Once again it is superbowl sunday. Can you feel the excitement?
I could if I turned on the tv, the pregame show started 4 and a half hours ago, and has four hours yet to go (at least according to the paper, I don't plan on turning on the tv to confirm). Eight and a half hours of warm up, because the game is just that important. The game itself is made of four 15 minute quarters, which will take at least two hours to play I'm sure. And then there is the halftime, which is another hour or more.
What ever happened to hour long games, with a 5-10 minute half time (just long enough the players can take a short rest and get a quick peptalk from the coach)? I could never get into football, in part because of how ridiculous the timing was. When I was in grade school (5th-12th grade if memory serves) I would play soccer (what the rest of the world calls football) as much as I could. And that was what we did, played. We'd get together, play, have halftime, congratulate the other team on a good game, and be done in an hour and a half. Not to say we couldn't play more, just that the bulk of the time spent was spent playing.
And then there are the commercials. Some say the are the best part of the game, which is insanity as far as I'm concerned. Your watching a sporting event, which is supposed to be entertainment, and the attempts to convince you to buy stuff are more entertaining? Am I the only one that sees something wrong with this picture?
I have nothing against football (although it's not my favorite sport), it's all the stuff that gets tacked onto it. I won't be watching the game, and I could care less who's playing. Although I hope those of you that do watch it enjoy yourselves.