See, the monumental stupidity of our society and the impossibility of rational thinking ruling the day are the reasons I search the skies for a gigantic comet.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
It's like watching a train wreck happening in slow motion.

Then, Yahoo News (if there is such a thing) complains about the taxpayer cost of the Pence visit.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mik...-apos-165633569.html

They are worried about $88K.

How about we worry about the BILLIONS of tax dollars spent on stadiums nationwide over the recent past.

THIS.MUST.STOP

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
I think this is all fascinating. It's like watching a train wreck happening in slow motion.

It is actually crazy, a multi-billion dollar company like the NFL, just being incredibly stupid, so many missteps. I've never really seen anything like it.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
It's like watching a train wreck happening in slow motion.

It's like watching 2 trains in a head-on collision in super slo-mo.

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Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
It's like watching a train wreck happening in slow motion.

It's like watching 2 trains in a head-on collision in super slo-mo.

With the players on one train, and the owners on the other.

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v...9001/?#sp=show-clips

Super Bowl champ Burgess Owens on ESPN suspending Jemele Hill

Oct. 09, 2017 - 4:15 - Super Bowl Champion Burgess Owens on NFL players protesting the national anthem and ESPN suspending anchor Jemele Hill.

Check this out:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/510...1001/?#sp=show-clips

Burgess Owens weighs in on Colin Kaepernick

Aug. 29, 2016 - 3:50 - Former NFL player on 49ers quarterback refusing to stand for National Anthem

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Originally posted by radioman:

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Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
It's like watching a train wreck happening in slow motion.

It's like watching 2 trains in a head-on collision in super slo-mo.

With the players on one train, and the owners on the other.

And the NFL the switchman, between the two, standing there sweating in indecision and confusion, not being able to decide which switch to throw, much less which way to throw it.

Yeah, this is just getting down right crazy. The wife and I have not watched an NFL game this year. For us, that is a big deal as we are huge football fanatics. You just gotta draw the line somewhere, right?

NFL: No Fans Left

A lot of people are probably discovering their life is just fine without watching 25 minutes of commercials followed by about a minute of actual football followed by more commercials.

Donald had a few more comments over night and this morning...

^^^^Haha, love that last one.

It really boils down to one thing and the NFL is just perhaps the 1st and most prominent example of many more to come. That is, led by Trump, those who produce and make this country work are tired of being shit upon by those who take.

It's like we have finally had enough of the constant whining and bullshit from the back seat and actually pulled the car over and jerked the the little shits out and spanked their asses on the side of the road. The whiney fucking children in this country better buckle the fuck up and play some "I spy" or color some god damned dinosaurs or its going to be a long 8 year road trip.

While we're at it, I think having female sportscasters is downright stupid. That is the word- stupid.

What's the point? All the people on the field- players and officials, all the people on the sidelines, almost all of the supporting staff- are male. If I were a football fan, just about the last thing I'd be interested in hearing is the perspective of some loopy, bitchy female.

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Para, it was never about equality but have a pretty face to look at. They are especially bad on ESPN. Just imagine if the stuff that went down in the 80's locker rooms happened today. The liberal collective may have melted down completely.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
While we're at it, I think having female sportscasters is downright stupid. That is the word- stupid.

What's the point? All the people on the field- players and officials, all the people on the sidelines, almost all of the supporting staff- are male. If I were a football fan, just about the last thing I'd be interested in hearing is the perspective of some loopy, bitchy female.

Phyllis George did a wonderful job lighting up football coverage in the ‘70’s. I’m not sure, can’t remember, if she did play by play though.

There is a female working college games the last couple of years whose voice and tone make me ill, grab for the remote. I hope she isn’t working any UT games. She tries to sound tough, energetic. I can’t stand it.

There is a female ref now, and an assistant coach, too. Just wait. If there are still fans, there will be a place kicker......

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Originally posted by JALLEN:

There is a female working college games the last couple of years whose voice and tone make me ill, grab for the remote. I hope she isn’t working any UT games. She tries to sound tough, energetic. I can’t stand it.

Reminds me of the female drill sergeants during Basic. I never had any (combat MOS), but we’d see them drilling REMF units, trying to sound tough. It was like fingernails on a chalkboard when they’d try to artificially lower their voices to shout at their trainees or call cadence.

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Originally posted by stickman428:
A lot of people are probably discovering their life is just fine without watching 25 minutes of commercials followed by about a minute of actual football followed by more commercials.

One day an NFL football game was on TV. Dunno why. We don't watch it and never have. I look up and notice my wife watching the TV.

"You're watching football?!?!" "Yeah," she replied, "Do they actually ever play?" I assured her they do. We wait. They get set, the ball's snapped. "There. See?" "That's it?" she asked. "Yup."

One night, waiting for the inevitable overtime to be over with, I taught my wife how to read the clock. "Only four minutes," she says. "That means about fifteen to twenty minutes," I replied. "What?" And I explained it.

I don't see how people can watch that. It's ridiculous.

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Hahaha! I just looked it up. Mind you: Collegiate and professional American football rules are 60 minutes of play. 60 minutes. Yet...

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An average professional football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if you tally up the time when the ball is actually in play, the action amounts to a mere 11 minutes.

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The average NFL game includes 20 commercial breaks containing more than 100 ads. The Journal’s analysis found that commercials took up about an hour, or one-third, of the game.

Ref: An average NFL game: more than 100 commercials and just 11 minutes of play

But if you base it on actual play: You're watching 5-1/2 times more commercials than you are actual football play.

It's even more ridiculous than I imagined.

It's advertising masked by manufactured suspense for the people that get overly invested in a team.