About this time of year, toward the end of the regular
season there are certain teams that have a chance for playoffs and a bunch of
teams don’t have a chance.
Most teams are named after cities that can insure a fan
base. Some got smart enough to enlarge their fan base by naming their team
after a state. One time decided to take an entire section of the country
because there is no Rhode Island Reds or New Jersey Numbers or Massachusetts
Magpies.
So all the games are scheduled at the beginning of the year.
Without knowing who will be injured or what team might have winning streaks or
not the networks schedule games to be viewed by the public. Some games might have
two teams that lost their seasons early. Some games might have a good team
against a stinker. Some games might decide who makes the playoffs.
I guess in the big wide world of the Internet and cable, anyone
can watch any game at anytime. Some will watch a team play because they are
fans even though the team doesn’t have a change in h-e-double toothpicks to be
playing in the postseason. Others will choose a game that has some
consequences, even though their favorite team is not playing.
So until the end of the year, some games won’t matter and
others might decide if the winner will go to the Super bowl. Each game will
still have their pre-game and post-game shows and cheerleaders and mascots and
fireworks and flyovers and instant replays on gigantic television screens and
guys in striped shirts blowing whistles.
While the rest of the world thinks of football with agile
guys in short running around kicking a round ball into a net, our teams are
full of huge men in helmets and padding and Capri pants all yelling and running
around and bumping into each other. None of it will matter for a couple of
weeks except for a few.
So while I wait for the games to become do-or-die, I’ll
find some sport to watch until the college bowl games start.
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