Anti-Super bowl

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Who else thinks the Super Bowl is jumped up american shíte ?

Frosty McSnowballs

Fcuking I do!

"Two fifty two, eight twenty five, break left on banana...hut hut"

wazky

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Fcuking I do!

"Two fifty two, eight twenty five, break left on banana...hut hut"

3 mins feeling eachother up, pretending to look for a ball, and then break for a milkshake.

meh!

Alfred Borden

Its quality. One of the biggest sporting events in the year.

Sir Arthur Daley

I eat my breakfast cereal out of a super bowl.

Temptamperu

I love my sport punctuated with adverts every two minutes.

Senna

I bet all the American message boards give out about the All Ireland Final just as much:rolleyes:

castletownman

You're wrong OP

Rugby is American football for pussies

Grabs popcorn

uch

Senna wrote: »

I bet all the American message boards give out about the All Ireland Final just as much:rolleyes:

you reckon ? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

bobwilliams

wazky wrote: »

3 mins feeling eachother up, pretending to look for a ball, and then break for a milkshake.

f*ck off I'm going out with someone you dirty basturd

usersame

If you give it a chance and watch the playoffs it's quality. Take it for what it is - an excuse to get locked

Temptamperu

Temptamperu wrote: »

I love my sport punctuated with adverts every two minutes.

The most expensive two minutes on the planet for advertisers, some people even rate the adverts over the match.

'Tis a crazy world...

Tea-a-Maria

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Fcuking I do!

"Two fifty two, eight twenty five, break left on banana...hut hut"

Omaha!

PizzamanIRL

Senna wrote: »

I bet all the American message boards give out about the All Ireland Final just as much:rolleyes:

No because the All Ireland isn't promoted in America.:rolleyes:

FearDark

Superb Owl.

My favourite nature show about owls.

Frank Lee Midere

castletownman wrote: »

You're wrong OP

Rugby is American football for pussies

Grabs popcorn

Well the rugby players tend to overprotect themselves, right enough.

castletownman

castletownman wrote: »

You're wrong OP

Rugby is American football for pussies

Grabs popcorn

Rugby players are not wearing armour and they still get in there for the ball.

Iwasfrozen

Senna wrote: »

I bet all the American message boards give out about the All Ireland Final just as much:rolleyes:

The influence of the world's superpower and a tiny country on the propriety of Europe is hardly equal.

Frank Lee Midere

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Well the rugby players tend to overprotect themselves, right enough.

Beat me to it.

P_1

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Fcuking I do!

"Two fifty two, eight twenty five, break left on banana...hut hut"

Omaha?

DEFTLEFTHAND

usersame wrote: »

If you give it a chance and watch the playoffs it's quality. Take it for what it is - an excuse to get locked

Yeah once I actually sat down and got to know the game properly I started enjoying it. Like you said, you have to give it a chance. I don't like when people completely dismiss sports they don't understand. Cricket is another example.

Holsten

Whens it on?

bobwilliams

Deleted User wrote: »

Rugby players are not wearing armour and they still get in there for the ball.

yeah but they are generally not standing catching a ball while a couple of defenders are coming at full pelt to break you up.

Have you played both?i have
In rugby if a defender runs full pelt at me I'll just skip past him,yes they have protective gear but in terms of hits I can tell you hits in AF are waaay worse.

Think about it, most of the hits in rugby are low to medium speed and there's a lot of close combat etc but it's a lot safer(once you know what you're doing)

major bill

Hate it

''Football''? Egg Hand played by a bunch of overpaid gob****es sure even the Fatties get a game. To call it a sport (So many stops wtf is that about) is ridiculous


It's like the Yanks needed a game to show the world how ''Tough'' they are....bunch a clowns running around in more Armour than a Swat team trying to cripple one another.

the eijets that pack the Woolshed to watch it are bigger fools

Cantona's Collars

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

No because the All Ireland isn't promoted in America.:rolleyes:

America has the World Series in Baseball,no team from outside America takes part.

castletownman

bobwilliams wrote: »

yeah but they are generally not standing catching a ball while a couple of defenders are coming at full pelt to break you up.

Have you played both?i have
In rugby if a defender runs full pelt at me I'll just skip past him,yes they have protective gear but in terms of hits I can tell you hits in AF are waaay worse.

Think about most of the hits in rugby are low speed and there's a lot of close combat etc but it's a lot safer(once you know what you're doing)

Was just going to post basically the same thing. But I would add that the majority of AF players are physical specimens (all muscle,pure athletic) who don't think twice about diving head first into tackles. There would be lads killed otherwise if there wasn't all the protective gear.

While I appreciate the degree of physical contact in rugby isn't something I would like to experience, AF is far more hard-hitting

P_1

zerks wrote: »

America has the World Series in Baseball,no team from outside America takes part.

I reckon these lads would beg to differ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays

bobwilliams

bobwilliams wrote: »

yeah but they are generally not standing catching a ball while a couple of defenders are coming at full pelt to break you up.

