Who, like myself, is not excited about the Super Bowl today?

[imanamerican63]

My reason is the money that is going to be made by the production of a show rather than the talent of the players! It is all show! The money that will be paid out is only a fraction of what businesses will receive! I’m sure I will listen to the game, but anymore, I’m just not interested in any sports, except for high school and some college sports.

And to address this issue. The concept of playing college players is going to ruin my enjoyment of college sports in the future, too. It’s all about big bucks and the cost of college will be the small for those who just want a good education.

Money, money, money! That is what it’s all about!

[Woodswalker]

1. Me, could care less.

[pazzyanne]

52. Absolutely the same! nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

108. Exactly how much less could you care?

[onenote]

160. +1

[Sanity Claws]

2. It's today?

I don't follow football.

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. That was my question. Which also answers the question

of how much I care, one way or the other.

[Iris]

19. Same for me!

[getagrip_already]

33. +1

[femmedem]

43. LOL. I wouldn't have known either if not for DU.

It's my heritage: My high school football team didn't win a single game while I was a student.

[Ocelot II]

65. My college went seven years without winning a single game. It was a point of pride.

[McKim]

101. Yes!!!! At Portland State University in the 1960's...

Yes, at Portland State University in the 1960’s we had a winning team that beat Harvard at College Bowl, a national game show of wits and smarts. We were so proud of not having a football team!

[Martin68]

115. LOL, when I was at Bates College in Maine we set a record for the most consecutive losses in the

New England Small Collegiate Athletic Conference (NESCAC). I believe it was 23 losses. I was one of those who suggested we drop football and concentrate on soccer, but that is not within the realm of possibility because alumni would cease to contribute if that happened.

[Ocelot II]

117. Got ya beat. Macalester College lost 50 games in a row in the '70s.

[Martin68]

119. OMG! Over how many years did that take place?

[Ocelot II]

123. 1974-1980. ESPN lists it as the second worst college football team of all time.

https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/colfootball/teams/worst.html I had graduated by then, but the team sucked almost as bad during my time there. There were no football scholarships so the team had to be made up of academic nerds. We were so proud of its incompetence!

[Martin68]

125. Wow! Our ignominity occurred a bit earlier, from 1970 to 1974. I gladly acknowledge your superiority

in this rarified field of endeavor.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

55. Concussion Bowl is today. One game in a sport only Americans care about.

Canadians also I guess…not near as much though…don’t need a military like game to support a military mindset in the people.

America and Canada…Rest of the World don’t give two shits, so in the majority on that one!

Another example of the power of mass advertising…that’s what the two week gap is for.

[Eyeball_Kid]

109. Oh, if only we ALL played in the Concussion Bowl!

We could commiserate with the reasoning misfortunes of Marjorie T. Greene.

[Mosby]

139. The game is broadcast in 130 countries.

Around 120-150 million will watch the game.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

144. So is The Simpsons.

[onenote]

161. Apparently you aren't familiar with the rest of the world.

US football is popular in a lot of countries. As much as in the US? No. But World Cup Soccer isn't as popular here as it is in other countries, either.

https://www.quora.com/Which-country-outside-of-North-America-is-the-NFL-most-popular-in

[Meadowoak]

3. Yawn

[Boomerproud]

4. Hand raised.

nt

[Easterncedar]

5. Gives me a day off from people!

But yes, the money in this is just mind boggling.

It did give us the herding cats ad tho. Still the best.

[we can do it]

6. I'm excited for yummy food and drinks with friends.

[Goonch]

7. 👇👇👇🏈🤣🏈🤣

[stopdiggin]

137. Yeah. Hank Willimas Jr ....

What a genius stroke of 'branding' ....
Providing assurance to the - newcomer and previously unconvinced - that they really were in the wrong place.
"Nope .. not ready."

[Goonch]

145. Hank Williams Jr. MNF Intro Theme - Dec. 26, 1994

[Brainstormy]

8. wouldn't watch it if

it was played at the end of my driveway

[IronLionZion]

9. Superb Owl

During the game is a fantastic time to get into exclusive restaurants or have less people at the grocery store. Since everyone else is watching the game. I can see the half time show and interesting commercials later on youtube.

[AndyS]

10. I don't keep up with baseball . . .

[Lulu KC]

49. This made me LOL

Thanks

[Tom_Foolery]

11. Not excited at all...

All of this time and money spent on a game where the ball is in play for about 11 minutes.

