[Alberta's Child]

It's definitely better now, and I'll tell you something else: You should see what NFL broadcasts looked like back in the early days of televised games. NFL Films has a DVD collection that traces the history of televised football, and it's amazing how ridiculous things were back then. Jittery cameramen, cameras that didn't work well in cold weather, poor camera angles, etc. were some of the early glitches they had to deal with.

Now, the NFL has taken it to the exact opposite extreme. It's so oriented towards a TV audience that attending a game in person can be a boring ordeal.

[MinorityRepublican]

It's so oriented towards a TV audience that attending a game in person can be a boring ordeal.

That's what beer is for.

[Dr. Sivana]

It's so oriented towards a TV audience that attending a game in person can be a boring ordeal.

Not just boring ... impossible if you have nosebleed seats. My last NFL game was Cowboys at Rams. I was in Row VV on the 10 yard line. Kurt Warner was on the opposite 20 yard line, when the stupid center jammed Warner's thumb on a bad snap. I couldn't even tell that Jamie Martin was brought in. The Jumbotrons were busy showing the Cheerleaders, whose routines were comically inappropriate for the action on the field.

I will disagree about the game being boring if you have decent seats. I got to attend SB XXX (Cowboys-Steelers) and was 3/4's back of the lower deck around he 20 yard line. I couldn't folow the game so well when the action was on the opposite end of the field, but I greatly bing able o focus in on whatever I chose. I spent a lot of the game watching Deion Sanders' coverage, or the Steeler's O-line in action, etc. There is a lot of atheticism on the field that gets missed by necessity on TV.

I won't go to a modern NFL game, because I don't klike the new security measures. I miss my America.