Well, the National Football League has done it again. I thought they had created as much offseason drama as they possibly could, but I was wrong.
Training camp, preseason games, the draft, the scouting combine, the extensive library of NFL films, and the 24/7/365 coverage on NFL Network now keeps NFL fans satiated throughout the calendar year.
No other league narrates its games with a booming voice that classifies every game as "an epic battle: two teams of titanic proportions meeting on the gridiron for the right to call themselves champions."
Never mind that the game is between two 4-9 teams.
And now this: the NFL is building up drama surrounding the announcing of their schedule.
Other professional sports leagues announce their schedules with little to no fanfare. One day there's no schedule, and the next day, voila! It came from nowhere.
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But not the NFL, it is too vain for that.
Unlike other leagues, the NFL must always be in the headlines. It must be grabbing your attention at all times. In the midst of the Masters, NHL Playoffs, NBA playoff races, and the start of baseball season, you must still pay attention to the almighty NFL, with its ever-important rule changes and upcoming draft.
You must watch a two-hour SportsCenter special unveiling the schedule from 2-4 p.m. Or, you can watch NFL Network for a similar show at the same time. Better yet, put two TVs side-by-side and watch simultaneously!
Are you serious? Creating drama about releasing a piece of paper with dates and times? Are we really that bored with life?
Perhaps the NFL has finally gone too far with their creating of drama. Perhaps Roger Goodell and the NFL marketing execs are the new drama queens, replacing T.O. and "Ocho Cinco" as the most attention-hungry personalities.
This whole unveiling of the schedule drama is absolutely and utterly ridiculous. In fact, it is so ridiculous that I am going to do something about it.
I am going to record both specials and watch them, just to see how lame the NFL's attempts at drama are.
No, I won't be watching to see how my beloved Steelers' schedule shapes up. I definitely have no interest in seeing how many prime-time games they have, and no way am I looking to see when their away games are so I can plan a road trip.
No, my viewing will be strictly research. There's no way I'm going to let the NFL suck me into its year-round drama. Not this time.
Now where is my remote?
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4 months ago
Haha, I like it very nice. After all I myself am excited, I don't care how ridiculous it is lol...gotta love the NFL.
4 months ago
What's the issue here? I'm an NFL person. All we have this time of year is baseball, and I'm sorry... that doesn't get interesting until August. Not even when the Yanks played the Sox to open the season.
If you're not interested in the NFL offseason, that's cool. But let's be realistic here... football is the most popular sport in America. Why not take advantage of that?
4 months ago
I think this is where some fans differ. As a fan of the Bills I was desperately wondering whether our great home atmosphere last year during the Dallas game would earn us another home primetime game. It's every fan's preference so I think some fans probably do like that a big deal is made out of it.
4 months ago
Every Football fan I know is excited about the release of the schedule. This article is pissing and moaning for the sake of pissing and moaning.
If you have a favorite team, you were anxious to find out the times of the year you were playing certain places, how many prime times you would get, how you start the season off, and who you finish with.
The NFL is brilliant, there is a reason the other sports don't do this; it doesn't matter for them, they play 3000 games a season and the playoffs add another 800 or so, the NFL is season is short and the playoffs are one and done, every week matters, and it could be crucial when and where you are on any given Sunday!
4 months ago
haha no offense intended u make a good point but doesn't watching the sportcenter special techincally help the cause more then hurt it?? I mean if u r watching it then its just making there ratings higher
4 months ago
It seems many of you missed my sarcasm. It's completely unnecessary to build up a schedule release, but as an avid NFL fan and Steelers fan I was completely caught up in it. Today was a good day for me simply because they released the schedule. I checked my cell phone at 2:01 to find out the 2008 schedule. Then I wrote it into my day planner. I'm already talking with friends about a road trip to Washington or Jacksonville to see the Steelers. Read the article more closely; you should find that I'm uber-excited about it, even though it makes me an NFL addict.
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