[ananda]

12. It's today?

...

[Scrivener7]

13. I love wings. Football? Don't care much.

[TNNurse]

14. Not really a football fan.

My husband likes to watch but in small bits. PBS has new episodes of Miss Scarlet and All Creatures tonight.

Also looks like a great COVID party in person.

[llmart]

170. That's what I'll be doing.

I absolutely love All Creatures. Such a refreshing show compared to most tv today.

[Celerity]

15. I love real football (what Americans call soccer). But if you like the US version, then have at it.

To each their own.

What turns me off is self-righteous anti-sport virtue signalling that attempts to belittle and denigrate most forms of athletic fandom.

[Doc Sportello]

70. Nails it

I don't watch anything but the game. Don't care about pre-game, commercials, halftime show. I like watching the world's greatest athletes in high level sports perform on a big stage. The percentage of athletes who can do this in football, basketball, or other sports is very, very small.

I appreciate not just their athletic ability but the fact that these guys playing today have dedicated themselves to year-round workouts and to the mental grind it takes to reach the Super Bowl. I think most on this thread don't understand that. If someone doesn't care about football or this game, that doesn't bother me. Yes it is about greed and materialism, but at its heart it is about what these elite athletes can do on the field on the biggest stage. That's why I loved sports as a kid and still do today, despite all the flaws.

[stopdiggin]

148. agree to a certain extent

but - if you pay any attention at all (at least to American/U.S. sports) - I think you have to come away with the feeling that some of it - is doing a pretty fine job of denigrating itself. No help needed.

If you're a big fan of Olympic curling, lacrosse, Yale swim team ... I'm with you.

[Celerity]

155. association football (full name for soccer), cricket (I'm half Bajan), Nordic skiing and biathlon

(my wife is a biathete).

Those are the main things I watch.

Participated (still do in.some cases) in all but biathlon (trued with my wife, I am a horrid shoiter, lol), plus I alpine (aka downhill) ski, play badminton, swim, cycle, run, tennis, and a wee bit of squash (that was mostly in London).

I do not care for rugby and US football at all. Too violent. I HATE boxing and MMA/extreme fighting. Barbaric IMHO.

[stopdiggin]

156. I think incredible skills and athleticism

are natural things to admire and celebrate. Healthy. Uplifting.

On the other hand - abhor toxic behaviors, values and attitudes - and, sometimes, sports will tend to showcase (even glorify?) - those very human failings.

[GusBob]

149. Remember the kneeling protests?

And all the cons said they would never watch NFL again

Or for that matter NASCAR and the confederate flag

The ratings will be huge today

Soa few dozen grumpy people of a certain age group claim they ain’t watching, wow

All female flight crew for the flyover, the Half time show which has Trump pissed off

Heard there is some fun ads too

I’m juiced, can’t wait. Gonna be a close game

[Celerity]

159. all EPL teams the next 2 weekends take the knee again against racism at the start of the match

Premier League: Players will take the knee before next two weekends' fixtures

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64581621



Premier League players will take the knee before the next two weekends' games to display unity against racism. Top-flight matches between 11 and 19 February will be dedicated to the No Room for Racism campaign.

Club captains agreed in August to limit the anti-racism gesture to significant moments rather than every game. "[Taking the knee] is more than a gesture," said former Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi. "It says we must keep working to eradicate racism."

What is taking the knee and why is it important?

As well as the first game of the season and Boxing Day games, Premier League clubs took the knee for two weekends in October as part of the No Room for Racism campaign. A month later, Ameobi became one of seven former players to join its Player to Executive Pathways Scheme (PEPS).

The pilot project gives ex-players from ethnically diverse backgrounds experience of club operations and aims to help increase diversity in leadership positions. "It's always been an aspiration of mine to help the club and inspire the next generation," said Ameobi. "If you don't see yourself represented in the boardroom, it's hard to have the confidence to be there."

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[a kennedy]

164. Yah, I like all the BS before, but only on NFL Network, love the new advertisements, it's exciting

to see two Black QB’s, all female fly over, yup, I like it. Wish The GBP ‘s were playing, and I am rooting for the Chiefs.

