Looking for a light

USA's Sports

Today I was watching a bit of american baseball and I realised I cannot tahan to sit down there and just watch such slow stuff. Its like u wait and wait for excitement which lasts a few seconds. Sometimes I dont understand Americans, inventing their own sports and then declaring themselves champions of the world. I dare say that if the all-blacks were properly trained they can beat the Superbowl Champs. Haha. But then again, US has always been a rather absorbed country, but its ok, I guess the rest of us are ok wif it. Somebody's got to do it.

I realised that in NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB, the four major american sports, one common thing is dat there is a lot of opportunity for advertisement, what with the time0uts, half times, wow a lot of stuff can be put in. I heard a 10 second slot at the superbowls is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. I guess american sports lack the organic dynamic ever changing nature of other sports like soccer ( as they call it). I guess thats why that sport will never be truly embraced.Its so much harder to plan soccer, wherelse in the other sports they play, they can realli micro manage. Which I think in itself is the beauty.

I think when it comes to US sports, its really the skill of the coach/manager that counts. Its very very strategic, and mind games, inside knowledge, psychology, trickery, what have you realli comes into play. And dats what I realli love about the sports, cos in soccer, its not very easy to change things up once the game begins, but for things like NFL for example, one smart move by the coach in the dying seconds could change the face of the game. You cant do that in soccer. beyond making a last minute sub, or unless its a freekick or something. I dunno.

That being said, I made up my mind dat I simply cannot watch baseball its damn boring, then again if you watch some EPL matches its super boring as well. Haha. Ok enough rambling.

Out.

P.S. The Tour De France is going to the dogs. Its such a pity, it actually is a brilliant event.

posted by Me @ 10:49 PM