This game in London is a complete JOKE!!! Let us explain....
When people in the U.S. say that they dislike baseball it is always the stock answer: BORING! They will go on to say that they follow football because it is fast paced and exciting, so much more so than that wretchedly boring game of......baseball....
But in trying to market OUR game on BRITISH soil we must be mindful of viewing that concept through the appropriate lens: that of a BRITISH sports fan. If the savvy marketer, Roger Goodell, takes that approach he will find that this is a failing endeavor no matter which team he sends to Ol' Blighty, this year or any year. Unfortunately, in 2008 the Chargers are one of the teams that have been asked to bend over by the good commissioner's office.
On the British Sports fan:
These spectators already love FOOTBALL. The game that is actually played with the foot, right and left, which causes the following quandary as put forth by exchange student classmate, Leonitas "Ollie" Oleranshaw, back in 1997:
"Ah doon't get it...wha doon't yajus call it HandEgg? Ya doon't use yer feet n it looks like an egg."
See Goodell...you could have got that market research for free. British fans doon't get it.
There is, however, an even bigger problem......Soccer and Rugby are both played with a running clock with no commercial interruption. They also have short halftimes that spare the spectators unbearable medleys by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith along with Nelly, one of the Simpson girls and whoever else is the hot artist of the time. This all ensures that the game will end approximately 1hr and 35min after it begins.
Gridiron Football, with team timeouts, TV timeouts, halftime shows, instant replay, coaching shenanigans, etc., is essentially the slowest moving game of action on Earth! It's still better than soccer for myriad reasons but perhaps no better reason than the accepted notion that a tie is a good thing......but football drags on through the Euro Fan's lens, and with commercial interruption it is something that Euro just can't contend with. In addition, Rugby player plays with minimal padding so they just tend to think we Sepos are a bunch of Puffs with our helmets and massive Mad Max/Road Warrior shoulder pads. How do you expect to have a proper punch up with all of that padding?
Stuff like that can't happen with helmets! Good ol' Michael Brial.....a big hard man.
It is pure hubris to think that we can get Great Britain to buy our game. Whatever.... we feel worse for the Saints....this was supposed to be one of their home games. If we can take this game and then win our home games we'll make it in to the playoffs, so tomorrow we say, ".... get us to 4-4 and the much needed bye week."
We're out of the score prediction business but we'll have it noted for the record:
See Goodell...you could have got that market research for free. British fans doon't get it.
There is, however, an even bigger problem......Soccer and Rugby are both played with a running clock with no commercial interruption. They also have short halftimes that spare the spectators unbearable medleys by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith along with Nelly, one of the Simpson girls and whoever else is the hot artist of the time. This all ensures that the game will end approximately 1hr and 35min after it begins.
Gridiron Football, with team timeouts, TV timeouts, halftime shows, instant replay, coaching shenanigans, etc., is essentially the slowest moving game of action on Earth! It's still better than soccer for myriad reasons but perhaps no better reason than the accepted notion that a tie is a good thing......but football drags on through the Euro Fan's lens, and with commercial interruption it is something that Euro just can't contend with. In addition, Rugby player plays with minimal padding so they just tend to think we Sepos are a bunch of Puffs with our helmets and massive Mad Max/Road Warrior shoulder pads. How do you expect to have a proper punch up with all of that padding?
Stuff like that can't happen with helmets! Good ol' Michael Brial.....a big hard man.
It is pure hubris to think that we can get Great Britain to buy our game. Whatever.... we feel worse for the Saints....this was supposed to be one of their home games. If we can take this game and then win our home games we'll make it in to the playoffs, so tomorrow we say, ".... get us to 4-4 and the much needed bye week."
We're out of the score prediction business but we'll have it noted for the record:
- We're 0-3 wearing the Powder Blue Throwback Merriman 56 Jersey
- We're 0-1 wearing the Random Charger Football T-shirt
- We're 3-0 wearing the Away White Phillip Rivers 17 Jersey
~Hail Mary Full of Grace~
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