Have you played both?i have
In rugby if a defender runs full pelt at me I'll just skip past him,yes they have protective gear but in terms of hits I can tell you hits in AF are waaay worse.

Think about it, most of the hits in rugby are low to medium speed and there's a lot of close combat etc but it's a lot safer(once you know what you're doing)

Rugby players play the ball, American footballers play the man. I'd rather watch a game where they play the ball.

bobwilliams

major bill wrote: »

Hate it

''Football''? Egg Hand played by a bunch of overpaid gob****es sure even the Fatties get a game. To call it a sport (So many stops wtf is that about) is ridiculous

this shows how much you know.......nada.
The AF players would leave premiership footballers and rugby players for dead in terms of their fitness.
yes there's the big guys aswell but they do serve a purpose and in fact the bigger guys are so strong and fast it's hard to believe at times.

castletownman

Deleted User wrote: »

Rugby players play the ball, American footballers play the man. I'd rather watch a game where they play the ball.

Even if it means rucking down a fellahs back or the occasional stamp?

Despite it's "roughness", any indiscretion in AF is closely monitered and dealt with immediately

bobwilliams

Deleted User wrote: »

Rugby players play the ball, American footballers play the man. I'd rather watch a game where they play the ball.

not true,maybe 10 years ago you would be close to being correct but the game has moved on a bit,they don't get away with what they used to.

In fairness they're 2 really different sports so hard to really have a serious fair
comparison

major bill

bobwilliams wrote: »

this shows how much you know.......nada.
The AF players would leave premiership footballers and rugby players for dead in terms of their fitness.
yes there's the big guys aswell but they do serve a purpose and in fact the bigger guys are so strong and fast it's hard to believe at times.

Really??? A Premier League player would run miles in 90 Minutes, I would love to see both Sportsmen go head to head but I'd doubt they would leave any PL player for Dead.

Barney92

Deleted User wrote: »

Rugby players play the ball, American footballers play the man. I'd rather watch a game where they play the ball.

Play the man? What? What would you describe interceptions and attempted interceptions as then? Missing the man but somehow catching the ball? What about clearing players out from a ruck in rugby? Is that playing the ball or the man?

You can't really make such broad statements about the two games because both games have elements where you are trying to get the ball or just trying to tackle the opponent. It's not really one or the other.

P_1

bobwilliams wrote: »

this shows how much you know.......nada.
The AF players would leave premiership footballers and rugby players for dead in terms of their fitness.
yes there's the big guys aswell but they do serve a purpose and in fact the bigger guys are so strong and fast it's hard to believe at times.

Much different types of fitness to be fair. AF is all about short and intense bursts of energy whereas the likes of rugby are about a more measured exertion over the 80 minutes.

AF players would be 100m sprinters whereas rugby players would be 10,000m runners.

Both are great sports in my eyes, no real need for the animosity between fans of the other.

The Backwards Man

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bobwilliams

major bill wrote: »

Really??? A Premier League player would run miles in 90 Minutes, I would love to see both Sportsmen go head to head but I'd doubt they would leave any PL player for Dead.

you don't really know what you're talking about,a premiership player is fit yes but some of these guys in AF are 14 or 15 stone and can run 100 metres in 10.5 ish seconds.

Darkglasses

If you don't like american football that's fair enough, but claiming that the players aren't in incredible physical shape is pure ignorance. The NFL draft definitely sorts out the ordinary from the extraordinary athletes.

Uriel.

Cheerleaders cheerleader Cheerleaders.


Can't really understand why anyone would get upset by superbowl. You actually have to go seriously and purposely trying to hunt the thing down to see it.

It's not like it's one Rte 1 at 9pm

major bill

bobwilliams wrote: »

you don't really know what you're talking about,a premiership player is fit yes but some of these guys in AF are 14 or 15 stone and can run 100 metres in 10.5 ish seconds.

I refer to the above posters point

Lets see one of those 15 stone players last 90 minutes playing at a very high tempo the Barca players play,

I am not saying they are any less fit but leaving PL and Rugby players for dead in terms of Fitness is a ridiculous statement.

So many stops in AF aswell that Football does not have.

bobwilliams

Uriel. wrote: »

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Can't really understand why anyone would get upset by superbowl. You actually have to go seriously and purposely trying to hunt the thing down to see it.

It's not like it's one Rte 1 at 9pm

sky sports every week give approx. 10 hours airtime

freedominacup

bobwilliams wrote: »

you don't really know what you're talking about,a premiership player is fit yes but some of these guys in AF are 14 or 15 stone and can run 100 metres in 10.5 ish seconds.

So they have the same physical attributes as a rugby centre or winger.

I enjoy american football always have but I reckon at this point there's not much to choose between the elite of either sport. Rugby players probably have more of an endurance type fitness where AF players are all about short bursts of extreme power but both are tuned to the tee for the rigours of their sport.

bobwilliams

major bill wrote: »

I refer to the above posters point

Lets see one of those 15 stone players last 90 minutes playing at a very high tempo the Barca players play,

I am not saying they are any less fit but leaving PL and Rugby players for dead in terms of Fitness is a ridiculous statement.

