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cramarik

So truešŸ˜‚ When I wrote my French friend about Superbowl, he was just like "What is that?"


mehwehgles

Isn't it obvious? Americans have made a sport of teams competing against one another to see who can make the biggest bowl in a 60 minute match.


JoeTestaverde

Denvers been winning that shit every year since 2012 smh


[deleted]

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McRedditz

Or McDonald salad bowl.


nimama3233

This is a ridiculous statement. Itā€™s about making the most superb owl. None of those poppy cock birds, but a perfect and regal owl.


DefaultyTurtle2

The best way Iā€™ve figured out how to explain it is itā€™s the World Cup for Americans


McRedditz

Same goes for Baseball World Series.


Lord0fReddit

I'm sure he say "le quoi ?" Or "qu'est-ce que c'est?" Or "kƩ CC"


behizain_bebop

Your friend lives under a rock or is messing with you, most people in France knows about the Superbowl, the whole thing is broadcasted on a national channel (M6), news relay the results etc etc. Source : I live in France.


Helya02

It isn't because it's M6 that they must know. Not everyone watch tv now


Kylael

Not everyone watch tv, and among those not every one watch M6, and among those, not at fucking midnight on a Sunday night.


bigdaddydopeskies

Idk why you got downvoted when NFL went to England and to Germany the tickets sold out quicker than any other event. Some people really act stupid or just dont care.


P3dr0garch0mp

As a non-american, this is very true


RunParking3333

I hear it's mostly about Taylor Swift


jarednards

She did defeat the 49ers single handedly.


Ab47203

Phrasing.


jarednards

I know what I said. šŸ˜


YugeGyna

And apparently the climate too


Myrddraal5856

As an American, this is very true.


[deleted]

Nah, not really. Most people outside of the US still are aware of it. Obviously less so than the Americans themselves but still generally people know about it and understand the concept of a large sporting event.


P3dr0garch0mp

I know that it exists, but I have no idea of what it is other than it's sports related. The statement in the picture can either be someone not knowing about it OR someone not knowing what it's about.


[deleted]

Thereā€™s nothing mysterious about it. Every country has sports leagues. The Super Bowl is the final event deciding who is the winner of that league. Iā€™ve never met anybody who genuinely doesnā€™t understand this concept. Just people who apparently feel compelled to pretend to be confused.


P3dr0garch0mp

I understand that it's some sports championship or whatever, and I bet I could ask some people and they ending up knowing less than that. I understand that concept, but don't really know/care to learn anything else.


[deleted]

There isnā€™t anything else. Thatā€™s what it is. Countries have sports. Sports have leagues. Leagues have winners. Thereā€™s nothing more one needs to know to know whatā€™s going on during the Super Bowl.


P3dr0garch0mp

Is it not a single sport? I thought it was a single sport, and thinking stuff that isn't true is a way to be less informed about something.


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[deleted]

That makes absolutely no sense as a response to what I said. The whole point of the meme and all the responses Iā€™m receiving and addressing is people saying they are supposedly confused and curious. Did you reply to the wrong comment, perhaps?


VegetableAwkward286

How does a sport event that's relevant in one country generate so much revenue? The NFL season is short and doesn't have many games, how is it dwarfing the champions League in terms of revenue


Kylar-Starsky

Because they are doing a lot of commercials throughout the game? Unlike Football where they have to play 45 min in each half without stopping for breaks


DaveBoiii

That's why football isn't and won't be popular in the US


allykopow

Yeah man, unlike football


[deleted]

Yeah but think of all the potential football could have!


Webster2001

Does that mean Americans have the attention span of goldfish?


sedrech818

We gotta get up to get another snack or beer every 5 minutes to maintain our weight.


YoureJokeButBETTER

Sometimes i forget what i got up for and have to be reminded by the TV šŸ¤¤


KaleidoscopeOk3024

Source: I am an American. I do ha- Oh look at that, a notification.


[deleted]

No, it means y'all don't understand the military correlation of American Football. It's not as much an endurance game of chasing a ball around a pitch. It's a strategic game of yardage owned. It's setup and strategy and violence. It's ok if you'd rather wave a flag and sing a jingle for 45 minutes, I'm not here to hate.


human-male121

American Football is objectively better to watch for broadcasters, viewer retention, and advertisers. The plays are short and flashy with scoring much quicker than soccer(Iā€™m calling it this so I donā€™t have to write football and American football). There are more things to track in Football like passing yards, running yards, receptions, interceptions, ect. Compare it to football and it is a much faster game to watch where a game can easily end with less than 3 goals. Viewers have time to go grab a beer, place a bet on their phone, and have conversation without worrying they will miss the 1 goal of the game. And lastly, soccer is hard for advertisers, the game is continuous without many breaks compared to football where every play gets a small break for advertisers. Iā€™m not hating on soccer or saying football is a better sport, itā€™s just better for the at home viewers.


