Thought I'd give us a much needed break from the depressing stuff at Spurs. What's the general feeling regarding the Superbowl coverage in the UK? Am I the only one absolutely sick of it all. It was all over Sky Sports yesterday whilst i was trying to watch the footie. Has it really become that big or are the broadcasters trying desperately to drive interest in something they regard as a huge cash cow?
I gave it three minutes last night. It's so American, I can't deal with it. They're so bloody smug and pleased with themselves. Then there's the ridiculous celebrity driven half time show. There's so much glitz and glamour about all you actually wonder whether the sport is just a footnote. It says a lot about the quality of the game itself if they have to dress it up like this. I don't know the rules at all but it all seems very stop start. My hunch is that it's just a bit shiiiiiiiiit. "Quick, we're losing them. Bring on Eminem to wake them up." Zzzzzzzzz
It always reminds of when Sky Sports first launched the Premier League and tried to introduce American style pre-match and half time shows. It went down like a shiiiiiiiit sandwich on the terraces. Now THAT makes me proud to be British. We don't put up with that kind of nonsense. Just play the damn game.
What's everyone else's thoughts on it? I realise I'm talking to "soccer" fans so most of us are gonna have similar opinions on this but it still good to find out.
The Superbowl coverage
posted on 15/2/22
comment by Cinciwolf---Wolves transfer strategy is brilliant, cautious, cautious, cautious, kid for 35 million, cautious, cautious, cautious. (U11551)
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I remember playing catch with a nephew using a cricket ball once, i was amazed how much it hurt after a couple of minutes.
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At the start of every season, it takes a few games for your hands to get used to catching again. The first outdoor training session your hands tend to sting pretty much every time you stop or catch something. Particularly as the weather hasn't warmed up yet at that point.
Have that to look forward to in April.
posted on 15/2/22
And Ice Hockey is the only sport which is tricky to follow the object to me, i don't have any issues in cricket or baseball.
posted on 15/2/22
comment by Cinciwolf---Wolves transfer strategy is brilliant, cautious, cautious, cautious, kid for 35 million, cautious, cautious, cautious. (U11551)
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And Ice Hockey is the only sport which is tricky to follow the object to me, i don't have any issues in cricket or baseball.
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went to an NHL game years ago in Tampa.. couldnt see a thing. was still fun though
posted on 15/2/22
Really? I find it super easy to follow the puck in person. On tv tho….might as well be watching rough figure skating.
posted on 15/2/22
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It's a complete mess but one of the most exciting sports I've watched is Australian Rules Football.
Baseball live is similar to cricket, it's like watching a puppet show of sport because you can't see the ball most of the time. I get people are often there just to get drunk and have fun with friends while the sport is on in the background but the sports themselves are probably better on TV (and they're still often only exciting about 5% of the play time, if you're lucky).
Tennis can be excellent although you often get very one sided games which isn't great. It suffers from not being a team sport as well, people do follow certain players but even with the current goats having all played in one era it feels like it's barely got more popular. The women's game is excellent in comparison to other sports and seems to provide a lot more upsets which can add to the entertainment.
As cheesy as it is the Netflix F1 program has done wonders for the sport by showing how it's not all about winning. Due to budgets, just like in football it never can be but in F1 you get a better feel for how much it means for a lesser team just to score a few points during an entire season. That side of sport is definitely missed most of the time and maybe other sports could learn from telling the story of the sides who aren't necessarily winning but are fighting just as hard and may even be significantly out performing everyone else in terms of relative performance.
Sport and excitement can be found in almost anything though, especially/particularly if you can muster up some sort of emotional interest in one or both of the competitors
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You can't see the ball most of the time at cricket? Only time you can't see it is when the bowler is running in. You can see it the whole time it is in "play".
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You can also see it in baseball other than when the pitcher is concealing it from the batter.
Feel like this guy has never watched either sport...
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I've watched both on TV and live in stadiums. Watched the Boston Redsocks and the England Cricket team FFS
For the cricket we were close to the pitch and could still hardly see the ball unless it came our way (or eventually slowed down somewhere) or was bowled by a spinner.
Baseball was so rubbish though, the crowd did nothing bar the "here we go" song and despite not being in terrible seats you couldn't see feck all most of the time, just a swing and a miss.
Being behind the wickets/pitcher would help I guess but most of the crowd isn't.
And no I wasn't drunk... At the beginning at least!
Like I said in the original comment you can get into anything with some emotional attachment, even cockroach racing, chess or something as dross as baseball
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You not being able to see the ball probably says more about you.
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Assume you've never actually watched these sports live. I was not alone in this issue, loads of people around us were saying the same thing (we were all surprised), the regulars just said it was normal
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You're lying.unless you're blind. How can you not see a baseball at a baseball game.
Can you see the football in a football match?
posted on 15/2/22
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
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comment by Cinciwolf---Wolves transfer strategy is brilliant, cautious, cautious, cautious, kid for 35 million, cautious, cautious, cautious. (U11551)
posted 20 minutes ago
I remember playing catch with a nephew using a cricket ball once, i was amazed how much it hurt after a couple of minutes.
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At the start of every season, it takes a few games for your hands to get used to catching again. The first outdoor training session your hands tend to sting pretty much every time you stop or catch something. Particularly as the weather hasn't warmed up yet at that point.
Have that to look forward to in April.
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You're lucky with April, baseball winter training starts in January for us
The catching is mostly fine unless you catch it on the thumb (glove barely provides any protection for that) but the hitting in January is like being stung by a pack of wasps
posted on 15/2/22
Winter training has started. Starts in January too but it's indoors and mostly batting and bowling in the nets and technique stuff. It never prepares you for the proper outdoors stuff, with the high catches and ball being hit hard at you.
I've recently moved to Somerset and am about to go training with a new team for the first time this week. I'm in my 30s and still get proper nervous about training with a team for the first time.
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Winter training has started. Starts in January too but it's indoors and mostly batting and bowling in the nets and technique stuff. It never prepares you for the proper outdoors stuff, with the high catches and ball being hit hard at you.
I've recently moved to Somerset and am about to go training with a new team for the first time this week. I'm in my 30s and still get proper nervous about training with a team for the first time.
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I've been with the same team since I was 8 so very much part of the furniture... I can imagine how nervous I'd be going to a new team. It's tough when you move leagues too, difficult to gauge the ability levels.
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Yeah, I played for the same team from 8 years old till I was about 29 in the Birmingham League. Then moved to Sussex and had to find a new team which was difficult enough, but they only had the Sussex League so it was quite easy to gauge ability. I found it difficult to break into the clique at the club I played for in Sussex though (anyone who play cricket knows its the cliquiest sport going), despite being in the first team and opening the bowling most weeks. They had a core that had been at the club forever.
This will be my third ever team. This time I have no idea how good they are going to be because there are about 3 different leagues in Somerset.
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