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Auggie

(31,174 posts) Sun Nov 18, 2012, 11:05 AM Nov 2012

Rick Reilly: What's better than attending an NFL game? Staying home!

espn.com / 11-17-12

1) At home, you don't have to stand in line to pee.

2) At home, you don't have to stand in line to pee while watching a drunk pee in a sink.

3) The average cost of a beer at an NFL game is $7.13. In your fridge, it's about a buck. And it's colder. And you can keep the cap if you want.

4) At home, you will not get one of those precious beers accidentally poured down your neck. At a Monday night game in Phoenix three weeks ago, I was standing on the field when a guy yelled at me, "Hey, Feherty," as he spilled his Budweiser down the neck of the guy in front of him, "You suck!"

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Rick Reilly: What's better than attending an NFL game? Staying home! (Original Post) Auggie Nov 2012 OP

Funny thing is, he didn't really exaggerate that much. trotsky Nov 2012 #1

There Are No PSLs at Home Either Yavin4 Nov 2012 #2

When you're backing a team as inept as the Raiders, Jamaal510 Nov 2012 #3

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

1. Funny thing is, he didn't really exaggerate that much.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 05:13 PM

Nov 2012

Granted, there's a lot more excitement when you get to be enjoying your team's big plays and hopefully a win with 60,000+ like-minded fans. But all those things he mentions are absolutely true, and I've experienced more than a few.

Yavin4

(35,443 posts)

2. There Are No PSLs at Home Either

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 08:56 PM

Nov 2012

And this is not limited to the NFL. MLB is experiencing the same thing.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

3. When you're backing a team as inept as the Raiders,

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:10 PM

Nov 2012

you might as well stay home. I'm not going to another one of their games until they put a decent product on that field again. 10 seasons (going on 11) without a playoff appearance...that's insane.

P.S. Another thing that Reilly should've mentioned in this are the long lines when getting in and out of the stadium. Every time I went to the Coliseum, it was always Hell getting in and out of there, plus there were a bunch of fans smoking and it was tough on my asthma.

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