[SouthernLiberal]

17. I don't watch football anymore

I used to, quite regularly. And the Superbowl was always the worst game of the year. The commercials, of course, were amazing.

[KarenS]

23. LOL I forgot about the commercials!!

I'll watch them tomorrow on youtube

[Pacifist Patriot]

18. The what?

Yeah, no interest from this quarter

[Maeve]

20. That's a football thing, right?

Honestly, I don't care about organized sports (and me living in OSU Buckeye country all my life) on any level. Ok, briefly when my kids played soccer in grade school--that's it. My brother was a high school and college basketball player and learned competition as a religion. F that.

[KarenS]

21. not just "not excited" totally uninterested. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Never watch it

[ItsjustMe]

24. Football is so boring

I do enjoy watching a game of hockey occasionally, but I haven't watched a hockey game in weeks. There are many other activities I rather waste my time on.

[niyad]

25. What is the super bowl?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

56. Answer...showcase of concussions and bone breaking injuries and how to treat them!

[niyad]

61. Thank you. A medical show then.

[lark]

26. Me

I don't really like either team, KS pushed us out of the tourney and I have never ever liked the Eagles, being raised by a strong Dallas fan. In mom's honor, I want the Eagles to lose, that would have made her happy! I want my team to beat KS next year to advance to the Super Bowl.

[Ford_Prefect]

27. Huge, overhyped and over-produced commercial for booze, drugs, debt, toxic masculinity, and

the western materialist nightmare.

I've avoided it for decades.

Please do not try to claim a cultural offset by referring to the so-called new consciousness in some of the advertising. IMO it is sophist window dressing; the proverbial lipstick on a pig. It would not be seen if the platform were not so in need of such camouflage.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

122. Don't forget huge commercial for the military. Wonder how much kissing up the producers will do?

After all, it’s an entertainment production involving the possibility of death at any moment!

Commercial…what is a commercial if not propaganda? Meant to persuade, meant to have people buy in with their wallet s and most importantly their minds. How to elevate to justify a trillion dollar a year not paid for fully taxpayer funded apparatus to keep us…SAFE! From even balloons, we want to not fear balloons! Give more money and love, taxpayer! Half the budget not enough!

Arent we all feeling safer with every military dollar spent?

Wonder how mankind ever did without such entertainment! Think Romans might know.

[GusBob]

143. All female flight crews for the flyover

First time in history

[Alexander Of Assyria]

147. Females in flying killing machines over the killing fields of football? Wondrous!

Don’t forget about the military bands and the honouring of soldier after soldier!

Wheres the pilot that “killed” a helium balloon with a 200 million dollar plane? Where’s his statue?

And two more “kills” of two more balloons! …could be close to having an American pilot ace!

Ofc no idea what was destroyed, won’t tell us!

[GusBob]

150. Today of all days I'm glad they're up there

Seeing as how I live in Montana

Biden and Trudeau are too I reckon

[Alexander Of Assyria]

151. What's happening in Montana? Another balloon that has been tracked for days, but didn't tell you?

Are you fearful? Of what?

[Freddie]

28. I really don't care about football, but

I live in Philly (burbs) so I’m obligated. Go Birds.

[allegorical oracle]

29. Considered it, but not sure it's available anywhere to watch for free. Refuse to pay to watch it

because it's SO much about the money. Heard this a.m. that a 30-second advert costs $6 million -- so that expense probably gets passed on to consumers. And it was taxpayers who paid to build most of the football stadiums in the first place.

[tanyev]

30. I don't know when it became a top-tier national holiday.

I wouldn't even know when it happened if it weren't for all the surrounding hoopla that bleeds into non-sports news coverage:


And now some surefire recipes for your Super Bowl party!
Who will be this year's halftime show performer??????
A recap of the top 10 Super Bowl commercials!


I turn the TV on at 10:00pm to get local news, not watch an effing pep rally.

[brooklynite]

31. Can't I just be not excited because football is boring?

Is an anti.capitalist rant necessary?

[Easterncedar]

152. Hah. Just right!

[AllyCat]

32. Never watch. No interest at all.

Have no idea who is playing.

[dameatball]

34. Meh, I will probably have it on and watch some of it. Way too overhyped to sit through all of it.

I will be having some chicken burritos and a couple cold ones after a while. As far as the actual games, I think the conference championships are usually better games.

