This gave me a good laugh. I’m used to going to football (soccer) matches in Portland where you don’t see kiss cams or much razzmatazz, so it’s even a culture shock for me to go to an NFL game. The time between plays in an (American) football game is apparently just too tempting to leave alone, but I’ll take it over the festival of ads on the television.
Thanks David! And yeah 100% agree on the televised ads front - half time when the football is on in the UK is a nightmare. About 3 mins of analysis and 12 of ads for bookies - a kisscam would be preferable over that!
As a Londoner who ended up over there for a few years many decades ago, I have to confess to getting in to NFL while I was there though. I mean, I had to do something.
And I picked a team. The Atlanta Falcons. I picked them because they were a bit rubbish and played in red, so reminded me of my team at home, Charlton Athletic. Also they had the only Brit in the NFL as kicker.
But you're right. Having all their major sports based on how often you can stuff adverts down the audience's throat is anathema to us. But it does say a lot about our respective priorities.
Cheers Vincent! I think if you move over there you get a pass haha I'm sure I'd do the same if I was living there. I just read a book about the New York Mets and how rubbish they are and despite still not really understanding baseball/never having watched it, I now have a soft spot for them based on that alone.
Mainly I just found watching sport live there really funny as it's sooo different to watching football here, and arguably a far nicer experience haha
Yes, I enjoyed the tailgate parties. And the ease of getting beer at any point, lined up on the bar like they are. Not like our half-time scramble for sub-standard slop.
I guess instead of tailgate parties, we have pubs though. The pre-match pint is a cracking tradition. And pubs are better than car parks.
It's good to know we can enjoy ourselves anywhere in the world as long as we have a ball to look at.
This gave me a good laugh. I’m used to going to football (soccer) matches in Portland where you don’t see kiss cams or much razzmatazz, so it’s even a culture shock for me to go to an NFL game. The time between plays in an (American) football game is apparently just too tempting to leave alone, but I’ll take it over the festival of ads on the television.
Thanks David! And yeah 100% agree on the televised ads front - half time when the football is on in the UK is a nightmare. About 3 mins of analysis and 12 of ads for bookies - a kisscam would be preferable over that!
Cheers, Harry, I enjoyed that.
As a Londoner who ended up over there for a few years many decades ago, I have to confess to getting in to NFL while I was there though. I mean, I had to do something.
And I picked a team. The Atlanta Falcons. I picked them because they were a bit rubbish and played in red, so reminded me of my team at home, Charlton Athletic. Also they had the only Brit in the NFL as kicker.
But you're right. Having all their major sports based on how often you can stuff adverts down the audience's throat is anathema to us. But it does say a lot about our respective priorities.
Cheers Vincent! I think if you move over there you get a pass haha I'm sure I'd do the same if I was living there. I just read a book about the New York Mets and how rubbish they are and despite still not really understanding baseball/never having watched it, I now have a soft spot for them based on that alone.
Mainly I just found watching sport live there really funny as it's sooo different to watching football here, and arguably a far nicer experience haha
Yes, I enjoyed the tailgate parties. And the ease of getting beer at any point, lined up on the bar like they are. Not like our half-time scramble for sub-standard slop.
I guess instead of tailgate parties, we have pubs though. The pre-match pint is a cracking tradition. And pubs are better than car parks.
It's good to know we can enjoy ourselves anywhere in the world as long as we have a ball to look at.
yeah 100%, few things better