04-12-2024, 06:28 AM
(04-12-2024, 06:15 AM)dodge link Wrote:I read, but am losing interest in footy because of:
- the hyperbole in everything eg 'Footy great involved in accident' Footy great played suburban footy, how great Gather round is and and every game sold out (apart from the heaps that didn't turn up) and 'how good are the suburban footy grounds?' fine for suburban footy, but not AFL. Here's the great {insert fellow commentator}
- commentary - 'what a superb kick' 30 metre pass to a player 20m in the clear and other inane rubbish
- the detail that media go to in order to get a story - a lot of trivial things are reported as breaking news and then talked about for days it is really tedious.
- the media making up the news - using one example to push their agenda (this player is lazy or shouldn't have done that etc.)
- the games themselves that I have seen haven't been that interesting to watch (only watched a couple)
- 'Event' footy - Opening Round, Round 1, Good Friday, Gather Round, soon to be Anzac Eve & Day - where the footy is actually second to 'being at the event.
I find that I am only really watching Carlton, even then, I'm happy to turn off the TV if something else is on and watch it later. The blues are, however, the most exciting team when they get on a roll.
Sorry - vent over.
AFL has reached saturation levels.
They keep trying to force more of it at us, but we can't absorb anymore of it and are getting turned off as a result.
Similar with Formula 1. More rounds, more TV shows/coverage, more 'burnout' from audiences.
I don't watch anymore footy shows. I don't watch pre-game stuff or post game.
I watch siren-to-siren and thats about as much as i can stomach at present.