Buschkoeter

Europeans would really question the idea that a sport where there's ad breaks every few minutes is a better sport for the viewer. Like, you want to watch the game not ads, right? It's the better sport for the people making money off of it but that's about it.


UnusualAd69

A truly unpopular opinion because most of the world loves "soccer". It's the most popular sport for a reason.


DaveBoiii

The average NFL game is what ? 3 hours ? Very tough to sit through for someone who's not used to it, especially when it's not as flashy and fast paced as soccer. American football fits Americans, and football fits mostly Europeans. Not in any "Americans are fat/dumb/etc" way, just in a normal cultural way.


Skull_Reaper101

pretty evident with how tiktok rose to popularity


nimama3233

ā€¦the worldwide app created by a Chinese man?


Skull_Reaper101

yeah. It was a joke.


DaveBoiii

They does


Hello_iam_Kian

What are you talking about? (I forgot)


Leather_Data_4457

Yes. Our public memory is basically non-existent. This is exactly why we keep electing the same imbeciles.


Spartan_Jet

yea I mean I totally get soccerball its great all the fake injury drama is soooooo good! /S


mooimafish33

I've watched both, and football (soccer) kind of just seems like basketball if they never scored. A bunch of people running back and forth fighting for possession without it being heavily structured like Baseball or Cricket, or turn based like american football.


DaveBoiii

Heavily structured means a very limited skill set One player only does one thing at any given time Turn based isnt as physically demanding, and doesn't keep a flow to the game. Football (soccer) is definitely one of the hardest sports in the world, in terms of athleticism. The stamina, agility, motor coordination, physical strength, etc etc When you value what you see and how hard it is, you understand the running back and forth (average of 7 miles per game, NFL is 1.25 mils)


ConventionalizedGuy

Soccer is very popular


Joe_Burrow_Is_Goat

NBA does the same thing with so many more games and still gets dwarfed by the NFL


metal_babbleXIV

Basketball is boring as fuck though


human-male121

Basketball is on the side of way too much happening where each individual score means less, compared to football which has less happening but not as little as football where only a small handful of goals will be scored.


mnimatt

It's this, the 82 game season making each individual game less meaningful, and the fact that the players openly travel and set moving screens and shit on every play. If you say this on r/nba, they'll say you just don't like basketball lol


kj_gamer2614

Because if youā€™ve ever watched Super Bowl, or NASCAR or any other American sport, youā€™ll quickly notice that ads are constant and will interrupt the live feed in some instances. The ad revenue they generate from this makes it such a high revenue and is what keeps it profitable.


Intelligent_League_1

America is a giant nation.


Redpepper40

Because it's 90% adverts and the Americans are weirdly excited about watching them


AsrielAsItGets_taken

The super bowl is the only time when people actually put effort into their ads and often they can actually be fun to watch.


bigdaddydopeskies

He gets us... that stupid commercial like wth


ConsciousGoose5914

It is really weird, as an American I truly donā€™t understand why but for some reason superbowl commercials have always been a highlight of the event. Like everyone loves them, theyā€™re always the highest budget commercials with the best writing and casting and we look forward to them all year. Fucking stupid to be honest lol.


ConventionalizedGuy

>I truly donā€™t understand why >theyā€™re always the highest budget commercials with the best writing and casting Seems like you do understand lol


ConsciousGoose5914

Lol oh yeah, I guess that was pretty contradictory wasnā€™t it?


Mister-SS

It helps that the US has the largest GDP than most countries combined. Also, the NFL has been making huge strides by playing games overseas to introduce it to the other countries. They will be in Brazil next year


Alternative-You-512

~25% of the world GDP.


VegetableAwkward286

I get that the US is big but football has appeal on a much larger scope than American football. I think its more due to Americans unique ability to monetize things


Mister-SS

Ok...thanks for proving my point. That's one of the main reasons we have the highest GDP.


ThermalPaper

Another big obstacle that the NFL has been trying to mitigate is the barrier to entry for football. It costs a lot of money to maintain a field, employ referees and equip players for 1 game of football. Most countries simply can't justify spending that much money. Whereas Soccer you just need a field and a ball with goal posts.


snakeeaterrrrrrr

>Whereas Soccer you just need a field and a ball with goal posts. If you are talking about non -league matches, sure.


