Ferrari Mailing List: Re: I love the super bowl

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

I can’t speak for the others, but my disappointment ties back to the old bread and circuses argument, this is nothing more than a circus, pure entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.  We “celebrate” a bunch of people, playing a game with arbitrary man made rules funded by the hopes that “we’re part of the excitement” and buy something.  And I’m not singling out football, I feel this way about most big budget sporting events, F1 included, although I see some of the technology trickle down effect there to be more neutral on it, but it is still a circus and more hype than actual content.  Can’t stand the taxpayer bill funding a commercial endeavor.  

If the “average” fan put half the amount of effort into trying to make things better across the board, we’d all live in a better world.  

The world needs more builders, more people actively engaged, and less passive watchers.

Signed, 

Resident Cynic, Ph.D.

 

On Feb 2, 2014, at 11:15 AM, Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:

It's one thing to not be into football because it's not your sport....

But it's disappointing when I see people dismiss the game because they see it as a barbaric contest between meatheads.

Sure there's a bit of that element to the game, but at this level it's very sophisticated. Big time games are won on elite coaching as much if not more than the talent on the field, more than any other professional sport and perhaps even more than precious auto racing. 

Coaches put in 16-20 hour days preparing for games, studying film of previous games to see tendencies of players, schemes, audibles, etc. The players when not working out and practicing are also studying film to get a leg up. 

You go through all of this, and at the end of the day you still need a bit of luck to go your way. The better team doesn't always win these games.

Of course if it was just the intellect, then it would be chess on a 100 yard field. There's an element of testosterone to it.......and why is that a bad thing??

A field of 15 or so 800 hp cars battling for position inches from each other is pretty much the same thing! Embrace it!

Anyways, I know this email changes absolutely nothing......but I can't let this abuse go on any further without saying something. :)

FG

On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> 100+ million get it right every year. :)

Indeed they do. How else would one express breeding superiority to the cheerleaders? !

-------- Original message --------
From: Fellippe Galletta
Date:02/02/2014 9:23 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: Rick Lindsay
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] I love the super bowl

Meanwhile I'm gonna have to go to bed soon (it's 9:20 PM local time) so I
won't be so tired when I wake up around a quarter to 5, for a 5:30 AM
kickoff!!!!! And my team isn't even playing in it!

100+ million get it right every year. :)

FG

On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com>wrote:

> I love the super bowl. For a few fleeting hours, Houston traffic dies
> down. Zillions of SUVs and pickups fall silent. One can actually do the
> grocery shopping without putting one's life in peril! One can also turn the
> TV off without fear of missing any news events - because there are none
> covered! Democrats and Republicans can hate one another, Obama and Pelosi
> can cuddle, and John Kerry can try to figure out what he was going to say
> next, to offset what he said before - and all in total TV silence!  Bonus!
>
> And speaking of sports that are no longer sports, its kinda fun to see:
>
> 1. Ferrari doing really well in testing.
>
> 2. Massa doing well at Williams.
>
> 3. Red Bull's cars in trouble.
>
> Bring on the 2014 F1 Season!
>
> Game? What game?
>
> -rick
>
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