Anyone else not a football fan?

[BlueKota]

Don't have anything against sports per say. I used to love watching baseball, basketball, and tennis, but lost interest when so many of my favorite players started retiring.

Football was always too complicated in my mind. A friend tried to explain it to me at our high-school games, and,I never really caught on. I think it's probably related to my math learning issues. That and it always seemed much more violent than most other sports with the exception of boxing and wrestling. I sometimes feel like I am in a very small outnumbered group of people. Even my sister who never used to be a fan got into it now.

I guess I will just play games on my phone or watch a sappy Hallmark movie. I will say though I think Josh Allen of Buffalo is very cute, but wouldn't watch even if the Bills had made it.

[Srkdqltr]

1. Football is stupid. I don't like it at all. Doesn't make sense.

[BlueKota]

34. I only enjoyed the half time shows at high-school games.

We had a fantastic high-school band that was award winning for years. Loved to listen to them play. I also liked working in the concession stand to raise money for our Senior picnic.

[Srkdqltr]

40. My daughter and son were in the halftime show so i sat in my car and read till they were on.

In high school the game wasn't really important.

I do like the coach of the Lions.

[waterwatcher123]

2. My excuse is that I never really like to spend a nice Sunday indoors watching anything on television.

What I used to do at work was know enough about the football highlights to be able to talk to guys who were rabid fans.

[BlueKota]

35. That's a good reason.

[Rizen]

3. I'm a huge nerd.

The only sports I keep up with are competitive pokemon and smashbros.

[BlueKota]

36. 👍

Nerds rule.

[debm55]

4. I don't like football either. And I live in Steelerland.(Pittsburgh)

[SheltieLover]

8. Gasp!

I used to go to a Steeler fan bar on the N side of Chgo with daughter.

Nice folks, great food & drinks but weird (to me) that everyone was dressed in jerseys & team jackets.

I'd love to see Green Day & Mr. Bunny, but no tv service.

Enjoy!

[debm55]

17. HAHAHAHAHAHH. Thank you , SheltieLover. You should see it around here.🤣 Everyone here, and I mean everyone has a

Steeler something or other. Not watching but will watch the Half Time show with Bad Bunny.

[SheltieLover]

22. Same with Cubs fans on the Metro trains on game days

Enjoy!

[BlueKota]

37. 🤣

Around here everyone is all happy until mid January when the Buffalo Bills loose in the playoffs per usual, then they all get grumpy.

[TrunKated]

5. I'm watching anime with my gf.

[BlueKota]

38. Sounds good!

[Shambala]

6. Not a football fan.

Too many people running around. They have to huddle up after someone gets tackled to figure out what to do next. They have to come out and let someone take their spot if the other team gets the ball. Much better sports to watch than football.

[BlueKota]

39. It takes far too long

[Shambala]

53. Especially considering the little amount of action that takes place.

Interesting fact: an average professional football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if you tally up the time when the ball is actually in play, the action amounts to a mere 11 minutes.

[SheltieLover]

7. Not a football fan at all.

[BlueKota]

41. My parents weren't fans either.

Not sure how my sister got into it, except at work and some of her boyfriends over the years.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

9. Only like 25 days to the first Cubbies spring training game, though!

[MIButterfly]

10. I can't wait!

GO CUBS!!!!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

12. I hate to jinx it...

… but they seem to be spending money this year like they really mean to win something!

Fingers crossed!

[BlueKota]

42. Love Baseball

My Mom and I used to watch together and fight. I was a Dodger fan and she was a Yankee fan.

[Polly Hennessey]

11. Not a football 🏈 fan but Puppy Bowl steals my ♥️

[debm55]

18. Me too.

[BlueKota]

43. The Puppy Bowl is great!

[alittlelark]

13. It always seemed like 'organized warfare' to me - too violent.

[BlueKota]

44. Agreed.

Always seemed like a lot of serious injuries. I did feel bad about Damar Hamlin of the Bills when he got injured. He almost died. Apparently he does a lot to help at risk kids and in interviews he seems like a genuinely nice guy. I am glad he survived. Still wont watch the games though.

[MIButterfly]

14. I'm not a football fan, either.

The only sport I like is baseball, especially the Cubs and the Tigers. My entire understanding of football is they have four chances to go 10 yards; that's all I know and I don’t even know if that's right.

I will not be watching the Super Bowl nor the commercials nor the halftime show. I can catch highlights on the internet tomorrow, if I am so inclined.

The only football game I will ever watch is if the Lions make it to the Super Bowl.

[BlueKota]

45. You're better than me.

All I could understand was the field goal. 🤣

[MIButterfly]

66. What's a field goal?

[hlthe2b]

15. I like football, but neither of those teams--watching for the commercials. Green Day, & Bad Bunny

But, if you have Peacock, you can watch the streaming (rerun) of the Team Figure Skating performances today (Milan Winter Olympics). They were really good.

[BlueKota]

46. I do have Peacock

So I will check out the Figure Skating.

[kimbutgar]

16. My husband is a big football fan and calls me when the commercials come on for me to watch

Usually he goes out of town to visit his family and watches the Super Bowl with them but he decided to not to this year because last year his sister and brother in law got in a big fight and he left their home early and missed the half time show and the last two quarters.

[BlueKota]

48. Oh dear.

That had to be uncomfortable.

[biophile]

19. Well the Winter Olympics are on with many different events

Maybe you will find a sport there that captures your heart- skating is nice and has music!

