I like football but I just don't get as excited about it as the majority do. The year round coverage is something I wish would just go away and die. When it actually is football season, I find the sports section nearly unreadable for much of the week, with the Monday morning game/around the league recap and NBA coverage being the only redeeming qualities.
QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 17, 2010 -> 01:10 PM)
I think the biggest reason football is so much more popular than any other sport is the short attention span of Americans, and more importantly, the American sports fan.
I agree with this. A lot of people I know refuse to watch baseball on tv and their litany of reasons usually follows the line of nothing happens, it's so slow, etc. They'll only watch if they go to the game where they can drink, people watch, and (presumably) not watch the game.
Also, in baseball guys aren't taken down with the force of small vehicle collisions every few moments. Not cool.