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Watching: football

 


Over the holidays, my family and I wanted to watch some bowl games on TV. A couple of our favorite college teams made it to the playoffs, and to our surprise, many of the games were not on broadcast TV. The games were on another streaming platform. 


Add yet another streaming platform that we don’t have, even though we already have some platforms to begin with. I don’t know about you, but I’m suffering from subscription fatigue. This is getting out of control.


We’ve been watching football on and off, but lately, I’ve been trying to figure out whatever happened to football. In college football, we were trying to understand all the drama with the transfer portal. In the NFL, we’re trying to find which channel and which days, just to watch some football. Then there are the gambling ads, what’s up with all the gambling ads. Between the gambling ads and the pharma ads, it’s making me miss a glass of ice cold Coca-Cola and a bag of potato chips. All kidding aside, whatever happened to football. I just want to kick back, relax, and watch a game.





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