[Liberal In Texas]

35. Not at all. We'll be watching our usual Sunday night movie then some reading.

Probably find out who won tomorrow.

[Golfnbrew]

36. Could NOT

Care any less than I do. I don't even know who's playing, nor do I plan to find out.

To all: enjoy your Sunday!

[piddyprints]

37. I hate football.

I was a cheerleader in high school just so I could wear the cute outfit, but I hated the games.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

57. The World loves football, the one where you use your foot.

[old as dirt]

97. Himno De Fe y Alegra ( Edicin America Campen 15 ⭐) 2019 2020 Bicampen

Hymn of Faith and Happiness - America de Cali - Grupo Niche

[Ocelot II]

38. Couldn't care less. I'm not interested in football at any level, so

I'll ignore it, just like I ignore every other football game. However, I do like this Superb Owl:

[niyad]

64. Beautiful owl.

[Ferrets are Cool]

39. I am very excited. It should be a classic game. Best defence against best offense.

[a kennedy]

166. Yah, forgot that. I do just hope it's exciting tho........close, and KC wins.

[GB_RN]

40. Haven't Watched One In Over 20 Years...

Don’t intend to change that.

[pamdb]

41. Super bowl

Huh?

What’s a super bowl? Is it like a really big bowl?

Haha

Couldn’t care less. Even my husband just flips it on for a few minutes.

[alittlelark]

42. I'm in Peru and no one here cares.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

58. Outside the North part of North America, no one does!

[mopinko]

44. i'm very excited

to take my pup for a walk on this lovely day and have to hood to ourselves, pretty much.

[doc03]

45. If it is not local Pittsburgh, Cleveland or Cincinnatti I don't care. I do have a chance to win

a couple hundred though.

[northoftheborder]

46. Me - not a football fan at any level

[duhneece]

47. I'm just not into sportsball. nt

[bullimiami]

48. Meh. No interest.

[Kaleva]

50. I spend my time preparing for catastrophic climate change

[mgardener]

51. Don't know who is playing or where

And could care less.

[newdayneeded]

53. Huge nfl fan here,

big Mahomes fan, happy for the Eagles. But, I'm just not feeling any excitement for the game this year.

[2naSalit]

54. That and it's...

Fucking modern gladiators. They beat their bodies for entertainment, money and fame.

Never been a fan. Now soccer, that's different.

[FlyingPiggy]

59. ME! I don't support the NFL for multiple reasons. One being it is boring.

I much prefer basketball and the NBA. It moves faster and is much more fun to watch. Plus, the NBA is more inclusive and celebrates asian hx month, black hx month, etc.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

141. But someone could die, or be carried off on a cart, m h higher chance. So entertaining for Americans

[FlyingPiggy]

185. That too! The heavy cognitive impact later on in life just makes me want to ban football

[Politicub]

60. I'm sick of hearing about the brothers on opposing teams.

Maybe I’m turning into a curmudgeon, but everything about the Super Bowl — this year, anyway — makes me roll my eyes.

[multigraincracker]

62. I played in high school and have hated it.

Some of the worse people in my life were football coaches.

I had scholarship offers from lots of division 1 schools that I never even responded to. My brother played on a Rose Bowl team. I went to a reunion with him and 90% of those former players, like him, were limping, in wheel chairs or weren't sure where they were at. I'm sure it's really bad for ex pros.

I'll just read about later, or not.

[TurboDem]

63. Watching grown men play a game that children play at recess doesn't interest me at all!

I hope they have a nice glass of milk, a couple of cookies, and finish their homework when they're done.

[Groundhawg]

66. I have never watched a football game.

[Celerity]

93. ---

[samplegirl]

67. Not! Going in my office

and painting! Could care less!

[Me.]

68. Me.

But hope that those who are have a great time. Everyone could use a day of fun.

[Javaman]

69. Give me track and field any day nt

[blueinredohio]

71. Me! I feel the same way its all about money.

[karin_sj]

72. Not in the least

I've never been interested in sports (other than the Olympics) and luckily for me, I found and married a guy who feels the same way! I do look forward to the Super Bowl though, because it's a great time to go shopping and/or out to eat.

To each their own!

[lambchopp59]

73. 0.2 on scale of 1 to 10

After my niners dropped off... meh.
I'll look up who won. Probably.
I'm at work in the hospital-- dreading the after game foolishness.

