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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I've said it already in this thread but this is easily the worst NFL season I can remember. It's not just that there are so many mediocre teams, it's the quality of the play in games just seems to be really bad this year. Add in atrocious officiating and this really hasn't been a good year of football. New England will only lose the Super Bowl through injuries I'd think.
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Totally agree and there are two other major reasons:
1) the sheer amount of advertising in a game is a joke. I get that the game has to get paid for somehow but its well past the point of being absurd.
2) Most games are stultifying because of the deep rule book, TD and turnover reviews, challenges, officials conferences, the 2 minute warnings, etc. People from other countries that go to NFL games must go "what the hell did we come here for other than to drink because almost nothing happens on the field." There is something genuinely wrong when the announcers of any given game can really only speculate about how a given play will be called because of the inconsistency of the officiating and the arcane rule book. Listen to Sunday Night Football where Michaels and Collinsworth seem only to be able to guess about whether a play is legit or not. It's so bad that the networks have rules interpretation analysts. "So, Mike, did Beckham make the catch?" Followed by a two minute explanation. I nearly clawed my eyes out watching the first half of the Seattle / Arizona game. NFL are insistent on making it harder to be a fan.