Exactly. I love the CFL. I find it very entertaining. The NFL is a little slow for me, and that from a guy who will watch baseball. Last year I started timing the NFL after sitting through numerable stoppages. From the time a team would punt or attempt a field goal, to the time the other team took a snap was 8 minutes. Crazy. Also watched a game where the opening drive (or maybe the second possesion) took almost the entire first quarter. I was thinking how odd that one drive took 12 minutes of a 60 minute game. Did the NFL used to have 40 seconds betweens plays? Now it is 30 seconds? That helps speed it up a little.
Granted, I am not a huge NFL fan, so I don't have the volume of games watched to comment on the whole season. To just say the CFL sucks may be trendy, but unfair. Blanket statements by either passionate fan group are a waste of time. I'd take one thing from the NFL: give Reynolds the ball more!
I will gladly watch every CFL game this year if I can. Also, I will watch 2-3 NFL games a week and enjoy it; as long as I can flip the channel to something else often.
|