[betsuni]

74. It's extremely American, possibly the most American day of the year.

[lillypaddle]

75. Raising my hand

Me, me, me!!!!!!

[Sucha NastyWoman]

76. Bring on baseball!

[bottomofthehill]

77. I along with another 200,000,000 are interested

That’s two hundred million. It’s the last game of the season, these are two somewhat evenly matched teams. Teams that have been the best teams through out the season. It should be a good game and one I will enjoy watching.

[area51]

78. I'm not really into sports. n/t

[NNadir]

79. My wife and I were discussing this last night at our Valentine's dinner.

We do watch the Superbowl mostly to be integrated into our culture, in this case, a less than worthy aspect of culture, so we can converse with other people. (For example, one of the owners of the company at which I work is marrying a guy who's a huge fan of the Eagles.)

Still, it's a very dangerous sport with huge health consequences for the participants.

Recently I became aware of this news item:

BU Finds CTE in Nearly 92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Studied

Setting aside for a moment the hype, the glitz, the money, the commercials, the athleticism, the scoreboard, and the beer, chili, and wings—everything that comprises the NFL’s Super Bowl experience this weekend—the cold, sad truth remains that football is taking a horrible toll on some of its players. The extent of that price was made clear Monday in new figures released by the Boston University CTE Center.

According to its latest report, the CTE Center has diagnosed 345 former NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, out of 376 former players who were studied, a rate of 91.7 percent. Two retired players from the two teams facing off in Super Bowl LVII on Sunday—the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles—were among those diagnosed with CTE in the last year. Those ex-players are one-time Eagles quarterback Rick Arrington, who played for them from 1970 to ’73, and former Chiefs defensive tackle Ed Lothamer, who played for two of their Super Bowl teams.

To put those numbers in perspective, a 2018 BU study of 164 brains of men and women donated to the Framingham Heart Study found that only 1 of 164 (less than 1 percent) showed signs of the progressive degenerative brain disease. And that lone CTE case? A former college football player.

It's only partially removed from gladiatorial fights to the death.

[Sympthsical]

80. I always spend this day reading whatever won the Nobel Prize in literature in the past year

Hoi polloi culture is just so . . . pedestrian. amirightuguys?

Actually studying for an important physio midterm all day, unfortunately. But hey Rhianna and commercials on YouTube tomorrow. I'll osmose some from partner and his friends who will be over. They're football people. He's in two fantasy leagues every year.

I will, however, snipe all the terrible food they order/bring while memorizing the intricate details of how adenosine triphosphate and phosphorylation work. Some men will carry a ball. I must know backwards and forwards who's carrying electrons.

It's like sports for cells.

[Bo Zarts]

81. For us, SSS has always been a time to go to normally-crowded restaurants.

Restaurants WITHOUT TVs! We won’t watch one second of this, or any, Stupidbowl.

[PatrickforB]

82. Not us. Our interest in sports is casual at best.

So many other things to do than sit around watching a violent sport - a substitute for war - being played out as an entertainment spectacle.

Not to criticize those who do watch and follow various sports. We each have our own path. It is just that sports are not on my particular path. When I was a child and young man, I neither played them, nor really cared much about them.

[bottomofthehill]

83. Money, money, money

This is how many people make their living. Would you pay to go to a concert, a play, buy a book, subscribe to a paper or subscribe to DU for that matter. Things in life cost money. The fact that these people make A LOT of money speaks to football and professional sports in general being very popular.

My wife and I like going to concerts and shows, we also love the high school productions at the local high school. There is a cost to them too. Not as high , but a high school ticket for us is usually ten dollars each and then we make a 50 dollar contribution at the intermission. It’s a hell of a lot cheaper than going to the Kennedy Center so we try to add extra support to developing talent.

[MiHale]

84. The Superb Owl is coming.

The Superb Owl is coming.
The Superb Owl is coming.

🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈 Owlly eggs! owlly eggs!

[murielm99]

85. My husband likes it.

He buys junk food and wants pizza for dinner. I go along with it, because he is having fun.

These days, he doesn't have any friends around here who like the game that much. His closest friend died and the other one has moved away. It makes me sad for him that he has lost his football friends, so I spend some time watching it with him. Not all of it, but at least part of the game and half time.

[JI7]

86. Sports itself is a business isn't it ?

I have no interest in most sports though.

