Football The NFL is becoming more disturbing than appealing, and TV viewers are tuning out

CanadianChiefs · 11-08-2016, 02:22 PM

I've been watching the NFL my whole damn life and it feels different to me lately. The past 5 ish years many games have felt "scripted" and there have been so many clutch or magical moments that now when you see them, it feels almost normal. I would love to see statistics of how many of these "magical, low-percentage moments/comebacks, etc." have happened in comparison to the early 00's.

It's ridiculous and ever since the chiefs blowing 38-10 lead with Luck as the up and comer NFL marketing QBOTF making "history", then when Seattle threw the ball on the one yard line with Lynch and the subsequent interception it's felt phony as shit, then the Manning Super Bowl with Cam staring at his fumble and then after Manning's product placement just pissed me off and made me realize how terrible this shit is.

How many times does a team get to a big lead only for the team that is getting completely smacked around all of a sudden run down the field in 10 minutes to get like 17 points and make it a game? It's suspicious as hell. It never used to be like this. Sure there were momentum swings but how many coincidences can happen week in and week out? Coincidences don't feel like coincidences anymore...

It's become more of a product than a sport. This topic trigged me...

11-08-2016, 02:22 PM	#14
CanadianChiefs Starter Join Date: Sep 2013 Casino cash: $9998531	I've been watching the NFL my whole damn life and it feels different to me lately. The past 5 ish years many games have felt "scripted" and there have been so many clutch or magical moments that now when you see them, it feels almost normal. I would love to see statistics of how many of these "magical, low-percentage moments/comebacks, etc." have happened in comparison to the early 00's. It's ridiculous and ever since the chiefs blowing 38-10 lead with Luck as the up and comer NFL marketing QBOTF making "history", then when Seattle threw the ball on the one yard line with Lynch and the subsequent interception it's felt phony as shit, then the Manning Super Bowl with Cam staring at his fumble and then after Manning's product placement just pissed me off and made me realize how terrible this shit is. How many times does a team get to a big lead only for the team that is getting completely smacked around all of a sudden run down the field in 10 minutes to get like 17 points and make it a game? It's suspicious as hell. It never used to be like this. Sure there were momentum swings but how many coincidences can happen week in and week out? Coincidences don't feel like coincidences anymore... It's become more of a product than a sport. This topic trigged me...
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