European Football Is SO Much Better Than The NFL

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I can assure you that this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that my favorite team plays in the same conference as the greatest QB who's ever lived, and as long as he's playing, my team has ZERO chance at winning a Super Bowl. Oh no, it has nothing to do with that, but it has everything to do with the following:

Let's start with the WORST part about the NFL: commercials. It's absolutely ridiculous; it's a four-hour event with only 11 minutes of game time. Would you ever watch a TV show that was four hours long and only had 11 minutes of action? Don't answer the question; of course, you wouldn't. Shit, it's getting to the point where American football is starting to change its rules so they can add MORE commercials. And I know what you're thinking, "there's a thing called redzone." That's not watching football; that's called watching highlights in real time. Give me a European football broadcast over the NFL any day of the week.

Fan culture in European football blows the NFL out of the water. Sure, you have three or four teams in the NFL that have lunatic fans, but there aren't many. You can't even sit home and away fans in the same section at Premier League games. I wish they did that in the NFL so every time the Dolphins play the Bills, I don't have to sit next to the blue cheese boys. I also love how active the crowd is the entire game. It doesn't matter if it's a 0-0 game; these fans are singing like they're front row at a Drake concert. You go to an NFL game; all you have is 3rd downs roars and touchdown chants. Give me 90 minutes of non-stop singing with the lads any day of the week.

No commercials and fan culture are great, but the concept of relegation is even better. The fact that the teams at the bottom of the league have something to play for, instead of tanking for a better draft pick, is brilliant. You'll never see a European football fan wake up on match day and say, "I hope we lose this game." Fuck that. In the NFL, if your team sucks, all you want them to do is lose. What kind of system is that?

Again, this has NOTHING to do with the fact that my favorite team plays in the same conference as the greatest QB who's ever lived, and as long as he's playing, my team has ZERO chance at winning a Super Bowl.