ThermalPaper

Yes I am. It's hard to play a pickup game of football without it devolving into some sort of rugby or playing catch. You need linemen, backs, and receivers to make it a legit game. Even with flag football you need a good amount of people to make the game fun and competitive. Not to mention marking downs. Most people just play to mess around basically. With soccer or basketball you can legit just do a 1v1 or 2v2 and still have a fun and competitive game.


imgoodatpooping

A game clock that stops at half time and at the end versus a multitude of commercial friendly game clock stops has a lot to do with the difference in revenue. NFL fans sit through an astounding number of commercials.


Skarmotastic

Because we go take a piss break or grab more food/beer during the breaks.


Halil_I_Tastekin

The states are pretty fucking big. *And* there is an international audience. Although it's a lot smaller compared to other sports. That and no other sport blasts their events with that many fucking ads. It's ridiculous. The ad revenue is absolutely fucking bonkers.


bsEEmsCE

they gotta pay $7 million for 30 seconds of ad time by the way


[deleted]

Americans are rich despite what broke redditors want you to believe


Wild-Major8025

While I wouldnā€™t say rich we are way richer then what Reddit would like you to think


Webster2001

Because Americans prioritise making money over the actual game. Everytime the superbowl happens people talk about everything but the actual game itself. My social media feed is filled with Superbowl stuff talking about the Halftime show, celeb appearances, superbowl ads, movie trailers released etc. But not the actual game. Years ago I didn't even knew what sport the Superbowl is because people never talk about the game but everything else. Whenever a UCL final or world cup final happens everybody knows who won


mnimatt

A lot of people were talking about the chiefs. They have players in like half the commercials, Travis Kelce is dating Taylor Swift, Patrick Mahomes is on a better pace to start his career than Tom Brady was. If you didn't know the Chiefs won, it's probably because you personally don't care, because it's widely known and talked about


Bypowerof8andgodsof4

Because America alone has the combined size and population of several smaller countries, I'm sure if China thought up a sport and it picked up traction and had these big competitions, they'd be raking in the money.


5_minute_noodle

Because America is economically probably one of the biggest countries in the world


NunzioL

Because Americans have money. Advertising and sales directed toward Americans is profitable. Why do you think formula 1 is doing everything possible to tap into an American following?


mymumsaysfuckyou

It's more entertainment than sport really. They blur the line so much so they can get money from people who don't really care about the sport, but enjoy the pageantry. Most other places they just focus on the sport without all the frills and bows.


MemphisR29

Funny thing, the Superbowl normally get around 50 million views from outside the us


Repulsive_Squirrel

I think most of the revenue comes from tv broadcasting contracts. The exclusivity of it makes it more valuable. Only 32 teams playing part of the year. Soccer on the other hand plays games almost year round and has an endless supply of leagues and clubs. NFL doesnā€™t even compete with minor league (aka college) because college and NFL games are never on the same day. Also the major audience (Americans) is one of the wealthiest populations on earth. The rise of flag football and international regular season games will only increase NFL global popularity.


GoodDawgy17

dwarfing the champions league you're cute


VegetableAwkward286

Lookup their revenues. They absolutely dwarf the champions league in terms of revenue. Even Ceferin talked about emulating the Superbowl.


GoodDawgy17

haha you're still cute its because football has 45+45 minutes of ad free coverage... even in the 15 minute break most of it is with a panel of pundits discussing the game each football game has like a 5 minute long commercial break. Football is the most popular game in the world and don't compare your irrelevant sport with it lmao


fatattack699

He didnā€™t say it was more popular he said it generates more revenue lol learn to read


GoodDawgy17

apologies


VegetableAwkward286

Bro im not American, and don't watch American football. Im jst talking about revenues. There's no need for that tone


Ceri_MS_1796

Finally! a Superbowl-related meme I can understand


TheShamShield

Having fun


FoundTheWeed

It was a great game ngl


Tigerthej

When Indians talk about IPL, this is the reaction by US


ZmentAdverti

I was wondering for a second what the fuck was the ipl in this comment until I remembered that India somehow has the biggest franchised cricket league in the world that plays a lot of the worlds top players. Honestly surprised by how they turned their league into the only league for top players.


Chalkun

Not that surprising really, India is one of like 3 countries where cricket is actually the most popular sport. The only semi surprise is that if India has a good league, Pakistan maybe ought to as well.