[old as dirt]

87. I figured it was coming up soon, just based on various thread titles. Didn't know it was today.

I won't be watching it, but no doubt I'll watch a few half-time videos over the next week as folks post them.

[XanaDUer2]

88. Me nt

[Cherokee100]

89. It's all

It's all about the money. It shows what a terrible state, this county is in. People r homeless, starving, kids r being slaughtered in school and we all we hear about, is the supper bowl.

[DinahMoeHum]

90. I'm only there for the commercials.

[NoMoreRepugs]

91. Freedom to watch or not watch is a wonderful thing.

[Rebl2]

96. 👆👍

[Alexander Of Assyria]

132. Equal to freedom to comment on blood sports, ofc!

[NoMoreRepugs]

186. Absolutely.

[tornado34jh]

92. Honestly, it's not even that, although I get what you are saying

Both teams (Chiefs and Eagles) have won the Super Bowl recently. It's not like either one is a team that has not won it recently or is trying to win their first. So it kind of loses its luster. Also, I don't watch the Super Bowl Halftime Show either, except when there is controversy over it. To be honest, I only watch the NFL if it is a good game, and even then, I don't really particularly follow a particular team.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

94. Thank you

for starting this thread. It's been a DU tradition.

[lildDemz]

95. Other places are deserted.

Forest trails and country roads. Hiking and biking has been my go-to for Super Bowl Sunday.

[Picaro]

98. Truly couldn't give a rip

No fucks to give.

[Hotler]

99. If you scrap off all the fluff and flair it's a fun game to watch and play.

I don't follow it much any more, used to be a faithful Denver Donkey fan, since faded. I like catching some of the play-off games and this one, I usually have the TV sound off the radio broadcast or music on.
I was interested when Coach Prime (Deion Sanders) got hired at CU. He isn't messing around, he's cleaning house. Denver should have picked him up. A bit of triva; Deion Sanders the only athlete to score an NFL touchdown and a MLB home run in the same week.

To help appreciate football go to Youtube and watch highlights of famous players, plays, and touchdowns. There are some amazing/gifted athletes out there that have worked their buts off to be as good as they are. Fun to watch.

I recommend some highlights of the GOAT, Bo Jackson. Watch both his baseball and football highlights to be amazed.

[McKim]

100. If Only!!!!!

If only stadiums full of people had marched with us against the War on Iraq, we could have stopped it before it started. I think of that every time I see our local stadium filling up for soccer. They are paying and wasting their time and getting only entertainment, not social change.

The ridiculous amount of money and attention to sports is a national shame, compared to engaged citizens working to make a better country. What a huge waste of resources!!!!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

102. Best day to go visit an Aquarium! . . . . nt

[Mister Ed]

103. Not excited because I ready know who's going to win.

It'll be some football team.

[BlueTexasMan]

104. I can't wait

A once in a lifetime young man so skilled that he amazes most people in the know. my homie

[DFW]

105. I didn't even know it WAS today

I work for a living, and I had to work today, so whatever is going on back there in USA-land, it's pretty low on my list of priorities.

[AZLD4Candidate]

106. My team isn't in it. Couldn't care less.

[Shermann]

107. It's what you make of it

The Super Bowl is an unofficial national holiday and a great excuse to eat garbage, party with friends, watch what may or may not be a great football game, and see an overblown halftime show which may or may not consist of actual live performances.

So, I may or may not agree with you.

In any event, it beats the World Cup (see here).

[dickthegrouch]

110. Not the slightest bit interested.

Never saw the point of chasing balls.
The timeouts and other time wasting always made for an utterly boring experience. I’d rather watch rocks grow.

[mvd]

111. My Eagles are in it

So go Eagles!

[Martin68]

112. I don't follow professional sports. I enjoyed playing all sports growing up, but I moved around

all my life and never adopted a team as my own. My parents didn't follow a particular team either, when I was growing up, so I didn't inherit loyalty to a team. I enjoy very occasionally watching a football game with a friend, but I don't really care who wins. I know which two teams are playing in the super bowl because the hype has been colossal (as always) and unavoidable if you read a newspaper or listen to the radio. I don't watch TV, by the way - but I enjoy streaming interesting movies and series. I'll watch clips of interesting Super Bowl ads on Youtube later, if I get recommendations.

