Follow the Money
Watched a ton of football this weekend and let me tell you:
I'm a baseball fan.
In fact, I think football is sort of in trouble, but it will survive because it's such a money-maker, but the game certainly has suffered.
I've already pissed off the Grape Apes and the rest of the football fans, so I might as well continue.
Problem #1
The refs. I really don't know if I should blame them, they seem lost out there. The rules seen to be sort of rolling rules.
Quick: When is it a fumble?
And pass interference?
Saw a receiver held in the end zone a couple of weeks ago and the call wasn't made because the ball...which was in the general vicinity of where the guy might have been had he not been held...and the one ref called it a penalty and then picked up the flag after talking to guys who said they didn't think it could be caught.
Really?
They are responsible for making that type of call?
And I've been watching the game for 40 years...and every week there's a new rule...when a flimsy holding call wipes out a touchdown when holding can be called on every single play...you gotta' wonder.
Problem #2
Quarterbacks can't be hit high, or low, or late, or when they're arm is in motion, or if the play clock reads 15 seconds left, or if the QB is a really good player.
"15 yards. Unnecessary Roughness."
There are a lot of guys, who are paid to get the QB who are confused. It's really getting to the point where they are going to have to change the rules again - see note above - to clarify how and when a QB can be touched.
Problem #3
Maybe I'm getting old, but all the teams seem the same to me. There's just a whole bunch of mediocre football being played. Most of the games are boring...unless you're betting on them...The Bills game this weekend was fun as was the college game, but Jets-Dolphins and Colts-Jags?
Brutal.
There are a lot of brutal games played by poor teams being sold as high drama.
Just seems different from the 80's and 90's.
To me.
Problem #4
There's a lot of information coming out about guys being knocked silly. The players know the risks. 300 pound guys running into one another and being knocked cold...might have something to do with the long-term health of the participants.
The retired guys are saying that they can't remember where they are half the time.
They are killing themselves.
Most of them die broke and mindless.
That's a problem that may be bought off, but there was a hit in the college game that caused the five people watching to scream and cheer.
"He got annihilated!" Someone screamed, and we rewound the play a few times. The poor kids eyes were rolling back in his head, and most of the room was laughing.
Two plays later he was back in the game.
The announcer was congratulating him for his courage.
But when you think about it.
Really think about it.
It's kind of crazy.
But there's a lot of money spent on the game, and like I said...I watched a lot of it...
But at least I wondered a little.
And counted down the time to the start of baseball.
I'm a baseball fan.
In fact, I think football is sort of in trouble, but it will survive because it's such a money-maker, but the game certainly has suffered.
I've already pissed off the Grape Apes and the rest of the football fans, so I might as well continue.
Problem #1
The refs. I really don't know if I should blame them, they seem lost out there. The rules seen to be sort of rolling rules.
Quick: When is it a fumble?
And pass interference?
Saw a receiver held in the end zone a couple of weeks ago and the call wasn't made because the ball...which was in the general vicinity of where the guy might have been had he not been held...and the one ref called it a penalty and then picked up the flag after talking to guys who said they didn't think it could be caught.
Really?
They are responsible for making that type of call?
And I've been watching the game for 40 years...and every week there's a new rule...when a flimsy holding call wipes out a touchdown when holding can be called on every single play...you gotta' wonder.
Problem #2
Quarterbacks can't be hit high, or low, or late, or when they're arm is in motion, or if the play clock reads 15 seconds left, or if the QB is a really good player.
"15 yards. Unnecessary Roughness."
There are a lot of guys, who are paid to get the QB who are confused. It's really getting to the point where they are going to have to change the rules again - see note above - to clarify how and when a QB can be touched.
Problem #3
Maybe I'm getting old, but all the teams seem the same to me. There's just a whole bunch of mediocre football being played. Most of the games are boring...unless you're betting on them...The Bills game this weekend was fun as was the college game, but Jets-Dolphins and Colts-Jags?
Brutal.
There are a lot of brutal games played by poor teams being sold as high drama.
Just seems different from the 80's and 90's.
To me.
Problem #4
There's a lot of information coming out about guys being knocked silly. The players know the risks. 300 pound guys running into one another and being knocked cold...might have something to do with the long-term health of the participants.
The retired guys are saying that they can't remember where they are half the time.
They are killing themselves.
Most of them die broke and mindless.
That's a problem that may be bought off, but there was a hit in the college game that caused the five people watching to scream and cheer.
"He got annihilated!" Someone screamed, and we rewound the play a few times. The poor kids eyes were rolling back in his head, and most of the room was laughing.
Two plays later he was back in the game.
The announcer was congratulating him for his courage.
But when you think about it.
Really think about it.
It's kind of crazy.
But there's a lot of money spent on the game, and like I said...I watched a lot of it...
But at least I wondered a little.
And counted down the time to the start of baseball.
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