TV over tickets any day
Whenever I see a professional sports event on television, it
baffles me why so many people are obsessed with seeing the action
in person.
As far as I’m concerned, there’s not a single sport out there
that is more enjoyable to watch in person than on television
– unless, of course, you have a press pass, are the team’s
owner, or are seated in the first few rows.
TV over tickets any day
Whenever I see a professional sports event on television, it baffles me why so many people are obsessed with seeing the action in person.
As far as I’m concerned, there’s not a single sport out there that is more enjoyable to watch in person than on television – unless, of course, you have a press pass, are the team’s owner, or are seated in the first few rows.
Go ahead and defend your point. Try telling me that it’s much better to go to a Giants, A’s, Raiders, 49ers, Sharks or Warriors game in person than it is to watch it on television. You’re flat out wrong.
At home, there is no headache to try and find a parking spot, and you don’t have to pay a $20 parking fee.
At home, you don’t have to stand in line with a bunch of loud drunks in order pee some 15 minutes later into a filthy, germ-laden urinal. At home, you just quickly go to the bathroom during commercials.
At home, you don’t have to spend $8 for a beer and another $25 on food vendors.
You also don’t have to bake in the hot sun or listen to some screaming fan that is just seconds away from spilling his drink on you.
At home, when the game is over, you simply change the channel or shut off the TV. When you go to the game, you need an hour or so just to get out of the parking lot – a lot that’s filled up with some 8,000 vehicles that are trying to make their way through an ill-equipped exit.
At home, you don’t need to use sunscreen and you don’t need to head out for the game a handful of hours before it starts.
At home, if the game is bad, you can channel surf and find a more interesting game.
At home, you can see the play from every angle imaginable.
At home, you are in the huddle, on the pitcher’s mound or under the basket.
At home, you can see the action at a golf tournament on several holes at almost the same instant, without walking an inch.
At home, you can see Tiger tee off without having to run several holes ahead of him to try and catch a glimpse of him an hour later.
At home, you hear the interviews afterwards. At home, you get the play-by-play.
At home, you can watch every turn at the Daytona 500. You can see the race unfold through the cameras that are mounted on each car. You don’t have to pick out a spot on turn three and watch as the cars race by in a split second.
Television puts you in the front row of every sporting event, something that your tickets can never do.
Sure, I suppose if some history-making game takes place it might be cool to say that you were there – to say you watched Dwight Clark make “The Catch” or to say you saw Barry Bonds launch his 756 blast into Mc Covey Cove. Sorry, but you still didn’t see it as good as the guy who saw it on television.
Sure the ambiance of going to a game and/or tailgating with friends before a game might be more fun, but actually seeing the action once the game starts can’t compare to what you see on television, even when jumbo screen televisions are in the stadium.
I’ve been to 49ers games where I struggled just to follow the snap of the ball and the direction the play was heading. I’ve been to Sharks games where the puck disappears if play goes into a corner that isn’t within your view.
I’ve been to boxing matches where you could barely make out who was fighting and baseball games where you can’t tell what happened until you hear the crack of the bat –and with my contacts on I’ve got 20/10 vision.
Thanks but no thanks, sports fans. I enjoy it just fine from the couch.