[usaf-vet]

113. At 76 I can claim that I have NEVER watch an entire pro-sports game of many millionaires....

.... on the field, court, or arena thumbing their noses at the tens of thousands of poor viewers who have to give up their hard-earned dollars to make millionaires into multi-millionaires.

No thanks!

[Ponietz]

114. Too many ads--hours upon hours--mere seconds of actual play--too many rules

Hopelessly subjective refereeing. Unless it’s a blowout, I guarantee some highly questionable call/non-call will determine the winner.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

130. What are the Sports Bookie odds of a concussion? Even?

[MissMillie]

116. I like to watch it

For a number of reasons:

- last chance to see football until August

- the commercials

- half-time show, though it's been a while since it's been headlined by anyone that truly interests me. I think Lady Gaga was the last one.


Anyway, this is normally where I would complain that March Madness is about to take over (I haven't had any interest in basketball in years) but as the cost of cable and streaming services has gone through the roof, March Madness won't be interrupting our regular TV habits, because we couldn't afford to keep any live TV.

I'm not even sure we have access to tonight's game. We did pay for the service that gave us CBS Sunday games, but I'm betting the Super Bowl isn't included in that package. If Paramount (or Peacock, or Hulu, or any of the services) can find a way to get you're money, they'll do it.

[StarryNite]

118. I'm anxious to see the scores...

scores and scores of people coming down with COVID due to this spreader event being held in my state.

[3catwoman3]

120. We usually keep half an eye on it just so we are not...

…”socially ignorant” the next day if we happen to speak to someone who is a fan. I did have to look up which teams are playing.

I did enjoy the Walter the Cat truck commercials that were shown starting in 2021.

[TeamProg]

121. Sports, in general, is HUGE among populations world-wide, right? To address the other issue is that

I think you meant to write "The concept of PAYING ( not PLAYING) college players is going to ruin my enjoyment of college sports. I can understand if you choose to edit that.


To address other issues, I could care less about who gets what money though Roger Goodell is way overpaid.

The life-long injuries and near death incidents make the game unsustainable in it's current form, I believe.

I'm all for flag football.

[sakabatou]

124. I'm not excited about the game itself, but we're hosting a party

and THAT I'm excited for.

[Kali]

126. I'm looking forward to it

son and husband are going to respective parties and I will have house to myself.


don't care about sports much at all

[NewHendoLib]

127. not a speck of interest. I'll listen to the Celtics this afternoon -

got a bundle of tomato seed requests to package up. I'll make us a nice dinner of baked cod - then we'll continue our Your Honor binge.

[LuvLoogie]

128. For many it's a social event where friends and family get together

I stopped watching professional sports a while back for mush the same reasons you listed. When A-Rod got that quarter $billion contract with the Yankees I was like, fuck this. I mean, taking a family of four to a ball game is $200 just to get in the door. Concessions are ridiculous.

That said, if I am in a fantasy league for a season, I get more interested in football. But I am just watching scores mainly on an ESPN or Yahoo site.

My Daughters like to go to Superbowl Sunday gatherings, and usually only watch the halftime show. We're not going anywhere this year, so it will be pretty chill. I'll have the game on a stream, if they have one.

Definitely gonna watch Rhianna, though. Love her.

[Prairie_Seagull]

129. It would be some mega irony to watch the 1975 movie "Rollerball" instead.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17640427

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollerball_(1975_film)

[Paladin]

154. Great alternative!

I remember reading the short story in Esquire magazine, back when I was in college; totally blew me away. I'm so glad the 1975 film did the story justice.

[Prairie_Seagull]

169. Showing my age here but, it was one of the movies that helped to open my eyes to facism.

PARTIAL SPOILER ALERT!! It's only tangentially about the game at all. IMO it's more about what happens after the drip, drip, drip we are experiencing now as we type, leading to an outcome that many (not here of course) do not see. It is complete with accepted drug use, indentured servitude and the absolute power of the grey suit wearing business class.

In addition it speaks to book banning and manipulation through some mysterious computer. AI I would think.

[dobleremolque]

131. Short-term rentals, aka AirBnB and VRBO of that ilk

have cratered in and around the Phonenix metro area this week. Occpancy and bookings only at about 49% of capacity. No Super Bowl surge money for those guys.

