from.

Bit like language, really. Germans may sound guttural and rough, but to them it's all poetry.

The truth is English,Brazilians, Germans, Ecuadoreans, Koreans and Turks as you say and many more peoples play soccer but a measure of American Football is that very few other countries apart from the US play the sport. American football is totally and absolutely dependent upon their college system which makes it, apart from its turgid lack of continuity, not economically feasible to develop it anywhere else. The only way to watch American Football with enjoyment is solely highlights.
The recent innovation of Flag Football to try and give a sort of rugby 7’s appeal is plainly not thought through.