Reply #52: Oh, puh-leeze!

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At any given moment DU supports dozens of threads on "Team This" and "Bowl Game That," but let one thread arise that offers a non-conformist opinion on uh-Murk-ah's Game and it's suddenly about "people who like to bitch about what other people like." Right... That's almost on par with the old repug canard about "they hate me for my material success," which I know wasn't your intent.

Someone else said that people who don't like football are "a bunch of snobs." Well, if the declining viewership numbers for the NFL are any indication, we're becoming a nation of snobs, and not just when it comes to football, but all sports. Even ABC'sMNF consistently pulls a lower viewership than both of the CSI shows and barely eeks out newbie crappers like "Two and a Half Men."

And the NFL is TV's biggest sports draw, out-pulling basketball and baseball. The NFL audience - while drawing very highly among the 18-24 year old crowd - also has the highest median household income, about $55k compared to baseball's $38k (I guess football appeals to the higher-income non-snobs while baseball appeals to the lower-income snobs). Sure, the Superbowl draws in half the country for at least 6 minutes of viewing time, but that indicates that the other half of the country - who we'll now call "the snobs" - doesn't care.

This thread was started in The Lounge - right next to all the "My Team Just Won/Lost" threads. It was meant in a lighter vein. Big deal. I think you're being overly sensitive.