[ihaveaquestion]

133. Super Bowl Sunday is known in our family as...

The best day to visit theme parks!

There are virtually no lines to any attraction.

[nini]

134. Lol

Every year it’s the same thing with the super bowl bashing. I like sports, prefer basketball but would never mock anyone interested in today’s game. Lots of people like sports, getting together with friends and there’s nothing wrong with that.

I’m sure those who aren’t interested have things they like that others may not. I would hope you could enjoy those things without people mocking your interest.

Have a great day doing whatever it is you enjoy!

[milestogo]

138. If you want true sport, watch high school athletics.

There are some genuinely talented players, tons of enthusiasm, and no money in it. Nothing is more exciting than high school basketball, girls or boys.

That said, I am excited about the game today. I don't care about the ads or the halftime show at all.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

146. Professional head banging is couple hours of commercials interrupted by sports breaks.

[ShazzieB]

142. The Super what?

Oh, that thing. 🥱

No, I don't follow sports ball of any kind. The last time I got excited about the Super Bowl was in 1985, when the Bears won it. And even then, it was more a matter of getting sweepstakes up in the general excitement of those around me.

My favorite thing that's happening today is this:

https://ew.com/tv/puppy-bowl-2023-first-look-excessive-hydration-penalty/

[Easterncedar]

153. You really got folks going

Such a good question

[ThoughtCriminal]

157. Depends

On how much you've bet in The Puppy Bowl.

[Raine]

158. I have never watched it and never will. 🤢🤮 nt

[Cadfael]

162. I used to look forward to the commercials

Not so much lately.

[Swede]

163. I'll watch it.

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=oF3ThzEA7E5b7RaDU7yf8Q

[Talitha]

165. Not interested at all.

[Kennah]

167. When is it?

[BannonsLiver]

168. Boo hoo

[drmeow]

171. Not only do I not

care about football, I won't support the misogynistic, racist, in-group bias supporting, "opiate of the masses" that is the NFL (and pretty any professional sports organization). I don't plan to go out of my way to see any of the half time show or the commercials.

[Meowmee]

172. I am not a fan of sports mostly

But I am watching the puppy bowl 19. They just scored a double touchdown😹 I recommend it. I think I may have missed the kitten bowl this year.

[former9thward]

173. This thread comes along every year right on schedule.

[ProfessorGAC]

176. There Are THREE In GD Today

Predictable.
Some people feel a need to.display their "cool" by puking on what others enjoy

[imanamerican63]

179. Who puking?

I just asked the question! Plus, I am just interested in this year’s game!

[ProfessorGAC]

180. I Stand Corrected

But, the other 2 threads were clearly a puke fest of aesthetic superiority.
BTW: I'm watching The Food Network with an occasional foray to the SB. So, I'm not focused on it, but I can understand why others are.

[llmart]

174. not excited?

I'm not even interested let alone excited.

I actually used to like watching a game or two of pro football years ago when I was a young woman. That was back when the games could be played in a snowstorm and the guys would have to contend with unpredictable weather. Now it's so predictable and who knows how many of the "elite athletes" are just pumped up on steroids.

[WestMichRad]

175. Is there a game today?

Yawn.

[ChazII]

177. Not me. I am excited as ESPN

did their broadcasts in Old Town Scottsdale. A small section of a side street is where their broadcast trailer was set up. Traffic went on as usual and pedestrians were able to walk in safety. Many visitor helped to support the family owned businesses in this area. This is about 3 miles from where I live.

[LeftInTX]

178. House is being remodeled. TVs are packed away

[SYFROYH]

181. Not excited but I'm watching.

I had no idea I was surrounded by Eagles fans in SE Georgia.

I’ve got some KC style ribs in the final stage right now.

[Locutusofborg]

182. 100 million other Americans are watching

and 50 million around the globe are watching so that anyone who doesn't want to doesn't have to.
Isn't freedom of choice wonderful?

[tinymontgomery]

183. Only watch Army/Navy game just started watching SB about 4 yrs ago.

Only watch Army/Navy game just started watching SB about 4 yrs ago. Great game so far.

[Higherarky]

184. Not excited.

I've heard of the Eagles, of course, but I'm not familiar with the Chiefs ... Which label do they record on?

💿

[oasis]

187. Wasn't excited until I viewed it, entirely. Halftime included. It was AWSOME!!!.