The NFL Playoffs are in full effect and the post season excitement is just beginning. The season will culminate this February in New Orleans with Super Bowl XLVII.
In America, football fans are just as passionate and rabid as the fans are for world Futbul (Soccer). Check the comparison; power, speed and touchdowns vs. yellow cards, flopping and nil-nil scoring.
No disrespect to soccer (Pro Se is a big fan of Barca and Chelsea), but there's really no comparison in terms of the intensity and the excitement on the field of play!
This is a $9.5 billion dollar sport! More than any other professional sport in this country! Football is as American as apple pie and Chevy (remember that commercial?). Basketball is a global phenom. Latin America has become a player incubator for Baseball. Hockey has always been huge in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia and Canada. Football tried to attract global appeal with NFL Europe but folded the league in 2007. Well, props to the Canadian Football League, but it's barely watched here the in U.S.
The NFL has it's fair share of problems. In recent years, the medical field has taken an interest in the seriousness of concussions and its effects on the players long after they retire from the game. Recent years have seen the rise in player suicides, most recently Hall of Fame Linebacker Junior Seau.
Bottom line, the NFL has to find a viable way to keep the game highly competitive while adjusting the rules, changing the schedule and creating safer equipment to help better protect the players.
Football is a violent sport! Maximum respect goes out to any player who valiantly puts on a helmet and steps on that field! It's a man's game with a warrior's heart and skill akin to the chess like moves and strategies of Garry Kasperov! Ok, wait...we like the Lingerie Football League. Show some love for those women! Sorry, digression subsided.
The Playoffs elevates all those variables to another level! And there's nothing sexier than a woman who digs football! It's even better when you both like the same team and indulge happily in football related banter!
Despite the seriousness of C.T.E., the pain of torn ACL's and ripped pectoral muscles, millions of people continue to tune in on every media platform available to watch the greatest American sport!
Are you ready for some Football?!!!
Hail to the F*cking Shield!
1 comment:
I enjoyed this section and have to agree when both people in the relationship enjoy football it is so much fun :). Keep sharing
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