Last night I experienced one of my greatest frustrations with American television programming. My wife and I were relaxing in our hotel room after an evening show, and I stumbled upon a CFL football game - Canadian Football League, for the uninformed. There are varying opinions on whether the CFL is better or worse than the NFL - I do not intend to debate that here other than to say that I think the CFL is a more pass-friendly game as the teams are only allowed 3 downs. (If you actually care about the differences between the two leagues, 13thMan.com has a great comparison.)
We had a great time watching the end of the game which went in to overtime. As they were wrapping up the game, the announcers said, "And now we're going to take you to the second game in our double-header between the BC Lions and the Saskatchewan Roughriders." I was thrilled - I grew up rooting for both of these teams.!What were the chances that I was actually going to get to watch them play in a hotel room on the top of a mountain in Georgia?!?
Well, as Dave Ramsey says, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. And such was the case last night. Promptly after they made that announcement, the screen read "We now return to regular programming already in process" and they switched to who-knows-what kind of lame show (I was so disgusted and shocked I just sat there in disbelief for a few seconds before simply turning off the TV).
Oh, you evil American TV programmers... you have no respect for your Canadian viewers.
LOL... just contrasting this in my mind with my spouse's comments when the sports news is on. I guess we aren't into football all that much. Sorry you missed it, though. That sort of thing is always a let down, and 95% of what's on is generally lame.
I really didn't know about the differences between Canadian and US football, though. I probably would have been very confused watching. LOL
Posted by: Melanie | August 06, 2007 at 11:43 AM