16 replies on “Programming Note”

  1. Decisions, decisions. Do I watch 2 teams of overpaid men play a game of ball, or do I watch the live video of hundreds of thousands of poor people put their lives on the line for freedom for themselves and their families.

    Decisions, decisions…

  2. @1

    And if the FIFA/WorldCup was going on right now, the protesters would have looted several giant DLP projectors, installed them in Tahrir square, so that thousands of poor people protesting, can watch 2 teams of overpaid men play a game of ball.

  5. Remember after 9/11 the Patriots won the SB? That’s when I realized that the NFL is 100% bogus, yeah it took me that long. (the St. Louis Rams were picked by 13 to win that game and the Pats had a terrible start to the season and it was their first SB win- Earlier in the season Rams beat NE by a couple TD’s).

    Not to mention that it’s been noted teams are requested to take “network” time outs to fit an extra commercial break in there (i.e. 2:15 left in 1st half and you have the ball and all time outs left, the network requests you to use one giving them 30 seconds to get another commercial break in along with the 2 minute warning commercial break that will happen in 15 seconds.)

    So it’s no surprise that two industrial cities will be playing in the most ridiculous and expensive stadium during the global economic downfall of the US.

    America- FUCK YEAH!

    p.s. I may have started drunking already…..

  7. Green Bay 2-0 Pittsburgh. First SB ever decided by a safety, in overtime.

    Meanwhile, y’all are missing Liverpool’s spoiling of their former striker Nando Torres’s first game with his new club, Chelsea. 1-0 Reds right now. FUCK CHELSEA.

  8. Since this is almost an hour later I’m not hopeful, but do you have a livestream link, Fnarf? (And if this happens in the Super Bowl it will be the greatest game ever.)

  10. On how the success of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers–and of the NFL–suggests that socialism, or socialized capitalism, is not such a bad thing.

    Money quote:

    “Compare that to the Darwinian capitalism of European soccer,” Martinez said. “There are only a handful of teams that can likely win, and much of the attention is on which of the bottom teams are going to be killed off.”

    Yes, American pro football succeeds because it’s European, and European pro football is all too American.

    My understanding is the Bundesliga takes more of a “share the wealth” NFL-like approach, and, wouldn’t you know, it’s wildly successful these days.

  11. PaulBarwick @1:

    Decisions, decisions. Do I watch 2 teams of overpaid men play a game of ball, or do I watch the live video of hundreds of thousands of poor people put their lives on the line for freedom for themselves and their families.

    No kidding the protests in Egypt are about a billion times more important than the Super Bowl. Even I would agree with that, and I’m a diehard Steelers fan. But hey, way to take something obvious and restate it in the most idiotic, dickish, and beside-the-point way possible.

    Hope you’ve invited your friends over this afternoon to watch your Al Jazeera English feed.

  12. @fnarf “Green Bay 2-0 Pittsburgh. First SB ever decided by a safety, in overtime.”

    Except the game doesn’t end when they get a safety, or even a field goal. Overtime rules changed, but it only applies to the playoffs. If one side gets a field goal, they would have to kick off to the opposing team, in which a touchdown would end the game, but if they score a field goal would tie it up and keep it going. If one side gets a field goal, kicks off to the other team and they cant score, game over. If they get a safety, they still punt it to the team who score the safety, if they get a touch down or field goal, then game ends.

    Whoever wins the coin toss for overtime, doesn’t necessarily give you an advantage.

  13. At the DeLuxe up on Broadway they’re featuring a breakfast menu featuring the Peelers and the Stackers. Something to do with potatoes and pancakes served in a rather large bowl filled with cheese heads and bratwursts.

  15. On the chalkboard outside one of two “pubs” (I use the term loosely) in the small town where we live:

    “Superbowl slidders $5.99!”

  16. @13, I didn’t say “ended by”, I said “decided by”. After the safety they’ll kick off and then the game will end. I hope I’m right, I bet my house on this happening.

    @10, I dunno if I’d call the Bundesliga “wildly successful these days”; it’s more or less as successful as it’s ever been. And the disparity between the haves and the have-nots is roughly the same as the other top leagues — not as bad as Spain, of course, but still, nothing remotely like the constant turnover of winners in the various US leagues.

    Ironically the English league is showing signs of breaking the deadlock, with six teams now competing seriously instead of only four. But everything may change next year when the new regulations go into effect that — supposedly — will bar teams that run excessive deficits from competing in European Champions League, where the real money is. Since that will mean barring Chelsea (whose Russian billionaire mafia owner doesn’t give a shit about profits), Barcelona, and Real Madrid at a minimum, whether this really happens is doubtful.

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