Non sports fans support group.

[procon]

Never been attracted to sports so not watching any games in this house. Watch bits and pieces of the Olympics as a civic duty, but not much else. We're thinking about a movie marathon like the Hobbit or Aliens, with a coffee table smorgasbord.

Maybe a hot cheesy fondue pot and couple of small Charcuterie Boards using whatever goodies are on hand. The mister wants cocktail shrimp and fried shrimp and French fries to serve with a replay of Forrest Gump.

I'm not alone, so what do the rest of you non sporting folks plan on doing, if anything?

[KarenS]

1. ok,,,, this might seem weird but

I watch during the Super Bowl because the commercials are awesome I move around and do things during the game play,,,, I was raised in a "foot ball" family so it seems wrong somehow not to have it on

[Brother Buzz]

22. Be on the lookout for cameo appearances by First Dogs, Champ and Major...

and, well, Jill Biden, too.

The first dogs and first lady Jill Biden are set to star in a wear-a-mask PSA for the always-appealing Puppy Bowl XVII

[GusBob]

2. COVID has ruined my plans

I usually go to crowded sports bars and break into cars in the parking lots while everyone is distracted by the game

Bars are all mostly shut down here or have outside seating now

Fucking virus

[True Dough]

10. GusBob, I appreciate your candor

An honest fellow, that GusBob is. I wish someone as upstanding as you would break into my car!

[Wawannabe]

14. Damn

That was unusual. And funny!

[Chainfire]

3. What? Is there a football game coming?

I care nothing about professional "sports." In the past, I used to follow a couple of college football teams, but I did not watch a game this year. I thought it was insane to play contact sports during a contagious pandemic.

[Freddie]

4. Only sport I care about is baseball

Watched the Super Bowl 3 years ago when the Eagles won. Otherwise meh. We used to go out to dinner that evening as restaurants were pretty empty, but not this year ☹️. Think I’ll make a nice dinner and watch the rest of The Crown (4 episodes to go).

[True Dough]

11. Who's your baseball team, Freddie?

Because I have family connections in Canada, I cheer for the Blue Jays.

[Freddie]

16. No!!!

Phillies. Yes I watched Mitch Williams throw that last pitch in the 93 World Series.
2 years ago took a long weekend in Toronto, beautiful city.

[HAB911]

5. We plan on photographing the B1, B2, B52 flyover

from the top deck of a parking garage at a nearby mall at 6pm, then going home and binging something on Netflix!

I don't care for the game, I'm only forced to pay for the stadium

[HUAJIAO]

6. Same as every sunday... exercise bike, stretch bands, walk along the lake,

practice timpani, study orchestra scores, cook, clean a room or 2, check US news on DU, walk in the woods, more practice, more cook, back up hard drive,

super duper bowel sunday- take Ivermectin, car wash,

that should keep me off the streets...

[sanatanadharma]

7. One of 52 Sundays during the year...

...does not need any 'special' consideration. Others can choose to celebrate the one; I celebrate all equally, the many.

Sports do not manage my mind and mass mob-mentality is as unbecoming in sports as in insurrections.

[Turin_C3PO]

9. You may think so

but you’re not superior to the millions who enjoy football and other sports. Get over yourself.

[Wawannabe]

15. TY

For saying that.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. The culture signaling started late this year!

[Demsrule86]

31. Turin...good points...

[AllaN01Bear]

8. i despise all sports.

cant afford cable as comca$t priced me out of the marked. utube vids and my own vids . home workout program and so fourth . i do like the superbowl ads , but the cost of the airtime is stupid . that money could goto the company employees or feed the hungry and house the homeless.

[northoftheborder]

12. I am totally bored with baseball, football, basketball.....collegiate or professional....

....unless one of my children is playing....then I'm yelling and cheering like the rest.

The ONLY professional sports I watch is tennis. Fortunately, the rest of my family now is uninterested in any TV sports watching, even tennis does not interest them. When we used to go to our college games, it was fun.

