That's the thing: I already knew this stuff.
It's moreso that there's like 50 extra layers of weird concepts and terms I dont understand, and then the even weirder bit with all these bazillions of different plays that they do, which I assume are chosen by throwing darts at a board, and heck if I know what the difference between any of them is.
Though the other bit that makes it hard to really take any of it in is how bloody LONG it takes. It's, what, a 60 minute clock? And then takes like 4 hours. I have trouble understanding how that makes sense, or how anyone manages to pay attention to it.
Granted it's not the only sport to have this problem. I fully understand baseball, but it has the same issue, everyone spends WAY more time standing around or walking slowly or whatever, and the bits where Stuff Actually Happens seem few and far between.
And then of course you add greed displays- er, I mean, commercials, and it just takes even longer...
That's the thing: I already knew this stuff.
It's moreso that there's like 50 extra layers of weird concepts and terms I dont understand, and then the even weirder bit with all these bazillions of different plays that they do, which I assume are chosen by throwing darts at a board, and heck if I know what the difference between any of them is.
Though the other bit that makes it hard to really take any of it in is how bloody LONG it takes. It's, what, a 60 minute clock? And then takes like 4 hours. I have trouble understanding how that makes sense, or how anyone manages to pay attention to it.
Granted it's not the only sport to have this problem. I fully understand baseball, but it has the same issue, everyone spends WAY more time standing around or walking slowly or whatever, and the bits where Stuff Actually Happens seem few and far between.
And then of course you add greed displays- er, I mean, commercials, and it just takes even longer...
Yes, in some ways I know what you mean. I mean, regarding the complexity of the plays, mostly coaches and persons who played that type of football before understand such complex plays, as there is a book of plays they have to study, knowing where to run, where to move, what formation to be in, all based on the abbreviated call sent in from the sidelines (the coach or player on the sidelines assisting with such play calls will usually make such calls, if not the quarterback), and as based on what each player sees across from them on the other side. So, the average fan of this sport knows nothing about that complex stuff, including me.
As for the length of the game, you are correct too. Although its a 60 minute game, it drags on usually at least three hours because the clocks stops whenever the ball hits the ground, a player with the football runs out of bounds with the ball, when the first and third quarter end, for halftime, when some injury occurs, when a penalty occurs, and when one of the team coaches or players call a timeout, as each team has 3 per half. The actual live amount of play with the ball moving and players moving at the same time is actually only about 11 minutes. The rest of the time the players rest, and persons watching do whatever.
So, it seems to me that 11 minutes of play out of 3 hours of watching might not make sense to most. Lots though may like to talk (complain, critique or show vocal bravado) ) during stoppages, go eat, watch commercials, collaborate with each other what play (pass or run) could or should happen next, go to sleep if the score or game becomes boring, or whatever. In my case, certain sports bore the heck out of me, but football is not one, as each play is very important to determine who wins or loses, as a touchdown could occur on one play even (a long pass or long run), and not just the team with the ball could score, but the defense can score too, if the quarterback of the offense team threw an interception to an opposing player, or if the running back running with the ball dropped it, and the opposing player ran it back for a touchdown.
