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There's no other sport in the world that can compare with football. Don't bother giving me examples, they won't wash. Every sport has its appeal to the fans for something. Everything about football dominates the sports fan.
Think about it for a minute. Hours before the game fans are in the parking lots having tailgate parties and just having a great time. Walk by a tailgate with the same gear on and people want to talk to you. They may even offer you a drink or some food. It happens all the time.
Then the game itself. Fans brave the worst weather imaginable, paint their faces and yell themselves hoarse. It isn't just a game to the fans. You don't sit there and make your own scorecard and chart plays. That's too relaxing. Football fans are into it and the volume is up.
Baseball plays 162 regular season games, Basketball plays 82, Hockey also plays 82, football plays only 17 weeks. Yet more money is wagered on football than all of the others. On sports radio the days before the games many of the sports jockeys have entire segments of their show just to discuss the lines on the game and how they feel things will play out. Not the other sports.
The Super Bowl is annually the biggest draw in all of television. The pre-game show alone lasts hours. Halftime artists agree to perform for free because they know it will boost tickets and CD sales.
We countdown days, hours, minutes, and seconds to the NFL Draft, and the day of the Draft it is the biggest sports story in the news. The other sport's drafts can't even begin to measure up.
We also countdown the days to the start of Training Camp and the season. We learn the ins and outs of the basic principles of the salary cap and we plot, plan, figure, and scheme how to get the players we like the best into our favorite team's uniform.
There isn't a single site out there that has every scrap of information we need, so we bookmark dozens of them so we can have that info at our disposal in an instant's notice. A growing segment of the game is the sheer number of sites dedicated to the Draft and scouting what teams will do and posting Mock Drafts. We aren't satisfied with just analyzing what they have to say, we make our own Mock Drafts and give each other feedback.
We're months away from games starting and yet here we all are completely consumed by every action and inaction that the Cowboys do, and every other team too.
The only thing I can think of where football doesn't outclass the other sports by a mile is the price of the collectable cards. So we collect helmets, and footballs, and jerseys and add autographs whenever we can.
I tell ya, football is king.
Think about it for a minute. Hours before the game fans are in the parking lots having tailgate parties and just having a great time. Walk by a tailgate with the same gear on and people want to talk to you. They may even offer you a drink or some food. It happens all the time.
Then the game itself. Fans brave the worst weather imaginable, paint their faces and yell themselves hoarse. It isn't just a game to the fans. You don't sit there and make your own scorecard and chart plays. That's too relaxing. Football fans are into it and the volume is up.
Baseball plays 162 regular season games, Basketball plays 82, Hockey also plays 82, football plays only 17 weeks. Yet more money is wagered on football than all of the others. On sports radio the days before the games many of the sports jockeys have entire segments of their show just to discuss the lines on the game and how they feel things will play out. Not the other sports.
The Super Bowl is annually the biggest draw in all of television. The pre-game show alone lasts hours. Halftime artists agree to perform for free because they know it will boost tickets and CD sales.
We countdown days, hours, minutes, and seconds to the NFL Draft, and the day of the Draft it is the biggest sports story in the news. The other sport's drafts can't even begin to measure up.
We also countdown the days to the start of Training Camp and the season. We learn the ins and outs of the basic principles of the salary cap and we plot, plan, figure, and scheme how to get the players we like the best into our favorite team's uniform.
There isn't a single site out there that has every scrap of information we need, so we bookmark dozens of them so we can have that info at our disposal in an instant's notice. A growing segment of the game is the sheer number of sites dedicated to the Draft and scouting what teams will do and posting Mock Drafts. We aren't satisfied with just analyzing what they have to say, we make our own Mock Drafts and give each other feedback.
We're months away from games starting and yet here we all are completely consumed by every action and inaction that the Cowboys do, and every other team too.
The only thing I can think of where football doesn't outclass the other sports by a mile is the price of the collectable cards. So we collect helmets, and footballs, and jerseys and add autographs whenever we can.
I tell ya, football is king.
