I’d be very interested in seeing a cite indicating how “interest in the NFL is starting to wane”
He did say he thought “interest in the NFL is starting to wane”; it wasn’t asserted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_attendance It’s only one measure but attendance at NFL games is down about 5% overall since 2007. There could be a commensurate increase of fans watching on tv.
I don’t know about that – naked ice hockey sounds like a really bad idea.
(Sochi, 2014: Miracle 2.0!)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-05/nfl-tv-ratings-fell-this-season-with-espn-suffering-9-6-decline.html Looks like NFL tv ratings were down last year as well, 2% overall. Maybe the sport has passed its peak.
I like gymnastics and track, but I resent the fact that people are getting gold medals in sports I’ve never heard of and don’t understand.
And what the hell is going on with men’s volleyball? It’s gay enough just to be a guy playing volleyball, without hugging your partner every time you get a point.
I support gay marriage; I support gay rights; I hate the idea that you can get a gold medal for men’s volleyball. So sue me.
I was unable to wath the Olympics myself but some of my colleagues developed a hitherto, unknown to the rest of us fanaticism, about Volley Ball, and tried to watch every game .
Strangely they never knew the scores during or after.
Though, given their exceptional interest, I expect that they’ll all be taking up Beach Volley in the near future in spite of being mostly in urban environments.
Pitty they missed all of the mens games .
Were there mens games ?
I still haven’t watched a second of the Olympics but I have been very pleased with the news reports that the British people are all happy now and show it by smiling and singing the national anthem just like Americans always do. Happy English people make me smile inside. They always claimed they were perpetually melancholy because they were so mature or something. It wasn’t true. They just needed a giant party to get them in a good mood again.
A bit odd thinking that we are perpetually melancoholy because we so mature, we don’[t actually consider ourselves mature, or interested in stamps, or potential jugglers.
We just live our lives.
Which apparently you dont.
Don’t have any interest either. So far I’ve seen perhaps five minutes of the games.
I do have to admit though that I check the medals count every day to see how the US is doing.
I flipped on the TV yesterday-they were showing some weird events like one-man canoe races, two man kayak, etc.
Who watches this stuff?
Zero interest here. If the TV hadn’t been turned on in the tea room at work, I doubt I’d have seen even a second of it. I stopped watching the news because the first 10 minutes were all about the bloody olympics.
(If this is threadshitting, I apologize. I’m just trying to answer the question.)
Believe it or not, there are some people, myself included, who are obsessed with the Olympics, and will watch any sport on TV if it is part of them. My wife calls herself an “Olympics widow” and is thankful that it’s only a few weeks every two years.
Dunno as I’d say I didn’t care about them; I think my level of interest was both higher and lower than that. I cared generally about the medal count, but I made no effort to watch any part of the games. I was getting a bit tired of seeing it every time I went to my favorite bar, but I wasn’t about to let it keep me away from said bar.
On the other hand, I also saw the dreaded football on the TV at my favorite bar. I think that’s my Olympics: I’m not interested in it and it’s ubiquitous when it’s in season. Bonus: It’s 10x as long and the fans tend towards being obnoxious.
(On yet a third hand, we have basketball: I actively dislike it, but it’s pretty easy to avoid most of the time.)
I care nothing for sports, but the coverage of it is the real problem. I get seriously tired of hearing about how heroic these athletes are. I mean, I suppose that the dedication required is theoretically admirable, but if you dedicate your life to jumping really high, well… whatever. I mean, good on you if it makes you happy and I’m pleased for you, but it’s not the cure for cancer and there’s nothing “heroic” about it. At the end of the day, “jumped the highest” is fairly triflin’ as lifetime achievements go.
Then there’s the absurd and profoundly disingenuous nationalism. Michael Phelps isn’t doing this for America, kids. He’s doing it for himself, and I’m not mad at him for that.
A lot of Thais are hanging their heads in shame today, because these were the first Olympics in 16 years in which Thailand failed to win a gold medal. The tally is three medals in all – two silvers and a bronze. And to me, this defeats what is supposed to be the spirit of the Games. Sure, it’s good to win, but so what if you lose? Isn’t the point supposed to be the joy of coming together and competing or some such? I find the obsession with winning pathetic. (Hell, I don’t think Thailand ever took a medal at all before 1996, but I may just be thinking of gold medals. Can’t be bothered to check it.)
I am pretty much indifferent to the Olympics, but my boyfriend is downright hostile. Like, yelling at the TV whenever they’re mentioned hostile.
It seems completely irrational and insane but some of his friends lost their homes because of the 1996 Atlanta games and he’s held a grudge ever since.
Seems to be a recurring theme. They’re saying Brazilians marked for removal in Rio to build the stadium are already up in arms.
People who care about the Olympics are weird. There are other people out there coughredditcough who shriek until their lungs rupture because NBC chose not to broadcast Trinidad vs. Moldavia equestrian curling or whatever. Who gives a shit? Get a job.