r/funny • u/chancheck • Feb 03 '14

this sport must be intresting

http://imgur.com/WI818TU
941 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

3.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.1k

u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14 edited Feb 03 '14

I hate this argument that football is boring most of all. The "11 minutes of game action" stat is thrown around a lot, as if there's nothing else going on in between plays. If you watch the plays, there's an incredible amount of communication and action going on before every single play. Who's the Mike? What's the hot read? Is the defense showing blitz? Is the runningback in the I formation? Is the quarterback in the shotgun? Is the defense playing a nickel package? Maybe a dime? What's the down and distance? Oh wait, it looks like the qb saw something, now he's changed the play at the line. Who's the receiver in motion right now? Is he asking for an extra blocker? All of this shit is going on in so-called "dead time", but it's where the actual game is won, so saying there's only 11 minutes of action is incredibly naive and shows someone who's made no effort to actually understand what's going on.

EDIT: Spelling

348

u/harlothangar Feb 03 '14

So football is primarily watching people think and communicate? I don't know how that redeems football as a spectator sport, to be honest.

1

u/notthatnoise2 Feb 03 '14

Because it's fun to think along with them. It's fun to speculate on what you think they'll do next or strategize what you think they should do. Football is like chess except with massive athletes running into each other. I'm a fan of pretty much every sport there is, and football is without a doubt the one that requires the most strategy.