Posted on 11/18/2012 4:19:52 AM PST by raccoonradio
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said recently that the reason NFL ticket sales are down over the past five years is HD television.
Oh, Rog, Rog, Rog. There are so many reasons that NFL games, like teenage boys, are better at home. I've mentioned a few before, but how about 20 more?
1) At home, you don't have to stand in line to pee.
2) At home, you don't have to stand in line to pee while watching a drunk pee in a sink.
3) The average cost of a beer at an NFL game is $7.13. In your fridge, it's about a buck. And it's colder
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I have been to soccer ("football") games in England. As far as I can determine, the only difference between being there and watching it on TV is the impossibility of electronically replicating the sensation of being utterly surrounded by 80,000 screaming drunken hooligans with bad breath.
Most expensive/best seat seats for watching football in person are closet to the action. Worst seats are in the nosebleed sections. Watch football on TV and they show it from the best seats in the house.
Most expensive/best seats for watching baseball in person are closest to the action, usually behind homeplate. Worst seats are in the outfield. Watch baseball on TV and they show it from the worst seats in the house.
Otherwise I totally agree with you. About the only thing I really like about televised baseball is the relatively new feature of replaying an at bat in rapid sequence, pitch by pitch from the pitcher's POV.
Every conservative in New England is on the field!
haha
It’s probably a still from a film.
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