Damn! I'm a Brit who's a US Football fanatic (long time Broncos fan since 80s) who can't stand soccer, so I was extremely annoyed to notice far too late Vikings-Lions being shown live here on free-to-air TV (I don't have Sky anymore, other Brits will know what I'm talking about) and just caught the last few minutes having missed most of the game.
Poor
@uninfected1, I feel your pain. Even though Murdoch charges us an arm and a leg in Germany, too, Sky mostly covers just soccer of course. Select football games are FTA, but in the end I broke down and got myself an NFL Gamepass, which I highly recommend if you really like to watch football in the old world.
N.B.: Might want to change your forum name, since you clearly are.
From what I've learnt about Thanksgiving it sounds a fantastic occasion and, as you say, something best experienced first hand in the States.
Can't beat that, experiencing Turkey Day in its natural habitat is a real nugget.
I'm just the opposite, ha ha! I always look forward to the Boxing Day footy fixtures - booze, food and football - who can ask for more?
For those of you who don't know, Boxing Day is the day after Xmas Day and is generally another holiday day with family/friends for us Brits!
And who could blame you for it—all good as long as you're having fun!
I think i'm in the wrong country! Your view is certainly far more the norm amongst us Brits than mine is.
Same here! My fellow countrymen tend to shake their heads when I start raving about American football. Soccer is No.1 here and that's not bound to change anytime soon, since the kids already start playing it at a young age.
Also, American football is a bit hard to get into, since its concept is so vastly different. Heck, at least I don't have to share, so Football is all MINE in my country. My… football… my… precious… *hops off making funny garbled and unintelligible noises*
Anyone Stateside who can't stand Gridiron but loves soccer fancy doing a swap?
Wherever the list, add me to it.
