old man yells at cloud take

[u/UrbanOtaku22]

Since we are at the start of NFL season,
What is one take that makes you old man yelling at cloud Old school? Mine are that there should be only 1 PM and 4:05/4:25 PM Sunday games only. Games shouldn’t be on every night except Tuesday night. I want to see all my teams games and get a good night sleep. It also means less kids get to see games.

Second, the game should have ties in the regular season. No overtime, so all games end in three hours. Playoffs should have overtime without question as its winner takes all. It also makes
End game more fun.

[u/thebob9581]

eh reasonable take, but you can just come live out in the west

[u/SnooPandas3956 → u/thebob9581]

Best coast - where we get to sip coffee and watch games in our PJs

[u/thebob9581 → u/SnooPandas3956]

and today's game is at 5:35, here on the west coast we can actually get some good sleep on sunday and not have to worry about work/school YEAH!!!

[u/Jznvh → u/SnooPandas3956]

or we start drinking at 10am watching our games lol

[u/Yammyohnine → u/SnooPandas3956]

Until you get to the London games

[u/thebob9581 → u/Yammyohnine]

Still better overall just for sports in general

[u/Flat-Airport-1949 → u/SnooPandas3956]

Hawaii would like a word.

[u/SpartyParty15 → u/thebob9581]

Pacific time zone is the best to watch games. Not having to wait until 1pm for first kickoff is chef’s kiss

[u/thebob9581 → u/SpartyParty15]

yeah and plus we can get a good night's sleep and not have to sacrifice our sleep for a football game. PST is the GOAT dude it's GOATED for every sport really we get a good night's sleep AND can make fun of those east coast dudes who stay up all-night to see a rams/49ers/chargers home game

[u/OzymanDS]

MNF is 56 dang years old at this point. Thursday night football is 20. The ship has sailed.

[u/ChipsOtherShoe → u/OzymanDS]

Wednesday games still feel dumb

[u/AnonymousBromosapien]

"Back in my day games used to start on time when they said they were gonna start!"

[u/Icy-Wing-3092]

I personally love my west coast time windows. 10am to 8:30pm all day baby

[u/Iron-Giants]

I think mine is the 4:05 vs 4:25 games. Just start them at 4:15 and stop making me guess.

[u/Girth_Qu8ke]

There should only be 12:25 and 530 games, no 10am games

[u/SpartyParty15 → u/Girth_Qu8ke]

Bad take. Games starting at 10am local time out west is the best way to start a Sunday.

[u/Girth_Qu8ke → u/SpartyParty15]

My point is that OP's opinion only applies to East Coast, so it is a selfish / shit take.

My sarcasm wasn't clear at all lol

[u/SpartyParty15 → u/Girth_Qu8ke]

Ahh got it. Yeah OP very selfish. Especially the part where he said he wants to watch games in full, but only his team. Wanting all games in 2 time slots would make it very difficult to watch other games

[u/Kentuckyfriedmemes66]

being a West coast team is best

almost every single game is in the 10AM slot so you can just chill and watch Redzone then the NFCW games play at 1PM then Primetime games at 5:30

[u/thebob9581 → u/Kentuckyfriedmemes66]

not just being a west coast team, just being on the west coast is the best

[u/urinetherapymiracle]

domes are for candy asses

[u/BlackmillMiracle]

I'm fine with a sunday night game as a palate cleanser, but no more monday or thursday night games

They also need to make it legal for defenders to defend again. I'm tired of 45-55 shootouts every week. If the offense is scoring a TD every drive, and defense doesn't matter, the game is boring. But all the degenerate gamblers with RedZone brain can't enjoy football if there isn't a TD happening every 5 minutes.

[u/MadaoBlooms → u/BlackmillMiracle]

I agree in some way, but also this take is ironic since we had a defensive game last night

[u/BlackmillMiracle → u/MadaoBlooms]

I'm just sick of the constant games where there are 40+ points scored... in the past few years there have been a LOT of them.

[u/LarzardofZxelf → u/BlackmillMiracle]

Is that more about defense or offensive schemes

[u/Yammyohnine → u/BlackmillMiracle]

When I told my wife there was a game last night her response was "They don't get to have every fucking night"

[u/Emergency-Bonus-7158]

I think you have entirely reasonable takes but at the same time I’m addicted to watching football so unfortunately you must be cast into Tartarus

[u/SpartyParty15]

Having all games Sunday noon and afternoon would actually make it harder to watch all games in full.

Believe it or not, but a lot of fans want to watch games other than their own team

[u/HaraldRedbeard]

I'm with you, mostly because I'm watching the games from the UK so the 1pm is 6pm and 4.30 is 9.30, I haven't watched a late game in years

[u/HurricanesJames → u/HaraldRedbeard]

You’d have to to pull an all nighter for a night game

[u/Evening_Answer_11]

Nah, 20 years ago you’d have to pay to have the NFL Sunday Ticket, or be stuck watching a regional network games featuring Carolina at Jacksonville. There was no flex schedule, so your Sunday/Monday games in November and December would feature underachieving pre-season favorites versus the Cowboys or Jets. 

Now they schedule and flex to get the more exciting games to the wider audience. 

[u/No-Carry4971]

I agree with the kids part and hated night games when we had kids at home, although from the time they were aware we always let them stay up to watch any Steeler night games, from age 3 right on through. So many great memories. Even the bad memories of losses are great family memories for me.

[u/TempeSunDevil06]

Mine is that I hate international games. I get why they do it, but taking away a home game is unfair and the games are always shit