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It's a massive trap, which I also fell into yesterday...
So I saw a mate, who I didn't know liked AF, watching Michigan highlights from some game in 2014 (weird??) so I start talking to him...
He likes virtually every sport and is a bit of a flog so I presume he is just watching it but doesn't really understand what's going on. Then he says, "that was a nice blitz", I look at the screen for the replay... yep, it was a nice blitz, "hmmm, maybe he is legit" I think to myself
Then I ask, "do you follow the NFL?"
"Yes"
"What team?" I ask
....
"Seahawks"
Sirens start blaring in my head, bandwagon for sure
I ask him about it, he says something about Madden 06 (he stutters so I know he is bullshitting)
...But let me get to my actual point here...
He says, "How good has Hayne been, he has been elite so far, changing the game"
"Yep" I mumble to him while nodding
So my point is, we can't fall into the trap I did of just agreeing with them, we must educate them
So I saw a mate, who I didn't know liked AF, watching Michigan highlights from some game in 2014 (weird??) so I start talking to him...
He likes virtually every sport and is a bit of a flog so I presume he is just watching it but doesn't really understand what's going on. Then he says, "that was a nice blitz", I look at the screen for the replay... yep, it was a nice blitz, "hmmm, maybe he is legit" I think to myself
Then I ask, "do you follow the NFL?"
"Yes"
"What team?" I ask
....
"Seahawks"
Sirens start blaring in my head, bandwagon for sure
I ask him about it, he says something about Madden 06 (he stutters so I know he is bullshitting)
...But let me get to my actual point here...
He says, "How good has Hayne been, he has been elite so far, changing the game"
"Yep" I mumble to him while nodding
So my point is, we can't fall into the trap I did of just agreeing with them, we must educate them
What you say tho is valid. It's easier to avoid conflict. But I have also spoken up and discussed/debated with RL-heads Gridiron before, and it's really frustrating because they're on another planet of know-it-all ignorance.
All the people here who play local gridiron in Oz would know this feeling too, when all the RL-heads join up and think they know the game, try to be heroes on every play, don't take instruction from the coaches, think they know the game, think the game is a lower form of RL.

