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Mama Kat Thursday: 10 Things I Don't Love About Football

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Since the season for football mania is upon us, today's Mama Kat blog writing prompt is to list, "10 Things I Don't Love About Football."   I'm not into sports. Either playing or watching and, fortunately, neither is my Hubby. Neither of us grew up with a Dad into that sort of thing and that makes a difference. Anyway, here's my list: #1)   Beyond the basics of moving the ball up or down the field toward the goal posts, I simply don't understand the game or any of it terminology. (And I'm not interested in learning.) #2) Football games are egregiously  slow . Fifteen minutes of real time game play is stretched into an hour because of all the slow-motion replays and play discussion. Not to mention how that benefits the advertisers. #3) Every little game detail has to be monotonously discussed ad nauseam by the game announcers. Ugh. #4) It's sooo boring.  #5) I don't love the lack of sportsmanship going on in modern sp...