Something vulgar that the common people enjoy, here enjoyed by the superior (cyclists) class, on a higher and of course more profound level. This way they can enjoy football while still enjoying looking down on most people who enjoy football. Yay!
Does Frazz know the meaning of “gratuitous”? Most of the violence in football is required to move the ball. The game is about the strategic placement of violence to achieve a score. Most of the “gratuitous” stuff (ala Mean Joe Green) has been removed. I don’t watch a lot of football, but when I do I appreciate the strategy and skill. The supposedly dumbest-of-the-dumb on the front lines run some amazingly complex formations to both force & finesse the opposing linemen.
I hate gratuitous violence but can appreciate the strategic application of force.
the International Olympic Committee and over 100 countries recognise chess as a Sport. I know this doesn’t fit in with the american idea of sport, but then againAmerican football doesn’t fit in with the worlds idea of sport. JustEntertainment
Have you ever seen an old football player? No! That’s because they are stuck in wheel chairs or beds from all this “violence”. Not to mention the brain damage.
Why does an American kid in Michigan need to call the sport “American” football (especially with that ball in the illustration)? The sport most of the rest of the world calls football is soccer to this kid.
adj not necessarybaselessgroundlessneedlesssuperfluousunfoundedunjustifiedunprovokedunwarrantedwantonassumedbottomlesscauselessindefensibleinessentialreasonlesssupererogatoryuncalled-forunessentialunmeritedunsupportable
Football is inessential, therefore the violence therein is also.
As were the coliseum “sport” of gladiators killing each other. Bread and circuses, indeed.
As is bullfighting reasonless.
As all those needless and violent pastimes humans have entertained themselves with throughout history.
When humans actually become civilized, those will all cease.
I confessed, or maybe was preaching, once to a friend that I thought football was, for all its immense popularity, not long for this cultural world. That we were one or two brain injury-related, program-killing lawsuits away from youth programs and high schools, then colleges, deciding it wasn’t worth the financial risk, and the talent pool drying up overnight. My friend just looked past me and said, “We’ll always have Texas.”
He was right. And I was probably wrong, but maybe not for the same reasons he was right. Maybe the NFL and its free farm system will see what I see, or saw long enough to put out today’s Frazz. We dig the violence, sure, but maybe we don’t really have the cojones to fully relate to it. And if we can’t fully relate to it, maybe we don’t need it to be such a part of the game. Maybe some version of the unthinkable flag football could work. Maybe there’s a reason the quarterbacks and receivers get the big contracts and that they’re who the tailgaters all pretend to be. The forward pass saved football once. Maybe it will save it again. If not, we’ll always have Texas.
Bilan over 5 years ago
It’s odd to think that the game that has so much violence and a reputation for stupid players, probably has the most complex strategies of any sport.
Elmer Gantry Fudd over 5 years ago
Something vulgar that the common people enjoy, here enjoyed by the superior (cyclists) class, on a higher and of course more profound level. This way they can enjoy football while still enjoying looking down on most people who enjoy football. Yay!
Benton Harvey over 5 years ago
That kneeling down protesting during the National Anthem has gotten very old now. Like the song in “Frozen”, it’s time to “Let It Go”.
asrialfeeple over 5 years ago
Bread and circuses?
P51Strega over 5 years ago
Does Frazz know the meaning of “gratuitous”? Most of the violence in football is required to move the ball. The game is about the strategic placement of violence to achieve a score. Most of the “gratuitous” stuff (ala Mean Joe Green) has been removed. I don’t watch a lot of football, but when I do I appreciate the strategy and skill. The supposedly dumbest-of-the-dumb on the front lines run some amazingly complex formations to both force & finesse the opposing linemen.
I hate gratuitous violence but can appreciate the strategic application of force.
bbbmorrell over 5 years ago
wonderfully creative layout
kunddog over 5 years ago
the International Olympic Committee and over 100 countries recognise chess as a Sport. I know this doesn’t fit in with the american idea of sport, but then againAmerican football doesn’t fit in with the worlds idea of sport. JustEntertainment
Texanna Premium Member over 5 years ago
Have you ever seen an old football player? No! That’s because they are stuck in wheel chairs or beds from all this “violence”. Not to mention the brain damage.
pshapley Premium Member over 5 years ago
Why does an American kid in Michigan need to call the sport “American” football (especially with that ball in the illustration)? The sport most of the rest of the world calls football is soccer to this kid.
ArtisticArtemis over 5 years ago
Gratuitous:
Synonyms for gratuitous
adj not necessarybaselessgroundlessneedlesssuperfluousunfoundedunjustifiedunprovokedunwarrantedwantonassumedbottomlesscauselessindefensibleinessentialreasonlesssupererogatoryuncalled-forunessentialunmeritedunsupportable
Football is inessential, therefore the violence therein is also.
As were the coliseum “sport” of gladiators killing each other. Bread and circuses, indeed.
As is bullfighting reasonless.
As all those needless and violent pastimes humans have entertained themselves with throughout history.
When humans actually become civilized, those will all cease.
ArtisticArtemis over 5 years ago
Synonyms for gratuitous, reposted for formatting. >^..^<
adj
not necessary
baseless
groundless
needless
superfluous
unfounded
unjustified
unprovoked
unwarranted
wanton
assumed
bottomless
causeless
indefensible
inessential
reasonless
supererogatory
uncalled-for
unessential
unmerited
unsupportable
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
Frazz
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I confessed, or maybe was preaching, once to a friend that I thought football was, for all its immense popularity, not long for this cultural world. That we were one or two brain injury-related, program-killing lawsuits away from youth programs and high schools, then colleges, deciding it wasn’t worth the financial risk, and the talent pool drying up overnight. My friend just looked past me and said, “We’ll always have Texas.”
He was right. And I was probably wrong, but maybe not for the same reasons he was right. Maybe the NFL and its free farm system will see what I see, or saw long enough to put out today’s Frazz. We dig the violence, sure, but maybe we don’t really have the cojones to fully relate to it. And if we can’t fully relate to it, maybe we don’t need it to be such a part of the game. Maybe some version of the unthinkable flag football could work. Maybe there’s a reason the quarterbacks and receivers get the big contracts and that they’re who the tailgaters all pretend to be. The forward pass saved football once. Maybe it will save it again. If not, we’ll always have Texas.