I'm not sure that I even noticed the Tostito's ad, nor did I find the cheerleaders distracting, and as a matter of fact I enjoyed the presentation of that game more than most -- though I did have the sound turned down and was listening to the radio broadcast on WWL out of New Orleans.
But as far as the general theme raised here, I am in hearty agreement.
Permit me to mention Nick Saban's motto: Don't let distractions get your mind off what you are doing.
Wouldn't another way of putting that be: The world would be a lot better place to live if it weren't for all the distactions.
What does the therapist do for his client? Why, he spends hours upon hours trying to get the patient/client to learn not to be distracted and to focus upon doing what he wants and needs to do.
And what does our society do? Why, it furnishes every distraction known to mankind ever since man first ventured out of a cave a million years ago.
And what does FOX and ESPN and all the other networks do but furnish distractions? And as if the commercials were not ENOUGH distraction, the camera work, the color commentating, you name it, is all additional to the actual game that you are trying to watch.
What would be wrong with just showing us the game? Yes, throw in some advertising to pay for it all, provide a good low key announcer and color man, and LET US SEE THE GAME.
