by RubaDub 30 Replies latest social entertainment
RubaDub
Commercials appear after a team scores, at the two-minute warning, at the end of a quarter, after a punt, after a kickoff, after a fumble/interception or when the ball changes sides. Is play delayed, certainly yes. When those events occur, a stoppage of 1-2 minutes will happen.
That sounds like my idea of hell, especially since I'm familiar with how dreadful American commercials can be. You honestly call that entertainment?
Cedars
It demonstrates a major difference between American football and actual football. You could not find stoppages of more than 10 to 15 seconds in a game of football to show any adverts.
American football is a succession of "set-pieces".
cofty
American football is a succession of "set-pieces".
Agreed. I'm no expert, but it sounds almost like a turn-based game - the exact opposite of soccer where things can change at any moment.
Cedars
Please, Superbowl was just on. The sport that is soooooo good, all that people talked about in the run-up was who was performing at half-time and what adverts would be on.
Soccer or REAL FOOTBALL (as it's mostly actually played with the foot, not carried or thrown) is one of the most popular sports on the entire planet.
It doesn't need any 'improving' from Americans (which would be "make it stop more so we can show adverts")
It doesn't need any 'improving' from Americans (which would be "make it stop more so we can show adverts")
Simon ...
Point well taken.
But we Americans don't have bladders that large to hold for the entire half.
And we want to get to the refrigerator and get beer without missing any plays ... lol.
Rub a Dub
RubaDub
But we Americans don't have bladders that large to hold for the entire half.
But the dash to the loo and the risk of disappointment if you miss a goal is all part of the fun!
Cedars
My football mad sons must have bloody near peed themselves on many occasions rather than miss any of the match, they have a skinful of beer whilst watching which tends to go straight through you !
In the good old days on the terraces (before all-seater namby-pamby stadiums) you often stood in a river of pee, as it cascaded past you, poor buggers at the bottom always got warm wet trousers !
But the dash to the loo and the risk of disappointment if you miss a goal is all part of the fun
Cedars ...
I know.
But you probably end up peeing your pants if you are in the loo in the middle of a pee and hear "goooooooooooooooooool" and have to rush back to the TV before you are done .... lol.
Rub a Dub
My son was/is a fan of Manchester Utd. In 1999 they played Bayern Munich in the European Cup final in the Camp Nou in Spain.
Man Utd were terrrible in the first half and went in 1-0 down. The German team came back up the tunnel waving to their fans and being generally arrogant.
At the end of normal time it was still 1-0. The referee Pierluigi Collina added on 3 minutes stoppage time and my son gave up hope and went upstairs for a pee just as Man Utd won a corner. Teddy Sherringham scored to force extra time. I was screaming upstairs "they've equalised". My son thought I was winding him up - a reasonable assumption based on past history!
A minute later with over 92 minutes on the clock Solskjaer scored the winner from another corner just as my son came bursting through the door. He had missed one of the most historic moments in football history.
There were crying Germans everywhere - happy days.
How I love a crying German! Almost as good as a crying Pompey fan.
