tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post1801178461758854685..comments2008-12-05T10:16:48.637-06:00DCScraphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109944563728433069noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-69360531280872345302008-12-05T10:16:00.000-06:002008-12-05T10:16:00.000-06:00Because it's not like hockey failed on ESPN, which carries the X-Games on purpose, and can't get a contract with an actual TV network, or that the NFL is the most popular sport in the U.S. with Super Bowls making up seven of the highest rated shows in television history. Surely, it's a conspiracy that Americans and other multi-celled organisms don't want to watch soccer in the cold and not that the puck is hard to follow, hockey's rules are arcane or that overcoming a two goal lead in 30 minutes constitutes an enormous comeback.<BR/><BR/>Complaining about the showmanship of televised entertainment is like complaining that hockey is the domain of white guys who aren't athletic enough to play actually interesting sports. I mean, that's kind of the whole point of the enterprise.Tracer Bullethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09423793849234700428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-5542657028979688522008-12-05T03:00:00.000-06:002008-12-05T03:00:00.000-06:00At least tie games are resolved. In football, tie games just end as a tie at the end of overtime. If it happens to be decided in overtime, then it's usually a field goal, which is pretty close to your stupid extra point analogy above. Not to mention the field goal is probably the dumbest play in all of sports.<BR/><BR/>Heavy marketing and showmanship are the only reason that a second rate sport like American football is so popular in the U.S. If the networks pushed hockey in the same way, the results would be the same with the exception of the degree of showmanship, which will never rival that which is present in the NFL.<BR/><BR/>Pointing out the NFLs flaws usually infuriates morons, ex high school jocks, and Americans (which is to say, Americans) as well. The sport is so god damned slow that a timer actually had to be integrated into the game play to speed it up! Most normal people would rather watch golf than American football.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com