Letters to the Editor
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football blues
Maybe it's just me, it probably is, but I'm finding myself terribly bored with football lately. Granted it may be that my team Green Bay (whom I never get to see save for those highlight shows) has been through some pretty lean years, but I find myself watching football just 'cause. Just 'cause there's nothing else to do on a Sunday afternoon, and nothing else on tv (granted, there's still nothing better to work through a hangover than football and pizza :).
I think it might have something to do with the media saturation we're getting now. I mean, from 10 am on every Sunday every damn channel has their interminable pre-game shows with essentially the same cast of ex-players, ex-coaches and random sports dudes yammering at the top of their lungs about each and every game, trying to find compelling story lines to make each game significant. When the fact is, sometimes a dud is a dud, no matter how you gussy it up. Every Sunday feels about as hyped as the Super Bowl...am I the only one that finds this kind of wearying? And that doesn't even go into the local coverage (I get "Buffalo Bills Corner with Steve Tasker" or some such thing ad infinitum all weekend)
I'm not really trying to pick a fight with the football fans, but I was wondering if anyone else is feeling the same? Has football become far too much spectacle and less sport?
any thoughts?