[BlueKota]

49. I do enjoy figure skating.

I also like gymnastics in the Summer Games.

[biophile]

62. I'd be watching the Olympics but my husband wants to watch the game

I like football but would prefer to see the Olympics.

[thucythucy]

20. George Carlin on football vs baseball

Never got into football myself.

[BlueKota]

50. I loved Carlin

[doc03]

21. Not really but with all fuss about Bad Bunny I want to see the half time show. Prior to

the last few weeks I never heard of him. I can't imagine how he could be any worse than last years show.

[BlueKota]

52. I had never heard of him either.

[Maninacan]

23. Teams

Just never cared about it. Mom took my brother to meet the Packers team around 1970 and left me at home. She knew it was not my thing.
Not into Brands of anything either.

[BlueKota]

56. I sometimesbase got interested in players in

baseball, basketball, and tennis, who had interesting personal stories, but I just never related to the football players, although I liked Joe Namath when he appeared on variety shows like Flip Wilson.

[JoseBalow]

24. No way I'm helping to subsidize those rich, racist NFL fucks

[Tasmanian Devil]

25. I was, but then ... CTE

I'm kinda surprised that nobody on this thread has mentioned CTE.

I can no longer enjoy watching the game.

E.g. scroll down to the bottom of this page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy

and then tell me again how much fun it is to watch.

[BlueKota]

58. I remember being that being mentioned in the O.J. Simpson trial.

[niyad]

59. Thank you for bringing that up so I don't have to! I am not any kind

of sports fan at all, used to like figure skating (went to school with Peggy Fleming, sometimes shared the ice with her), until I saw the corruption in the judging. Anyway, wayyyyyy back in high school, based on information in drivers' ed, I figured out that two large body masses continually colliding was going to cause problems. Decades later, the nfl finally somewhat acknowledged something I knew in high school, and I didn't even watch football.

[The Madcap]

26. Baseball (mainly) and hockey.

I like the lower scores (normally), and that there is a chance to recover after a loss. Football just has too much of a luck factor at the pro level.

[RandySF]

27. I like football but I don't care about either team.

[hamsterjill]

28. Not a sports fan at all.

I always just thought it was all stupid. When you grow up, you're supposed to stop needing to play games. The money and all the injuries are just disgusting.

Sorry if that's not a popular opinion, but I am being honest. THAT SAID...my television is tuned in for Bad Bunny. I don't know who he is or what he does, but I'll watch the half-time show to learn. Anything to phuck with the MAGA's!!!!!

[debm55]

65. I did the same.

[electric_blue68]

68. There's nothing intrinsically wrong with playing games as an adult.

Now corruption, and cheating - that's a whole other story !

[hamsterjill]

70. It is to each his own.

Life (itself) is game enough for me.

[jls4561]

29. Not a football fan. Besides, I'm still recovering from the Duke/Carolina game last night.

[AllaN01Bear]

30. me . myself and i.

[markodochartaigh]

31. Personally,

I couldn't care less about sports and I never even bothered to learn the rules of any sport. But realistically it's almost impossible to navigate US society as a man if you don’t know or care about sports. I wouldn't have anything against sports if they weren't used as a tool to keep the electorate ignorant and apathetic. In a putative democracy I find it very sad that most people can name more players in the superbowl than members of Congress. Expecting an ignorant and apathetic electorate to produce a democracy which functions well to provide for the needs of the people is like spreading canned corn on the desert floor and expecting a bountiful harvest.

[greatauntoftriplets]

32. Me.

It takes too long, it's boring, and there are too many commercials and too much chattering about plays when someone has run six feet.

My father never watched sports, he thought the networks had commercialized it too much. That's probably where I get the lack of interest. Like him, I read the scores.

[HappyH]

33. I used to be a big Wolfpack fan, but was never all that into pro sports.

Now I don’t really care. We gave up TV about 5 years ago, cut the cord and got rid of the TV. It was tough at first, now I don’t miss it at all.

[Intractable]

47. When I was younger, I was more inclined to play sports than watch them.

Now, it's neither.

[UpInArms]

51. It would only be interesting if

the ball exploded at various times during a game

[viva la]

54. I'm a fan,

But not of these teams.

[Talitha]

55. Not interested in football or any other kind of sport.

I'm just an astronomy addict and bookworm.

[Laffy Kat]

57. Not a football/Super Bowl fan at all.

Still, I'm glad other people enjoy it.

[Skittles]

60. I really dislike watching ANY sports

I never care who "wins".

[applegrove]

61. I love, loved, loved playing flag football in public school. Watching it?

Meh!

[flvegan]

63. Over an hour of ads. So, no. Not really.

[virgdem]

64. Never been a football fan. More a baseball fan.

So glad the Olympics are on as a counterpoint to all this Super Bowl madness.

[electric_blue68]

67. Never been a favorite of mine, but I've played a modest amount of sports so....

I can appreciate a great play in just about any sport.

[Boomerproud]

69. If and when Kelce retires that will be it for me.

I was a life long Cincinnati Reds fan but lost interest when Joey Votto retired. So I guess that makes me a fan of certain athletes rather than a sports fan.

[WestMichRad]

71. I thought football season was over.

Was there a game yesterday?

[malthaussen]

72. Not modern American football.

I loved it in the 60s and 70s, it started going sour in the 80s, and by the 90s it was dead to me.

When I want to watch a game, I'll watch a video of one played in the 70s.

-- Mal