Time Travel to 1973
Posted by TFG on 16th December 2006
Because I think that’s the last time I had to listen to a Cowboys game on a radio. Seems the NFL is making so much money and has more than enough fans, and they can afford to offer some games on their boutique network, which costs a lot of money for the providers, such as cable and satellite companies. Time-Warner Cable got into some kind of squabble with the NFL when they wanted to make it available only as an extra-cost option with a bunch of other sports networks like Speed, NBA, The Tennis Channel, and something called Bevo On Demand.* So, it’s not available at all to those customers. Which means I’m sitting here in San Antonio, listening to it on a staticky radio station, just as I might have in 1973.
I guess I could go to a topless bar or a Hooters, but eh, not interested in paying for overpriced booze. Nekkid chicks are a huge distraction, as well. A generally pleasant and mostly welcome distraction, of course, but a distraction none the less, when all you want to do is see a dang ball game. Hooters fills the bill, and their wings are of course a favorite food of ANY Fat Guy, but I know they’ll all be packed to gills with d-bags and the scourge of hard-core sports-watchers, families. If the game seems real close by the middle of the third quarter, I might have to unass my couch, pull on some pants, slap a hat on my head, and go watch the end somewhere, though.
* Illustrating the overall idiocy of Teasips, and the beauty of the greatest country on earth where you can pay for a special on-demand digital channel covering the sports feats of where you learned to do bong hits. Also illustrating why I’m going to satellite, which seems to be much more flexible in the pricing of their offerings, based on experience from the ranch.
UPDATE BEFORE I EVEN POSTED UPDATE: Well, there are five touchdowns scored before the end of the 2nd quarter, so I guess it’s off to a loud, hot, crowded, douchey sports bar somewhere. I hate this, not having friends around to watch the game with me — I far prefer being the douchebag leader my own self.
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