It seems like you need a PhD in Channel Surfing just to find out where your team’s game is airing nowadays. Sunday morning games in London and the never-ending saga of Sunday, Monday, and Thursday Night Football, it's too much for me.
Between NFL, NFL+, CBS, NBC, FOX, ESPN, YouTube, Amazon, and NFL RedZone, I need a flowchart just to remember where to point my remote.
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Then there’s the shots of Jerry Jones. The Cowboys score and suddenly he's on-screen, as if he telepathically willed that touchdown. This is why I can't get behind the so-called "America's Team."
We've now got Taylor Whoever and her "Big Pharma Boyfriend " shoved into our viewing experience.
The revolving door of players? They change teams faster than I change my socks. Ezekiel Elliot's a Patriot now? Wasn't he the golden boy of the Cowboys five minutes ago? What's the protocol, Dallas fans—love him yesterday, hate him tomorrow?
I'll be tuning in for the 2024 Super Bowl solely to see if Usher, bordering on AARP membership, can still move. Hopefully, the game will deliver an ending worth ‘tweeting’ about.
Given all this circus, becoming a die-hard fan seems like a masochistic endeavor. My game plan? I'll just pick a team to cheer for when the playoffs roll around in January.
Clayton is the founder and publisher of the social and political commentary newsletter Think Things Through and the host of the Think Things Through Podcast.