Stop the High Fives!

I really hate football season. The fantasy leagues, the pools, the armchair quarterbacking, the Monday mornings when people are talking about what a great game so-and-so had yesterday and how many yards he had passing/running. It's not that I don't like the game of football. I actually enjoy it thoroughly. But I cannot stand all the analysts and talking and "human interest" stories the reporters down on the field do. And the celebrity watching by the cameras in the stands. Just because TomKat is on the Redskins sidelines, doesn't make the 'Skins somehow a better team. Can we just watch the game? Do we have to have John Madden or Joe Theisman or some other retired player/coach tell us what is going through the mind of the left tackle right before the ball snaps? The play-by-play is tolerable, but everything else is too much. I want to hear the sounds of the game. I want to hear the crunch of bones; the slap of skin against pads; the thud of bodies on top of bodies on the ground. Football as a sport is animalistic and that's what it should be on TV too! Don't homogenize a violent game, that's what we are watching for in the first place.

And what's with the "high-five"? I've never understood why fans high-five eachother after a successful play by "their" team. Are they on the team? Do they have some kind of financial interest in the team (other than gambling)? I don't get it. Joe Blow fan and his buddies didn't have anything to do with the successful completion of said touchdown/sack/pass completion. Their mere presence doesn't help the team. These are professional athletes that have been playing this game for quite a while now. They don't really care if you show up or not. Please, for your own sake, stop the high-fives. You just look ridiculous.

Sorry for the negative tone of this post...I think I am just bitter about the nearing end of MLB for the next 6 months. Hey, I've still got the playoffs! Prediction-Yanks in 6 over Mets.