So many stops in AF aswell that Football does not have.

premiership football isn't played at a high tempo for 90 mins ,lets just agree they are different types of fitness.
A premiership player runs approx. 9-11 k in 90 mins(I think)

major bill

bobwilliams wrote: »

premiership football isn't played at a high tempo for 90 mins ,lets just agree they are different types of fitness.
A premiership player runs approx. 9-11 k in 90 mins(I think)

We shall

Enjoy yer night on Sunday

Frank Lee Midere

major bill wrote: »

I refer to the above posters point

Lets see one of those 15 stone players last 90 minutes playing at a very high tempo the Barca players play,

I am not saying they are any less fit but leaving PL and Rugby players for dead in terms of Fitness is a ridiculous statement.

So many stops in AF aswell that Football does not have.

They spend about 20 seconds running in a 3 hour game.

The funny thing about the NFL is that it's sh1te and it knows it's sh1te. It's designed for TV. Americans don't take it seriously. If the Super Bowl is on in the US most people at home care about

1) the ads
2) the half time act
3) the cheerleader'a bottoms
4) a cold bud
5) or a warm Sierra Nevada
6) a burger or hot dog
7) company at a ( possibly ironic) Super Bowl party
8) the FLYOVER( USA! USA!)
9) maybe the game if they are NFL fans and fans of the team. Therefore not most people.

It's kinda like an American Eurovision.

uch

The Backwards Man wrote: »

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cena

American sports are the greatest. Feck the gaa and soccer etc.

All hail american sport.

Winter Olympics this week too.

riffmongous

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

They spend about 20 seconds running in a 3 hour game.

The funny thing about the NFL is that it's sh1te and it knows it's sh1te. It's designed for TV. Americans don't take it seriously. If the Super Bowl is on in the US most people at home care about

You should look up the figures for which sport has the highest average attendance so

Noxin

Beer - check.
Venue - check.
Following day off work - check.

Nope, can't say I'm anti-Superbowl I'm afraid.

errlloyd

I watch the superbowl most years, and it's a good sport and a pretty amazing spectacle. I think Irish people buy into it in the same kind of mob mania that makes American's buy into St Patricks day, so I can't complain. But I generally find the inconsistencies in how people watch sport pretty interesting, ponder these.

1: Why do Irish people watch Wimbledon and not Rolland Garros? - Its not as if we have some issue with clay and we're defo not tied to BBC's broadcasting anymore, its not the 90s...

2: I'd argue AFL is a more interesting sport than NFL, truly amazing all rounder athletes in a fast end to end game and yet hardly anyone watches the grand final.

3: The Monaco Grand Prix is arguably the most boring on the F1 calendar yet garners the most attention.

4: Athletics as a concept doesn't seem to exist at all outside of the Olympics.

5: The ashes is the most tiresome of cricket series. A sport often criticised for being long and dull has re-invented itself with one day and 20/20 versions, and yet the most popular is still a 5 test slog contested between the same two nations every time.

6: The Tour de France is literally the only cycling event to ever happen. Do people even ride bikes anywhere else in the world?

I'm mostly a rugby and F1 fan, but I do enjoy the big sporting occasions from all over the place (particularly team sports). In the last couple of years I've made an effort with.

Cricket World Cup
Americas Cup (personally my favourite, I got mad into it)
Ryder Cup
Irish Olympic Hockey Qualifiers
Grand Slam Tennis
AFL Grand Final
Super Bowl
State of Origin Rugby League
Tour De France
Amateur Boxing

uch

Can you whittle that down a bit ?

errlloyd wrote: »

I watch the superbowl most years, and it's a good sport and a pretty amazing spectacle. I think Irish people buy into it in the same kind of mob mania that makes American's buy into St Patricks day, so I can't complain. But I generally find the inconsistencies in how people watch sport pretty interesting, ponder these.

1: Why do Irish people watch Wimbledon and not Rolland Garros? - Its not as if we have some issue with clay and we're defo not tied to BBC's broadcasting anymore, its not the 90s...

2: I'd argue AFL is a more interesting sport than NFL, truly amazing all rounder athletes in a fast end to end game and yet hardly anyone watches the grand final.

3: The Monaco Grand Prix is arguably the most boring on the F1 calendar yet garners the most attention.

4: Athletics as a concept doesn't seem to exist at all outside of the Olympics.

5: The ashes is the most tiresome of cricket series. A sport often criticised for being long and dull has re-invented itself with one day and 20/20 versions, and yet the most popular is still a 5 test slog contested between the same two nations every time.

6: The Tour de France is literally the only cycling event to ever happen. Do people even ride bikes anywhere else in the world?

I'm mostly a rugby and F1 fan, but I do enjoy the big sporting occasions from all over the place (particularly team sports). In the last couple of years I've made an effort with.

Cricket World Cup
Americas Cup (personally my favourite, I got mad into it)
Ryder Cup
Irish Olympic Hockey Qualifiers
Grand Slam Tennis
AFL Grand Final
Super Bowl
State of Origin Rugby League
Tour De France
Amateur Boxing