Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Feel free to lock them out: I'm not interested in hockey, I was never really interested in hockey. I have been to a Hawks playoff game (they beat the 'lanche when I was there for Game 3 of the 1996 first round). But is there really a reason to like hockey? I am learning to appreciate and handle soccer, which many believe is boring. But I really have no desire to even try and like hockey.
The NHL prides itself on its violence, but football is better at being violent. The NFL is violent without letting its players commit crimes on the field. And the NFL does not stand around and let players beat each other with fists. For some reason the NHL thinks that is what draws fans.
I tried to watch some of the World Cup of Hockey, but with the US team exiting in the semifinals, I just turned it off. There just seems to be no order to hockey, but maybe that is because I am ignorant of it. It seems goals many times are scored by dumb luck, not skill. The playoffs are interesting to read about in the paper, but I just can't stomach watching a hockey game on TV. It just doesn't fit me.
The NHL prides itself on its violence, but football is better at being violent. The NFL is violent without letting its players commit crimes on the field. And the NFL does not stand around and let players beat each other with fists. For some reason the NHL thinks that is what draws fans.
I tried to watch some of the World Cup of Hockey, but with the US team exiting in the semifinals, I just turned it off. There just seems to be no order to hockey, but maybe that is because I am ignorant of it. It seems goals many times are scored by dumb luck, not skill. The playoffs are interesting to read about in the paper, but I just can't stomach watching a hockey game on TV. It just doesn't fit me.
