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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But human psychology is such that if you didn’t have those 60,000 screaming fans there, as captured by the camera, it wouldn’t seem to be such an event worth watching.
I would choose no announcers over having to listen to Brent Musburger announce a game.
Watched a great High School game last night, Mentor vs St. Ignatious(sp?) Double OT. Haven’t watched the Cleveland Clowns in three years.
At home, I get a better view of all the plays. I’m also border-line introverted so big crowds are a chore to endure and I don’t “feed off the energy” of big crowds like so many seem to do.
I hope I still get your Christmas card but I like him.
Pink Shoes
My wife likes to go to the games, but I’d much rather stay home and watch them on TV.
Last time I went, I sat next to a drunk who was so obnoxious, his own girlfriend/wife got sick of him and stood up and left.
Then, we got rained on. Afterward, we sat in traffic for an hour.
This year, we had tickets to a game, but I talked her out of going. Sold the tickets and stayed home.
It was windy and rainy and our team lost. My wife thanked me.
And after it takes forever to get out, some genius police commander thinks it is a great time to stop all traffic on the interstate for DWI checks, so you get arrested for public urination when you originally thought you could make it till you got home.
Agreed. Redzone is the only way to watch football now, especially the last five minutes of all the games. Unforunately I’ve cut my cable so I’ll have to watch it on my phone or slingbox it off my brother.
You should hear the third-rate Nashville renditions on most NASCAR races. Breathy, moan-y, whiny, and they all sing it at a tempo more suitable for a funeral march.
Unless you have field-level seats, I think you tend to get a much better view on TV. Even better if you have a DVR with stop, slo-mo and rewind. The same applies to the game itself.
At home, you stand a slightly smaller chance of getting killed by thug Obama voters who are pissed that their team lost the game.
Lordy.
Today is the last race of the season... is it going to be JJ or the kiddo?
Football is a much better game on TV than in person. Baseball vice versa.
Its going to be a nail biter.
Absolutely true. Unfortunately, both have become unaffordable for the many fans, at least at the professional level. For my family and I to go to a Red Sox game runs well north of $300, and the only reason it's not much higher is because I long ago learned to park 5 miles out of town and take the "T" to Fenway.
The answer has been our local minor (Eastern) league team, who are fun to watch and the tickets are more than reasonable - box seats are $10. And they've got Sam Adams on tap - nice and cold.
At home I can see the game.
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