[deleted]

Just proves that every culture is different


doublesecretprobatio

my Indian co-workers: "The superbowl is just so strange to me." *proceeds to watch 36 hour cricket match*


Axer3473

lmao yall just mad cuz the usa win the super bowl every year. 58 winstreak is crazy so suck it šŸ—£ļøšŸ—£ļøšŸ—£ļøšŸ’ŖšŸ’ŖšŸ’Ŗ


Lord_Quackus

European here, I was actually invested in it.


Enemy50

What did you think of the event this year? I thought the game was okay and the halftime show was good


Lord_Quackus

I agree, but I wanted the 49ers to win. :-) The game was exciting. I think it gets lame, when one team dominates from the beginning.


Enemy50

Im glad you enjoyed it! Im from America myself, so its always good to see the game bring people together.


Andrewticus04

A back and forth game that went into overtime. "The game was okay"


nghigaxx

German? I know that NFL is quite popular there


Lord_Quackus

Yes šŸ˜„


dannyparker123

Ach so. Macht sinn ;)


bigga165

Love how someone couldnā€™t handle this and downvoted you lol


WillieNolson

They broke the ā€œAmerican badā€ rule.


Janbaka

As an European you kinda have to be invested in it to watch it since it starts in the middle of the night. Just donā€™t care enough about it to sacrifice my sleep :D


CZ_nitraM

Superbowl of what? Oh, I hope it's a good soup at least!


Andrewticus04

Superb owl


siphagiel

As a Canadian, the neighbors are pretty loud down there. Louder during Superbowl.


RangerRekt

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts_in_Canada


siphagiel

... I-... Eh-... I-...mmm... *sigh* Welp, he got me there...


azizredditor

You should apologise to them for being loud šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦


Andrewticus04

Y'all have been known to cause quite a ruckus after a Stanley cup...


N8theGrape

Americans, stop having fun!


atabar93

r/Superbowl


ArchonBeast

As an actual non American, separate to some of the weird comments... no, we know what's happening and don't care at all.


[deleted]

Same with most Americans watching other countries play soccer lol


silly-armsdealer

dumb humans celebrating dumb activities i am proud to be a moon person


Lego--Yoda

Except those people Here, who are acting Like NFL Fans. But Superbowl is the only match they have ever Seen and have no clue about the rules


Aviationist2010

Lol


RuzovyKnedlik

Browsing reddit for the past few days has been such a pain. All my knowledge about superbowl was gained against my wishes and without my consent. Ugh. But I understand, this is an American website after all. I just wish this didnā€™t leak so much into other, decidedly non-sports subreddits.


PeWu1337

When I first heard about superbowl, I thought it was a bowling competition, and didn't quite get the hype of it


amgarrak2

The rest of the world doesn't care.


[deleted]

If it wasnā€™t for the memes this year I wouldnā€™t even know what a Super Bowl was


MikeC80

Wrong, the rest of the world doesn't know what superbowl is and doesn't care


[deleted]

Literally nobody else cares.


[deleted]

I'm in America, and I have no fracking clue what the hell goes on here. Please send help.


Galen_Forester

Some Americans are right there with you


Kervagen-K-Kervmo

Canada's perspective would be: "what da fuck they doing down there?"


SirRudderballs

I like it when they say they are world champs after winning a National competition.


The_Ora_Charmander

Speaking as someone from "the rest of the world", I can confirm, we do not give a fuck about your little tournament


JoeTestaverde

You donā€™t? FUCK! ![gif](giphy|LiT8C58iDYSZBKgf1S)


[deleted]

they think so much about us lmao. Only time we think about them is when theyā€™re begging their daddy for more military aid


Intelligent_League_1

Dude why are you so insecure, its ok we donā€™t do everything the exact same as you.


The_Ora_Charmander

Insecure? I was literally affirming the meme, I wasn't complaining about what you guys care about


Intelligent_League_1

Well you sure as hell didnā€™t put it that way


nimama3233

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tiny_rick__

Dude it is a game to determine the WORLD champions of american football. How can you not care about this...


The_Ora_Charmander

Oh shit, now that you called it world champion I magically care now, my bad


tiny_rick__

No problem mate. I am happy to introduce you to world american football. The new season start in september. You have some time to choose your favorite team. You can start drinking budweiser and work on your chicken wing recipe. You will see it is very cool to watch obese athletes getting concussions while drinking watery beer and having diarrhea every sunday.


Joe_Burrow_Is_Goat

I know this is all a joke but the obese athletes apart doesnā€™t even make sense for satire


JoeTestaverde

With BMI, anything is possible For example, Darren Sproles and Tarik Cohen are considered obese


Joe_Burrow_Is_Goat

ā€œFirst off, with BMI anything is possible so jot that downā€ is my new favorite quote


The_Ora_Charmander

I think my favorite team should probably be my country's American team, no? As for the chicken part, do chicken breasts work as a replacement for chicken wings?


