Popularity should not equal obsession

 

Hi everyone. I'm back from vacation and have a lot of things on my mind, so let's get right to it:

                While I was on vacation, the NFL lockout ended. Oh joy. Can you sense my sarcasm there? I sure hope so because those 2 words were filled with sarcasm. Now I realize that the National Football League is the number one sport in the United States. I for one feel it shouldn't be that way. I think there's a thin line between popularity and obsession and the media is on the brink of crossing that line if it hasn't already done so. Case in point is Mike and Mike in the Morning. While getting ready to leave for the day, I tuned into their show just to see what was going on in the sports world. The lockout was just about to end. Due to these events, Mike and Mike had Adam Schefter on their show. Now they were supposed to have C.C Sabathia on at that time but due to technical difficulties, that didn't happen. That's OK though because Mike Greenberg proclaimed "This is a football day." Really? Did he just say that? You just admitted that because football has some activity, no other sport matters. I don't get irritated too often, but this subject really gets to me. Another point that proved how obsessed America is with football happened the day after the Major League Baseball All-Star game. Now the day after the game, you would think the results and highlights would be the top story, right? Wrong. Turns out that a Steelers defensive player ran his mouth to a national men's magazine ranting and raving about commissioner Roger Goodell among other things. Which story made the top headlines? That's right, the NFL story. The last example I will make about our obsession with football happened the day that the owners agreed to the collective bargaining agreement. I admit that was a big story. ESPN apparently thought it was a bigger story when they covered it FOR 3 STRAIGHT HOURS! Obsessed, are we? I believe so. Covering that story for one hour would have been fine. Covering it for 3 hours makes me truly believe that we as a nation have a problem. A problem that, due to the new collective bargaining agreement, will not be cured for the next ten years. Furthermore, you all may think I'm joking, but if a MLB team won the World Series and on that same day, Peyton Manning threw for 8 touchdown passes, I really don't know what would be the top story. Why is this? Why is football taking over as the most popular sport in America? Tune in next time to find out the real reason.