I hate football...

[SemiCharmedQuark]

It always crowds out the Sunday lineup. As long as Football goes, that isn't good enough. Twelve minutes left? Well convert that out and it means about 40 minutes. Then after the game is done, they have to TALK about football. "Where is football" "When will football be back" "Why are we not watching football now?" It's football's fault that Futurama was cancelled and I'm still pissed about that :grr:

[Mojambo]

1. I hate racism and poverty

I'm luke-warm on football.

[RagingInMiami]

2. Hey, the malls are open on Sundays

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. What is that supposed to mean?

A sexist comment?

[RagingInMiami]

8. it wasn't suppose to come out that way

but if you want take it that way, then be my guest.

[Uzybone]

4. I hate these same whiny threads every Sunday

during football season. Its not gonna change no matter how much you hate football. Now if you could convince most people to hate football like you do then the networks would stop showing it.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. I don't have to convince anyone, I know of nobody personally that likes

football. I have no problem with it except that it exceeds the time slot allotted to it and moves and preempts regularly scheduled programs every week.

[Champ]

11. What do you suggest be done?

If a network cut a close game short to show a program that was scheduled to air they would recieve massive uproar. I'm a football fan and they only get 2 days(3 if you're into college) to enjoy a game on TV, meanwhile I'm bored with the rest of the programs that appear over the week. So it is a inconvience to you because sometimes a game is longer then the time slot they were given once a week on either CBS or Fox. (Not sure how important catching Sportscenter on ESPN or Local News after MNF on their scheduled timeslot is to you)
I have basic cable but I can't stand to watch 95% of the programs that air throughout the week but I don't complain about them because people enjoy to watch them, I have no problem with that. But I constantly hear complaints from the same people go out and say how they can't stand football and the inconvience it is to what they want to watch. I could understand your anger if football was on all the time and always going over their time slot but they are only on 2 non Sport channels once a week on Sunday during the morning and afternoon and 1 one on Monday. It is not that big of a problem and not worth complaining about since football games don't air that often. I could start 30 threads about how I hate such and such programming and wish they would show something else but I don't, I would only come across as bashing those who enjoy to watch it.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

16. Well, they could do one of two things.

They could START football an hour earlier since they know that football runs until 7 every single week. OR they could schedule the programs that follow from 7 onward instead of pretending that football ends at 6.

[Skittles]

13. can't they just have a couple channels devoted exclusively to football

that would help

[7th_Sephiroth]

19. they do

but you have to pay $500 a year for it, the NFL Motto: Sorry, theres TONS of money to be had, now fuck off and buy a $50 foam finger

[ZoCrowes]

5. I like REAL football

GO MAN CITY!!

That being said I can get into american football (it rarely involves the foot and that is one fucked up ball) when it involves a team I care about (UofL Cardinals BABY!!) and both teams are giving their all. My little bro can sit around all day on Sunday and watch one game after another. Makes my head want to explode.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

7. I'll agree with you there.

I greatly prefer soccer. But regardless, I wouldn't appreciate it constantly preempting regularly scheduled programs.

[AngryAmish]

9. Don't you mean metric football?

[Menshevik]

12. GO ARSENAL!

[Champ]

10. Not sure what to tell you

NFL has a far bigger fanbase then futurama and all TV networks stick with programs that gets them high ratings. NFL on Fox and CBS is watched across the country by millions each week and they make a killing off of advertisers to show their ads. Sorry to say football is so popular in this country and makes TV networks millions every season. It's a business that does what makes them money like any business. There are plenty of channels as well as different time slots out there for your entertainment, only 4 stations show NFL football games and 2 only air one game a week so football fans get to enjoy to watch their favorite team once a week for 3 hours as well as a couple other games. I don't even watch TV except for Football games, but I do know Futurama reruns are on Cartoon Network every week night. It is unfortanate the business side of entertainment can't fill everyone's wants.

[DS1]

14. Ahh yes, the weekly "I hate football" thread

:-)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. Football Rocks...

Second only to sex...

[7th_Sephiroth]

17. ya could suicide bomb a game

but then all the networks would all have the emergency news coverage of a tragic attack on football, with 24-7 news coverage, but something has to be done, fox is fucking up, thier just completely cutting half or more of thier featured, premier shows instead of just cementing in some filler and showing them at the top or the bottom of the hour instead of just glossing them over, someone please talk to fox about this

[SemiCharmedQuark]

18. Exactly.

They should quit pretending that football ends 6 central, and just schedule it until 7 central. Or schedule it an hour earlier. King of the Hill and Malcolm in the Middle haven't been on in quite awhile. This is the crap that screwed over Futurama.

[7th_Sephiroth]

21. really

its also a negative ratings flow for them, because, instead of people turning in to see the brand new show, they see guys in spandex tights humping eachother, and they loose that viewer base

[Mojambo]

22. Fox could also look into NOT airing its best shows on Sunday nights

I know it's their traditional night, but they were the ones that bid so much for football, you'd think they would protect themselves ratings wise and move their weakest stuff to Sunday night while it's football season.

[Kellanved]

20. see: Soccer is superior

Twelve minutes left means no more than 17 minutes left. And no way to use interruptions for commercials - guess that's the reason for the lack of soccer in the US.