Please stop watching pro-football
Sep. 25th, 2012 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spiderplanetThe NFL will do nothing about settling fairly with the competent referees until people stop watching. I cannot stress this strongly enough.
Bad Refs Won't End The NFL Lockout But You Can If You Stop Watching.
If supporting really shitty labor practices in front of a national audience isn't enough reason not to watch pro-football, there's also reason not to watch just because pro-football sort of sucks, especially in Minnesota - The Minnesota Vikings were 3-13 last year. This year they're 2-1, but I've heard that they're not playing any better.
If you love that specific sport, there's college football (The Minnesota Gophers are currently 4-0) and high school football (your local school could really use the money). College football games are televised on ESPN, and they're screened at local bars for people who don't have cable. High school games are in your neighborhood, and you get to watch a game in which everyone (players, attendees, staff) wants to be there.
If you just enjoy the fun of competition in general, Title IX is not just for Olympic Medals anymore, and in-person tickets are extremely affordable. College Women's Hockey tickets are ten bucks apiece for reserved seats, and professional Women's Basketball tickets are under fifteen dollars. Both of those Minnesota teams were the very top winners in their sport last year. Even if the referees weren't on strike, I would much more happily cheer for the home team and watch Women's College Hockey than Men's Pro Football, if only because I know that the team will play well.
Doesn't that sound better than watching a poorly rated team being overseen by incompetent idiots?
Finally, if the traffic accident quality of poor refereeing appeals to you, I've seen a replay of the Packers/Seahawks game twice today, and I've not looked for it. I'm sure it's on Youtube. You will miss nothing special by avoiding the game.
Bad Refs Won't End The NFL Lockout But You Can If You Stop Watching.
If supporting really shitty labor practices in front of a national audience isn't enough reason not to watch pro-football, there's also reason not to watch just because pro-football sort of sucks, especially in Minnesota - The Minnesota Vikings were 3-13 last year. This year they're 2-1, but I've heard that they're not playing any better.
If you love that specific sport, there's college football (The Minnesota Gophers are currently 4-0) and high school football (your local school could really use the money). College football games are televised on ESPN, and they're screened at local bars for people who don't have cable. High school games are in your neighborhood, and you get to watch a game in which everyone (players, attendees, staff) wants to be there.
If you just enjoy the fun of competition in general, Title IX is not just for Olympic Medals anymore, and in-person tickets are extremely affordable. College Women's Hockey tickets are ten bucks apiece for reserved seats, and professional Women's Basketball tickets are under fifteen dollars. Both of those Minnesota teams were the very top winners in their sport last year. Even if the referees weren't on strike, I would much more happily cheer for the home team and watch Women's College Hockey than Men's Pro Football, if only because I know that the team will play well.
Doesn't that sound better than watching a poorly rated team being overseen by incompetent idiots?
Finally, if the traffic accident quality of poor refereeing appeals to you, I've seen a replay of the Packers/Seahawks game twice today, and I've not looked for it. I'm sure it's on Youtube. You will miss nothing special by avoiding the game.
