Quote from: RebeccaCricket (A funny little game Americans will never understand).
I beg to differ. It's completely understandable
Quote from: Rules of Cricket You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
Besides, what other game defines several fielding positions as "
silly"?
When I was in denial, I pretended (even to myself,) that I liked (American) football. I understood the basic gist of the game, but never picked up on the subtleties -- such as "it's only a foul if the referees catch you at it", which means that cheating and evading the rules while trying to make sure the other side is 'caught' and 'punished' for violating the rules is very much a part of the game, and part of that 'sportsmanship' I was always taught...
If I watch a football game, I'm more interested in how the TV show is produced.
I find sports with more-or-less continuous action more entertaining. Basketball, Ice Hockey and rest-of-the-world football are like that. I also become more interested when players show passion for the game-in-progress, not just smugness at technical proficiency against a lesser opponent.
Anyway, my 2ยข, YMMV, and all that...
Ja, ne;
Karen
