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This Awful Thing That the Super Bowl Has Become Belongs on the Hallmark Channel
PJ Media ^ | 6 Feb 2026 | Stephen Kruiser

Posted on 02/06/2026 5:08:57 PM PST by Rummyfan

It's probably best to begin by letting everyone know that this column isn't about politics. Whenever I write anything about the National Football League, my comments section is stormed by an army of conservative keyboard warriors who, in their Colin Kaepernick-filled rage, are all too eager to unload on Roger Goodell and the organization over which he presides.

Trust me, dear readers, I have plenty of bad things to say about Roger Goodell, but they're mostly about the game of football. My lament comes from a place of deep, lifelong fandom and is triggered by the fact that I don't believe that the NFL is very much about the game of football anymore.

That's kind of a dig at Goodell. We're off to a good start.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: culture; football; nfl; sports; superbowl

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1 posted on 02/06/2026 5:08:57 PM PST by Rummyfan
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Unmentioned is the referees hogging facetime so they can mansplain each call.


2 posted on 02/06/2026 5:16:11 PM PST by pfflier
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Get the WOKE NFL where it hurts: THEIR RATINGS !!!! DON'T WATCH ANY OF IT.

At halftime, DO watch the 'All American Halftime Show' on your local conservative network, YouTube, X..

3 posted on 02/06/2026 5:21:19 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: Rummyfan

I don’t watch the Hallmark channel either.


4 posted on 02/06/2026 5:21:34 PM PST by Fai Mao ( All Democrats are pedophiles )
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Yes, the Super Bowl evolved into a major TV event, whether people are football fans or not. Millions who don’t watch a game all year will watch the Super Bowl.

And we’re supposed to be excited about the halftime show, with Bad Bunny, who many people have never heard of. Stay tuned, see if he panders to liberals and makes political statements.


5 posted on 02/06/2026 5:22:12 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Rummyfan

Just saw a couple of B1’s, F15’s 18’s and 35’s in formation over the Santa Claus Mtns. They’re expected to over fly Levy’s at the National Anthem. I’ll watch that and record the rest except half time.


6 posted on 02/06/2026 5:26:12 PM PST by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

The NFL wants to expand the popularity of the sport globally, they don’t care about the American male audience.


7 posted on 02/06/2026 5:28:03 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Rummyfan
The author is way behind the times on this. An NFL game is basically a 3 to 3.5 hour television commercial interrupted by about 12-14 minutes of football.

If you really want to see how badly television has damaged the NFL game, just attend a game in person. There is so much dead time during the game for TV content that the game has become an awful, exhausting bore.

8 posted on 02/06/2026 5:28:59 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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Even college football is bad too. I went to a Florida-Michigan game a few years ago here in Dallas, and there would regularly be ten-minute intervals where nothing was happening.


9 posted on 02/06/2026 5:30:20 PM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Not far at all from the truth. The NFL is rigged so that it plays out just like a soap opera.


10 posted on 02/06/2026 5:32:08 PM PST by CodeToad
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To: Alberta's Child

Just for giggles, I counted the ads per play of a game from about 6 minutes into the 3rd quarter to the end. There were 48 plays and 58 advertisements. Literally, for every play the NFL plays a commercial. That’s worse than online games that show an ad for very play.


11 posted on 02/06/2026 5:34:19 PM PST by CodeToad
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Once again, Super Bowl Sunday coincides with the last day of Arizona’s quail season. I know what I’ll be doing, and there won’t be any television involved.


12 posted on 02/06/2026 5:45:02 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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Just stop watching it like I did.

College football is better anyway.


13 posted on 02/06/2026 5:48:58 PM PST by for-q-clinton (RL)
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To: for-q-clinton

I have a vested interest: if the Seahawks win I win $200. If they lose I win $100….


14 posted on 02/06/2026 5:50:57 PM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
And we’re supposed to be excited about the halftime show, with Bad Bunny...

Not to mention Green Gay, who's just a bunch of woke, hateful dumshitz.

15 posted on 02/06/2026 5:54:30 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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It belongs in the toilet. So does the Hallmark channel. Then flush.


16 posted on 02/06/2026 5:55:32 PM PST by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Yes, the Super Bowl evolved into a major TV event, whether people are football fans or not. Millions who don’t watch a game all year will watch the Super Bowl.

It stopped being a football game.

Yeah. 12-14 minutes worth of actual action.


17 posted on 02/06/2026 5:57:10 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Rummyfan

The left ruins everything. I was never a huge fan of football. Casual at best so I’m not crushed by what it has become but I can relate. Lots of other stuff I cared about has suffered a similar fate.


18 posted on 02/06/2026 6:02:09 PM PST by xp38
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I’m with you on this one.


19 posted on 02/06/2026 6:02:21 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: CivilWarBrewing

The AAHS? Yuck. Go to the Puppy Bowl.


20 posted on 02/06/2026 6:04:22 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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