Why Europe Can't Play American Football
Posted by overmanwarrior 11 years, 1 month ago to Entertainment
The rest of the world cannot play American Football. Rugby is a pretty close adaption and the players are tough in that they don’t use padding, but the concept of the game is still a version of Europe’s addiction to collectivism instead of an individual quarterback standing behind a battle line and delivering the ball down the field to ultimately score. In American football the quarterback is the CEO of an offense. He is a celebrated hero from Atlas Shrugged in every circumstance and his job is to rally his team to victory as an “individual.” In rugby the closest thing they have is a “fly-half position.” So there is no coordinated effort to get the ball down the field to score a goal—but like soccer it is a kind of chaos where the ball bounces back and forth between offense and defense with no plan or formation on how to execute a task. Soccer and rugby are European games that reflect their cultures, and they cannot grasp the ideal of a Football playbook where offensive and defensive schemes drive the ball down the field toward the promised land of scoring.
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- 1Posted by $ Abaco 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.Interesting. I have taken a couple hiatuses (sp?) from the NFL, often lasting at least a year or two. Often, it's obviously corrupt refs, and occassionally it is an NFL team hiring a total thug (dog torturer or woman beater) that turns me off enough to tune out for a long time. Football is a terrific sport but it seems to have been tuned down for a lower-intelligence fan base than when I was a kid. It's hard to explain. Often...I'll watch it on mute because the announcers are so damned idiotic. Haha....Permalink|
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- 2Posted by freedomforall 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.Sorry for my poor spelling; I am usually more kareful. BTW the seeming discrepancy in the times mentioned allows for 30 minute half time.Permalink|
- 1Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.Maybe its the way the Steelers have been playing the last couple of seasons.Permalink|
- 2Posted by overmanwarrior 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.I think of it as a theater of capitalism. I love the products, the fanfare, the commercials, and the game. I consider the 3 hours spent a guilty pleasure I don't indulge in often. : )Permalink|
- 2Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.Isn't that great!? It is astonishing how short an actual game really is. I learned this after becoming a high school football parent this past fall. Without the extraneous crap, it's exciting! And fun!Permalink|
- 2Posted by richrobinson 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.DVRs are great for football games. Fast forward commercials, replay challenges, player celebrations and any other extraneous crap. You can watch an average game in just over an hour.Permalink|
- 2Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.I agree with your points regarding the NFL and actual time played, vs the idiotic commentary and commercials. I find that I have less time for that drivel and less patience as well. My hometown team will have my appreciation, but they are the only team I will watch, and not even regularly. I find a rundown of events is all I can tolerate. College football is going down this same path in its pandering to sponsor dollars. Yes, that defrays costs, but still it's schilling. Hockey is my sport of passion.Permalink|