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Lifelong football enjoyer here, but I can no longer stomach the NFL anymore. I realize the league is, and has always been, an entertainment business but they don’t even bother hiding the massaging anymore. They’re clearly feeling threatened by the fact that college football is more interesting now with the CFP and transfer portal, so they’re desperate for dramatic narratives. wilL iT BE A ThREEPeAT? wILL keLCe PrOposE to tayLOR SWIfT? dID wE MEnTIon TAyLOR swIFT iS HEre?

Anyways, good thing I got into rugby recently cuz it’s Six Nations time

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This superbowl was awful honestly. Pregame performers were bad and had no energy, halftime show was awful to listen to if you didn't know Kendrick's music already, and the game was a beat down. The only saving grace was mahomes flopping on the big stage after everyone hyped that team up for the 3peat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, how was the game? Surely you don't watch it for the singers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

The game was extremely one-sided and the chiefs looked like what I expected. Strong defense, weak offense that couldn't do anything against a better defense. But the entire year the announcers talked about how great mahomes was, and how they were going to just turn it up when it was superbowl time. That didn't happen

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Usually I look forward to it and watch it every year. This year I have no desire to watch all the American patriotism that surrounds the game...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Live in one of the cities that played. Thought they won with the fireworks, but was kinda pathetic this year. Was told apparently they were getting thrashed and it was only halftime so people must have been setting off shit they got instead of staying up.

Good. I was worried they'd make another go at raising taxes for their stadium and would have a good chance if they won.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Never been a football fan. But I very much want to see the entire stadium call Drake a pedophile at halftime.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

It was awesome

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

And they did

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Its on but not paying too much attention. Hard to find any joy in the world right now.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

They removed “end racism” from the end zones so no, I will not be supporting an organization that is pro-racism.

Honestly I stopped years ago due to how they handle concussions/injuries and just generally how vile the org is. But one more reason lol

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago

Yeah, that was another "they're not even trying to hide it anymore" moment, considering they made that announcement right after Trump announced he would be at the game.

The wildest part of that press release was when the NFL spokesperson said that "Choose Love" was more fitting than "End Racism" because the country has been dealing with tragedies such as the LA fire and the DC plane crash. Like... how will choosing love prevent natural disasters and vehicle accidents?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I thought those were different at every stadium kinda like the helmet messages where they get picked by the player. Don't the teams pick what is on the end zones? I have season tickets to the Bills and have never noticed the endzone message say stop racism I've never actually looked at the message so I don't know exactly what it says but I think their message was always "Stop hate"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's kind of a funny thing, I don't think I can miss the super bowl. I used to play football at lunch in middle school, and loved watching and following it then. Once I learned about concussions, I pretty much stopped watching. Not a huge fan of the halftime shows lately, and the ads have definitely gotten worse. The thing is the super bowl is just a great time to go out and hang out with friends, so I'm going to watch it every year for a while.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nope. First time in at least 20 years that I'm skipping it. Sick of apparent officiating favoritism towards Kansas City, not happy with the decision to remove "End Racism" from the end zones, pissed that the orange turd's going to be there, and I'm sickened by Kelce and Mahomes saying they're honored to play in front of him.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Puppy Bowl is always a good alternative!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You think they're scared of the CFP? I thought college football was worse than ever this year.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nope.

Kinda done with football now given the overal fanbase around me are MAGA heavy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Same! I was looking forward to seeing Kendrick Lamar perform the halftime show. But I will just look it up later on or tomorrow on YT. And fingers crossed that Donny gets booed by the crowd.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Nah. I don't really care unless my team (Steelers) is playing in it. Though, I will watch Kendricks halftime show performance afterwards, hoping that he decides to give a big "Fuck you" to drumpf, while ignoring drake entirely (the ultimate diss). But today is Leg day, and thou shalt keep holy the day of Legs, so I'll probably catch some while it plays at the gym.

Hopefully the eagles win, so they can snub drumpf like they did last time. The chiefs would probably accept the invitation to the white house and be all giddy about it 🙄

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

Not going to watch but I will be looking up highlight clips of the crowd booing Trump.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No? What does the superbowl have to do eith Midwest emo music?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Came to say this.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)
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[–] Yerbouti 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nope. Honestly fuck the NFL.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Fam we should totally post to [email protected] during the game! I'm sure I can look up some owl art or something...

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Tempted to go to a sports bar to laugh at all the chuds that get mad each time Taylor Swift shows up on screen for 5 seconds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

It isn't being provided in a way I want to consume, so no.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, the referees made bad calls in the semifinals, and so it feels like I'm watching a game that's not about winners but about the organization's picks.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm just here so I don't get fined.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Do you have a comment on the Taylor Swift vs. Brent Farve situation?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I'll watch it because I'm in the UK but I don't really want to see the refs hand KC another win.

Go Bears! (Been supporting them since 1984 and thought I'd picked an absolute winner).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

i love my Seahawks and I usually catch the Superbowl but IDGAF about the chiefs winning any more and the eagles are not exciting

the commercials are shit. the halftime show is shit

only the gathering matters

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'll have it on the second monitor of the computer. I agreed to lead a roleplay thing in a mud game I play in. Accidentally days got messed up so it's this week and not next. Once that's done I'll sit on the couch and eat taquitos and try and understand downs again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nope. Been a thoroughly dispiriting season for the Niners, and I have absolutely no wish to watch the Chiefs win yet again.

And that was before Trump, the End Racism thing and so on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also a Niners fan, yeah that was rough. I can't help but feel like there's something going on institutionally that's causing all the injuries, like players are being pushed too hard in practice or players are being pressured to return from injuries too early or something. Just too many injuries in one season to chalk up to bad luck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yep. I mean a few years of going deep in the playoffs probably takes its toll, but still, it was ridiculous.

What really got me this year though was what seemed like an unbelievable amount of errors and stupid (and costly) penalties. I've not looked at the numbers to see if this is more than just my impression, but I feel like they shot themselves in the foot so many times, much more than the average.

Fingers crossed for a rested and healed team, and a good draft!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Nope. Haven't watched a single super bowl since before the 13 second game where the Bills lost to the Chiefs in the divisional round. The game was so much less painful to watch when the Bills never made the playoffs for 17 years. Now it's too heart breaking

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Yes, but more because of the gathering of friends and less because the game is on. I'd prefer neither team win (I'll be watching with a lot of Eagles fans, and as a Titans fan, I don't want anyone being happy). Idk if I'd say the CFP stole the spotlight either, I'm almost certain the Superbowl always gets way more viewers than any other sporting event. NFL is just really leaning into narratives for casual viewers because they know NFL fans are gonna watch regardless.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The halftime show at least.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I assure you the kitty halftime show of the puppy bowl will be better

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah because it’s a day for beer, cooking, and entertainment. I don’t care much for the teams playing though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

If there were some chance of something interesting happening.. in the exta curriculars.. maybe.

I'll at least be scanning the streams.

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