Showboating before you get into endzone.

[SteelCurtain]

[downbeatplumb]

I've never understood why people like football, or most sports for that matter.
I understand that everyone has different tastes in the form of entertainment.
Maybe I can glimpse the excitement of competing against other people, being fit and the glory of winning against other opponents.
But what is in it for the crowd in the stadium or the people watching from home?
Is it how well you know the rules, players and speculation of who will win?
How do you pick which side you're cheering for?
What does that side have to do with you?
I'm not judging, by the way.
I wish I liked sport if nothing but for the inclusion.
I just can't get the point.

I'm with you.
I tried to get into football (and by that I mean proper football not the travesty our colonials play) but found the task beyond me. Its obviously a failing with me as these people seem to get a lot of entertainment value from it, but for the life of me I don't understand what.

[Jackalope]

Personally, I think that when one makes it into the end zone, one ought to act like one has been there before.

[Excited Penguin]

I've never understood why people like football, or most sports for that matter.
I understand that everyone has different tastes in the form of entertainment.
Maybe I can glimpse the excitement of competing against other people, being fit and the glory of winning against other opponents.
But what is in it for the crowd in the stadium or the people watching from home?
Is it how well you know the rules, players and speculation of who will win?
How do you pick which side you're cheering for?
What does that side have to do with you?
I'm not judging, by the way.
I wish I liked sport if nothing but for the inclusion.
I just can't get the point.

I used to not get that either, until I started watching esports of the game I used to play a lot.

I can tell you what it's about. You do something yourself and there are people who do it far better than you and are payed to do it. They also compete against other such people/whole teams. You don't generally choose your preference, it's either something you inherit from friends or family or you just like one team's style of playing the best. And then when they play and they win you get this rush. It's like they're winning for you. I actually read a book where a study was mentioned. They checked how people talk about their favorite teams when they lost or won. When they lost, they referred to them as distantly as possible, not wanting to have to do anything with them. When they won, they talked about them with the pronoun "we". "We won that game."

[Jackie]

I ran an adult video store for six years, yeah.

I met Christy Canyon once.

[Jackie]

[Pat Mustard]

[Jackie]

[Pat Mustard]

Having now watched the clip Tiberius posted I have to call giving a penalty ridiculous in that case. He stuck out his hands for a few miliseconds, he was so quick I didn't see it at normal speed, only during the slow mo.

@Brian, that wasn't the player getting ahead of himself. He had a good hold of the ball, you often see rugby players running at full tilt with the wall held away from the body, especially going into a tackle, either to ensure the tackler doesn't rip the ball, or to offload the ball before the tackle is completed and a ruck is formed.

[Jackie]

No sorry guys, this is a matter of global stability. I am right and ABBA rules and NEENER NEENER.