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I thought I was watching a football game, and I DO realize the re-opening of the dome is big in NO, but this constant about Katrina and the Dome and the Saints is getting a little old. I mean interviewing spike lee and archie manning while the teams are playing is a little overboard.
While Hurricane katrina is the largest national diaster in the history of our country, its not the only one ever, Orange beach, last time i was there, still has construction debris from the hurricane 2 years ago.
I don't mind hearing about the hurricanes aftermath the first 50 or so times, but I tune in sports to escape day to day problems and lifes struggles, not to be bombarded by human suffering and dispair. Enough already. lets play some football!!!!!
 
I'm NOT watching the game for that very reason. But I also understand tonight is much more about the event and the significance of the event than the football game.

This game has been hyped for weeks. I doubt more than 1,000 media credentials were issues simply because the Saints and Falcons are playing. Any other year and that would be laughable.
 
I gotta agree with you I think Tony Kornheiser has mentioned Katrina over 100 times in the first half...They act like football is going to rebuild the city which most parts are still in ruins.....I guess ESPN is taking full advantage for ratings reasons
 
BocaLance said:
Any other year and that would be laughable.
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Not true at all my friend. The ATL/NO game has been a big rivalry for years in one of the tightest divisions in football. Especially if your a fan of either team. Its a big game every time they play. Tonight NO is whipping their tail but due mainly (i believe) to emotion. ATL is a much better all around team, but nowhere close tonight. The game is hardly ever laughable....
 
TheBamaMan said:
Not true at all my friend. The ATL/NO game has been a big rivalry for years in one of the tightest divisions in football. Especially if your a fan of either team. Its a big game every time they play. Tonight NO is whipping their tail but due mainly (i believe) to emotion. ATL is a much better all around team, but nowhere close tonight. The game is hardly ever laughable....
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I think the point was that there were over 1,000 press credentials issued for tonight, and the reason has little to do with the Saints were playing the Falcons. The Saints could be playing Tuscaloosa County High and there would still be a zillion cameras and mics.
 
bamaga,How can you compare Orange Beach with what happened in New Orleans and the Mississippi gulf coast. You need to visit and see for yourself.
I live in Lakeview in N.O. We had seven feet of water standing for three weeks.We lost our homes not summer beach condos and hotels. Many people lost their lives. It will take a long time to recover.
 
Yep, ESPN's broadcast made me want to vomit last night. New Orleans is my new most hated team in the NFL, simply because of all this crap. They are now the Notre Dame of the NFL, and for no reason. Two years ago nobody cared one bit about the Saints, but now since their society has been "torn apart" and "fragmented", New Orleans is now the poster child for ESPN. AND, they have the Messiah himself, Reggie Bush, who I can't stand.

To top it all off, you get Chris Berman for the halftime show, who makes me want to slit my throat. He begins by trying to look cute by saying something like, "I am your native brother of this land." UH......OK? Die Berman, please die. Then you get his 50-100 retard noises that he makes throughout the recaps of the weekend.

Also, what is up with this new crappy scoreboard overlay on the bottom of the screen. Seriously, the bottom of the screen? Why does it have to be right in the middle, and why does it have to be so huge? I mean it's not like I really want to watch the man coverage devlop against that WR down there at the bottom of the screen or anything. Why can't they go back to putting the scoreboard in the top left or top right corners? FOX is going into tard mode with this as well, putting it all the way actoss the screen. Pretty soon broadcasts are going to have everything on the screen, only leaving you the direct center of the screen to watch football. I'm surprised they don't just put statistics of Reggie Bush's game #3 in high school all across the sceen (Kornholer desperately wanted Bush to score, pointing out that he scored in his 3rd game in college).

I'm not watching another MNF unless it's one of my teams playing or a game that has a crucial member of my fantasy team playing. Sadly, Sunday Night Football is abysmal as well, as we're treated with the musical greatness of Pink. W.......T......F.......wow.
 
I didn't watch the game last night. I am almost always annoyed by the propensity of what seems like EVERY broadcast to push it's storylines, often at the expense of what is actually transpiring in the game. I'm also no fan of cheap sentimentality, and am easily irritated by what I see as kitchy exploitation of things like Katrina and 9/11.

That said, to those irritated by having to hear about Katrina and New Orleans I say this: we should all have to keep hearing about it until it's fixed. Go spend some time in the lower 9th ward. Go help gut the flood damaged houses of people who lived there and have been trying to rebuild their homes and their lives ever since. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved. Or go out and serve those in dire need in your own community. But you're just being bored with hearing about the problem does not make it go away.

I went down this summer and spent some time rolling up my sleeves (ok, actually sweating in tivex) gutting houses. I don't know if those houses will be standing in a year. But I got to meet several homeowners, and I can tell you by the look in their eyes that what was probably even more important was that reminder that they were not forgotten. That's what I suspect last night was about. Not that NO is rebuilt, but that there is possibility that it can be rebuilt; that they are not just forgotten. I'm sure had I watched I would have been annoyed by some of the style in which that was expressed (mostly by outsiders, for what it's worth), but I will never begrudge anyone taking joy in not feeling forgotten and forsaken.
 
Dr. Van Nostran spells like he graduated from Auburn.

Thanks stlimprov for your thoughtful post. I saw MNF as a night of symbols. I felt pride for the residents and fans. Plus, Roman Harper was awesome. I enjoyed hearing it mentioned that he played for UA.

And, why not Spike Lee? He made an incredible documentary on Katrina, the failure of the levees, and slow response. Watch it.

On to Florida......

Roll Tide.
 
NYBamaFan said:
You mean the "Chocolate" City? LOL. Yeah, they re-elected Nagin. They deserve to suffer through the protracted recovery that this poor decision will bring about.

They refurbished the sporting venue before they finished strengthening the levees or cleaning up the city. Enough said...
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I take it your major reconstruction strategy would be to lure people back to the city with the promise of no jobs?
 
bamaga said:
I thought I was watching a football game, and I DO realize the re-opening of the dome is big in NO, but this constant about Katrina and the Dome and the Saints is getting a little old. I mean interviewing spike lee and archie manning while the teams are playing is a little overboard.
While Hurricane katrina is the largest national diaster in the history of our country, its not the only one ever, Orange beach, last time i was there, still has construction debris from the hurricane 2 years ago.
I don't mind hearing about the hurricanes aftermath the first 50 or so times, but I tune in sports to escape day to day problems and lifes struggles, not to be bombarded by human suffering and dispair. Enough already. lets play some football!!!!!
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Unfortunately it's the "New Orleans" Saints and they play for and represent the citizens of New Orleans. Fortunately you get to watch.

Sorry if you were inconvenienced.
 
Hankster2 said:
I take it your major reconstruction strategy would be to lure people back to the city with the promise of no jobs?
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What's the point of luring people back if the next big storm floods the city again? I'd sure hesitate to rebuild in a city below sea level until the levees were built up.

I'd like to think people had more foresight than that, but I'm probably wrong.

Louisiana officials have begged for years for money to strengthen the levees to be able to handle a strong storm surge. Every time, they were turned down.

I'd have thought that the sight of one of our country's major cities in a third-world state would have shown the importance of the strength and integrity of the levees, but I'm probably wrong about that too.
 
Mav^ said:
Yep, ESPN's broadcast made me want to vomit last night. New Orleans is my new most hated team in the NFL, simply because of all this crap. They are now the Notre Dame of the NFL, and for no reason.
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Shouldnt you hate the network for this and not the Saints. As for the no reason comment, if you were at the game yesterday you would have seen how big of a deal the game was to the city - not because of ESPN, but because of the Saints.
 
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