I just don’t like football

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One of the guys where I work was coming around with a betting thing for the
Super Bowl this coming Sunday.
“You bet on everything to do with it,” he explained to me, holding up a
sheet of paper full of check off boxes. “Who wins the coin toss, who
scores the most points, who wins the game, what songs are sung at half
time, which player is MVP and the total points!”
“Sorry, no thanks,” I told him.
“It’s easy, you just put down which player you think will win MVP!”
“I don’t even know which teams are playing. Although I take it from the
local news that our local team is not.”
“You can still bet on the game!” he said. “All you have to do it watch the
game and write down the answers to see if you’ve won!”
“I watched a football game in 1975,” I told him. “I didn’t like it, so
haven’t bothered to do it again.”
He went away shaking his head.

It’s true, I’ve never been a big fan of professional sports. The only one
I come close to following is baseball. Even then I don’t normally watch
the games. It’s more out of a weird family loyalty thing. My
grandfather was playing professional baseball a bit over a century ago, so
I sometimes watch game clips in case I see him out there playing. Unlikely
since he died in 1935.

An awful lot of folks seem to like professional sports. There are times I
feel I’m missing something by not liking them. But, that doesn’t make me
like them.

Comments

[zitronenhai.livejournal.com]

An awful lot of folks seem to like professional sports. There are times I feel I’m missing something by not liking them. But, that doesn’t make me like them.

I never like football. I will sometimes watch the end of a KU basketball championship game, because I live in Lawrence, Kansas, and I want to know how crazy the town is going to go. I have been known to enjoy baseball, but the last time that happened in any real way was 1992. It was very fun to watch World Cup soccer matches with my friend from Mumbai, who grew up with soccer and gets really, really excited about it. I sometimes try to revive my interest in baseball, but I keep forgetting about it.

[jenny_evergreen]

Yeah, I don't get professional sports, either. I hear ya!

[sorceress.livejournal.com]

I don't follow any sport at all either. Sometimes I wish I could contribute to a conversation about Australian football but the best I can come up with is whether or not Australia won the cricket when it's cricket season!

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

I lived in the US for one year .. for most of that year my family and friends tried to explain American Football to me .. I just did not get it.

[evrgreen.livejournal.com]

And the best part of it all - you're not potentially breaking the law!

[cissa.livejournal.com]

Pro sports bore me... and the sports announcers annoy the HELL out of me. I think it's the blend of idiocy and self-importance.

J always insists on watching the Superbowl, damnit. At least he seldom watches anything else sportsy.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

"I think it's the blend of idiocy and self-importance"
Yeah, I agree, hearing buffoon athletes talk to the media is one thing, but the
sports announcers are frecking annoying and mind-numbing.
I had a serious deep-seated hatred of John Madden (football blabbermouth).

I do not get Sports Talk Radio, TV Pre/Post Game Shows. I. Do. Not. Understand.
Even when I was a major Hockey nut, I still couldn't stand Pre/Post Game shows.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

I can get sucked into football if I turn off my brain. I sort of developed an awareness of the game when my brother was in the Marching Band at UMass
so going to games to see the [halftime] show meant having to watch the game as well. SO, I can allow myself to get wrapped up in the...Um...
Excitement, but, requires brain not on.

I think that's part of the 'trick' with insane fandom enjoying professional sports

I've never understood the concept of going shirtless and painting a magic number and/or colors of a team in the middle of winter with a huge cup of
overpriced watered "beer" somehow means that team has a better chance of winning or making the critical play(s). So, I understand where you're
coming from feeling you're missing something.

I do admit, I was a Hockey addict in HS through College, but lost interest by my Senior year. I was able to keep more brain
function going with hockey as for various reasons it appealed to me (and I played street hockey for years, so there was a purpose
to paying attention to what the pros were doing...on ice...apparently). I do admit I used to get...aggressive...when talking about the team
or whatever, but thankfully that's trickled to nil. I also admit I have 2 hockey jerseys, I haven't worn for many years.

The sign shop I worked at, they had a regular betting thing going on. I also got the same astonished reaction from several
coworkers when I refused to sign up. I didn't like the idea of losing what little money I was making on the chance something
was going to happen in my 'favor'. But that was apparently too many big words for some coworkers, so I dumbed it down to
"I aint gots no good lucks so me dont put moneeez down Nurrrrr" (well, not that bad but you get the idea)