As I get older I’m much less interested in sports in general than I’ve ever been; with the exception of the World Cup there are few events that I go out of my way to see. On a slow Sunday I’ll put football on, but there are so many commercials you really have to watch something else more or less simultaneously; basketball and hockey were fun to play when I was younger but impossible to watch on TV (though live hockey is the greatest sport). Non-World Cup soccer is boring as Hell unless you’re watching two great European teams; soccer’s main selling point (actually its Achilles Heel financially) is the lack of commercials.
It is incredible how much time & money Americans dedicate to professional sports every year; it really is “bread & circuses” in comparison to things that really matter. The upcoming Super Bowl will be played about five miles north of me, next to a mall that was finished years ago (including an indoor ski slope) that never opened as the economy collapsed; it is truly eerie to see close-up. Every Saturday in the flea market held next to the stadium I see illegals buying tools from desperate Americans, passing on their livelihoods to those who took the jobs. The NFL has seen the writing on the wall and now American football is included in Telemundo and Galavision (Spanish channels) news...
Yes, the tyrants are always pleased when “panem et circenses” keep the masses preoccupied.