Whoever had the line about the OP wanting to see Marshawn Lynch punch the lightning back to the sky has this right.
It's funny how people want others to take on more risk simply so they can be better entertained from the comfort of their couch.
The fact is that the NFL, like all things, change. It's not perfect, there are growing pains but professional football is the most profitable and most popular sport in this country, it's still trending upward, and that trend is not reversing its course any time soon.
So all these grumpy and presumably older men can complain all they want. Stop watching if that's what you want to do. But the rest of us and the NFL will keep on going just fine without you.
Stop it.
Grumpy old men?
No......there was a time when football was played....without 6000 thousand tv timeouts. Contrived cheers and music blasting over the PA pushing labels new bubble gum music, where you could hit the QB, where you can harass a WR and make him truly catch the ball while being defended, where QB's put up legit passing records without the aid of watered down defensive rules, where after every incomplete pass down field we did not have to put up with player waiving their arms up asking for a flag....every time. Where if your freaking hand grazed the side of QB's helmet you would not be flagged.
The game is still great. Don't get me wrong. I still love to watch my football on Sunday.
But man.....it is so much different (and not for the better) today than just 10 years ago.
If you grew up watching it in the mid 80'sthrough the 90's......you be hard pressed not to agree.
Where as Basketball......the NBA? Far better today than ever.
MLB? And I am a baseball purist and junkie......I am enjoying as much today as I did growing up despite the free agency madness. The quality of the game is incredible. And now they are about to possibly ruin it next year with the introduction of a manager challenge system....like we need more delays in a baseball game....and MLB umpires are the absolute best in the business as far as professional sport referee/officials etc.
Just go back to a year....say 1993. My god the football being played back then was awesome. No replay BS, defense and offense at a high level....QB's being hit, stars all over the field as well.....the pace of the game was so much better.
I really think the thing I despise the most is the pace of the game as been sucked dry. On TV.....thank god for Red Zone....it has really saved Sundays for me. I no longer ever have to watch commercials between 1-8PM on Sunday. Whenever a commercial comes up during my broadcast game.....flip to Red Zone.
It's beautiful. I love Red Zone, I love NFL Network...the coverage has never been better...no doubt.
But th prodct on the field....and the presentation....is getting worse.
Lousy rules
Lousy delays
Replay blows chunks.
When it was just the challenge system.....no booth reviews, no review of every TD and turnover.......it was great. No problem for me.
Now? It is terminal. I can only imagine at the stadium between all the crappy loud PA commercials and crap music (talking about Miami) , TV timeouts, review delays......awful.
I have no desire to go to an NFL game anymore.
Live basketball......amazing.
Live Baseball....night and day from TV
Live Hockey......AWESOME.
Live NFL football........FAIL.
TV football......still good. Still watch.....but not getting better....oh no....not at all.
Thank god for Red Zone is all I can say.