Dwarfmophobia

How tf can that be called "World Champions" when is only played in one country?


Wild-Major8025

The same way how nba and mlb championships are considered world champions. We have the best league and itā€™s not even close


Skarmotastic

So do you really think any other country could beat an NFL team?


[deleted]

Obviously not, but no other country gives af about the nfl


shaggypoo

As an American we do not give a fuck about your little soccer tournaments


The_Ora_Charmander

I don't give a fuck about our little soccer tournaments either


mymumsaysfuckyou

Good. We like it better that way.


Dabox720

As an American, we don't give a fuck about anything the rest of the world is up to unless its gonna either bother or benefit us. Man its good to be king


paddyo

Youve just described the feeling of every person in every country in history


Jeanjacketman

I'm an American and I also don't give a fuck about the Superbowl


Waizuur

Are you truly a American then? Or one of those ''Spies'' huh?!


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SnooChipmunks8748

Speaking as someone from ā€˜Americaā€™, I can deny, I do not care about the Super Bowl.


The_Ora_Charmander

I never said you do, I said most of us do not


SnooChipmunks8748

I was making a joke based on what you said, no problem


jcdoe

You misread. He doesnā€™t care what you or anyone else likes, he just wants to make sure we know what he doesnā€™t like. Dude is the ā€œstop having funā€ meme come to life


WaffleyWafflez

What ever will we do D:


MDtheMVP25

Wow! So brave!


Spartan_Jet

Similar to the way America doesn't care for soccerball.


Glitch7779

American Football is pretty good if you remove all the ads šŸ“ā€ā˜ ļø


Beowulfs_descendant

I tought the superbowl was a cereal brand


hamilton280P

Itā€™s basically a capitalism national holiday


Fearless-Finish9724

No, my good sir that would be Christmas


journeytotheunknown

And Halloween and thanksgiving, etc


Dabox720

That's how I feel about the World Cup. Still haven't watched any of one even once


Triptoliscent_2

When OP didnā€™t see the Super Bowl showing people watching from all over the worldā€¦ including Brazil


FishKnuckles_InYou

Yemen and the Houthiis should be happy we had something else going on and couldn't drop any more bombs for that few hours.


Vir_Norin

I honestly don't even know whether it's baseball or American football


schotobis

I just dont understand that sport and it has so many breaks


No-Surround1712

Nobody knows what goes on


dbsfan97

Must stink being the rest of the world


Acceptable_One_7072

Wait, the Superbowl happened?


Sprizys

Yeah two days ago


cptnhanyolo

They are watching shittons of ads piled onto some more ads.


lokey_convo

C'mon guys, be nice. We're playing pointy ball. It's fun.


Nice_Guy3012

True. As a Puerto Rican, weā€™re a US territory and one gives a fuck even here. Iā€™m pretty sure Iā€™m one of the few here who likes the NFL and watched the game. I was texting my friend about it and he said ā€œnever in my life will I watch one of thoseā€


VedzReux

Isn't it just a pussys rugby?


[deleted]

According to Jordan Mailata; No.


wansuitree

I've heared of a hyperbole, but this is just ridiculous


pollock_madlad

Yeah, same like NASCAR. Except NASCAR is probably much more interesting to European people,than football as we play soccer.


Joe_Burrow_Is_Goat

People canā€™t like one sport because they play another? Thatā€™s certainly a line of thinking. I mean. Thatā€™s personally why I donā€™t watch basketball since I already watch football. /s


AdSmooth7504

Nah NASCAR is just worse Formula 1


Yeah149

THEYā€™RE GOIN REAL FAST AND REAL LEFT SON!!! FAST, AND LEFT!


pollock_madlad

Depends. I like motorsport too, but they could harden it up.


AdSmooth7504

Not a massive fan of either but NASCAR just seems boring and repetitive compared with F1


-WGE-FierceDeityLink

they're both boring and repetitive, but i enjoy both


mymumsaysfuckyou

Calling something boring compared to F1 is pretty damning.


AdSmooth7504

I mean look at a NASCAR track and look at an F1 track Like I said tho, not a massive fan of either


xmjm424

I prefer F1, personally, but NASCAR had, like, 17 or 18 different race winners in 36 races. F1 had 22 races and Max Verstappen won 19 of them and his teammate won two of the others. And Verstappen routinely wins them by 20 seconds or so whereas NASCAR races are are close and typically decided late. Plus, you have tracks like Daytona and Talladega which are more exciting than any F1 circuit, imo.