So you're the one who took my 2 gummies.
I like that a game is the length of The Departed now instead of the length of Once Upon a Time In America extended director's cut. I can have a couple beers before the game and head to the bar after the game instead of sitting there for 4 hours nursing a $17 beer.
Is this at the same point restaurant chain Fudruckers devolves to B&$ttf&$ckers?
I think so, you're the first person I've heard that doesn't like the changes, though I'm sure there are more.
You want to have a 162 game season where fewer teams get in? So then there will be even more teams with a ton more games to play with nothing to play for?
I like the rule changes and they don't change the game.
NFL is 12 minutes of action during 3 hours of airing.
You miss most of the 4th quarter if only 3 hours.
Barely recognized the Little League game with all the new rules.
I do see what you are saying. It may be a regional thing. In TN baseball is huge, in terms of playing the sport. There are a few clinics and youth training complexes in my area and the neighborhood kids play baseball. Nobody plays football.
I think it’s also an attention span shift. Sitting through 9 innings of a pitchers dual is fun for adults, not so much for kids. I begrudgingly go to Phillies games once in a while and the biggest draw for my kids and their cousins is the mini whiffle ball stadium and hot dog launcher game at Citizens Bank Park. Kids can’t sit still for more than like 20 minutes at a time these days. Maybe that’s how it’s always been and I’ve never noticed, I dunno.
What district? What are they wearing? Surely it isn't Lax and track merch. I wouldn't look at the NE as a great example of the majority of the country as it's not a hotbed for baseball talent, or football talent.
Huh? I didn't say anything about fewer teams making the playoffs
Guy before you made that suggestion, sorry. ConnHusk.
You'd hope it to be dialed back, but not sure how it happens. The current system is practically toxic, lot's of parents projecting themselves on their kids and just throwing money at programs thinking/hoping their kid is better than they are. If there is money to be made on emotional spending, it will be taken advantage of.
I'm in grad school for psychotherapy right now and I did a study on CTE. The "end around" that the NFL did and continues to do regarding research and disclosure is pretty sad. Basically, they are saying, "hey, players have heard about the risks (kinda) and they still want to play and America loves it, sooooo....play on" but as we would expect with a multi-billion dollar industry the NFL does anything it can to keep earning revenue. Tua played last night, that man should not be allowed to take any more hits. Concussion protocol is like prescribing a nap after a heart attack.
Ever since we've learned so much about CTE there's been a dramatic shift as to who is playing football. I expect this trend to continue and the racial, socioeconomic, and regional differences will be even more pronounced 10 years from now.
In the US that's the case not so much in other countries.
100% true that white parents in highly-educated suburbs are keeping their kids out of football, and for good reason.
there's still a lot of support for football in those towns - Greenwich, Westport, Glastonbury, Fairfield Prep - all highly-educated suburban schools.
No, they are not wearing Lax or track merch, but they sure as hell aren't wearing Yankee, Sox, or Mets stuff anymore, either. For most of my career, there would be pretty consistent Yankees/Sox talk during the baseball season. Absolute crickets now.
Youre right. That was the best stuff. Kids won't know the joys of pepper.