[struggle4progress]

13. Sports? What's that?

[samnsara]

17. i would only watch if the Seahawks played so im gonna watch Puppy Bowl...

...but I am excited about the Seattle Kracken. Ive never been an ice hockey fan but i may try to understand it once they start playing.

[a kennedy]

19. Yes, yes, the puppy bowl with Martha Stewart and Snoop Dog......

[Raine]

20. House cleaning is what I plan on doing

I'd rather clean then watch any kind of sporting event.

[maxsolomon]

21. Keeping my mouth shut about it.

And not ruining other's fun.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. +1 (nt)

[gratuitous]

23. I like the idea of a Hobbit marathon

Or Lord of the Rings. I got the Alien four pack blu-ray on some really good deal a couple of years ago, and discovered that I've become kind of a wuss over the years. It was too intense. I should offer it on the Buy Nothing website.

I used to follow football, and was a Kansas City Chiefs fan for about 50 years. Then I saw that study of post-mortem examinations of player brains. All but one of them (out of more than 100) showed signs of CTE, and it occurred to me that I was watching young men grind up their brains for my entertainment. I couldn't get away from that, and I stopped watching all at once. Naturally, as soon as I did that, Kansas City goes to the Super Bowl two years in a row. Still not watching, though.

[procon]

26. Yeah, it's heartbreaking to watch young men

In the prime of their lives selling away the health and futures for fame and fortune. They think they're invincible. There is no ombudsman in their corner to advise them of the risk.

The multi billion $ sports industry doesn't care about these young, impressionable players, they keep grinding them down and tossing them out when they can't keep up. They certainly could do a lot to reduce the risks and make games safer, but the rabid fans want more brutal violence, not less.

[Liberal In Texas]

24. Is that tomorrow?

Probably usual Sunday plan. Dinner and watch something on one of the streaming services or DVD. I believe tomorrow's fare is Endeavour.

[KatyMan]

25. I lost interest in sports a couple of years ago

my loss of interest in football directly correlates to our oldest daughter getting married in November a few years ago, so I was too busy to watch any football. I was mainly a huge baseball fan my whole life, but after what MLB did to the Astros I can't be bothered anymore, they completely lost me.
I do like soccer and rugby but now other hobbies and interests stop me from spending quality weekend time sitting in front of the tv!
I hope people that enjoy the Super Bowl and everything around it and about it have a great time tomorrow, but I'll be doing some yard work, playing my new guitar that's coming today, and working on getting better at power carving. So I have a pretty full day planned.

on thinking about it, we usually do get caught up in the Olympics and rarely miss figure skating in general when it's on even in on Olympic years, and gymnastics are always entertaining.

[csziggy]

27. Working on an embroidery project

That was put aside in 2011. It will take another month or so to finish since I can only manage an hour or two a day.

I'll be watching movies or something - maybe the Harry Potter movies.

[Hamlette]

29. We call ourselves "asportual"

like you, I watch some of the Olympics and my mom was a huge fan of the Kentucky Derby, calling us to make sure we knew the time etc. I suspect it was because it only lasts 4.5 minutes which is my attention span for sports.

We have no plans.

[tanyev]

30. Only reason I ever pay attention to when the Super Bowl happens

is because that is a great time to go out to eat at any restaurant that doesn’t have TVs in the dining room. Since that is not an option this year, we’ll just be doing the same thing we do any Sunday afternoon/evening.

[IcyPeas]

32. so that's why

the potato chip aisle in the supermarket is bare.

[GusBob]

33. You missed the Biden's!

And that poet from the inauguration

[GusBob]

34. There was a moment in silence before the game

For all the COVID victims

A healthcare worker did the coin toss

You might want to check out what they do at every Iowa football game for the kids in the children hospital that are watching the games from their rooms. Everyone in the stadium both teams and all turn and wave to the kids. Brings tears to my eyes every time

And yeah everyone knows there's more to life than football