Everything you say is true. I still think that the NFL is a subtle form of ************. People get conditioned to watch it and they don't dare swim against the tide.
Taking the X-Games seriously? That's an interesting way of putting it. I don't know how seriously I take it, it's just waaay more entertaining to watch. The individual events require more of a gut-check (moto-cross pole vaulting? What twisted genius invented this?), and you don't get Terrell Owens types or that Keyshawn whatever-his-last-name-is types.
One thing I tell every prospective girlfriend that comes along is, I will do whatever she wants to do on Superbowl Sunday.......even if it means watching the Superbowl. :dunno:
What I meant by taking it seriously is this...could you picture someone going nuts over an X-Games competitor? A lot of NFL fans watch for one reason, and that's to cheer on their favorite players. I could be wrong about this, but in the X-Games it seems like a majority of the competetors are interchangable and the fans don't know much about them.
Agree 100%
I sure as hell wouldn't, but I think that it has to do with ignorance, excessive pre game ********, a gang like mentality that identifies with particular teams and a high percentage of a blue collar workforce who find themselves w/out a job and little hope for the future... it's a dangerous tonic!
Yeah, I think you're right about all of that. To me, football is just a sport and a form of entertainment. To too many others, it is a near-religious experience that they take way too far.
European futbol fans are far worse.
Of course. I've heard the stories about **** salutes, ***** bombs, riots and the whole nine yards. But I think that passion stems from nationalism more than the actual sport of futbol, right?
