I once loved American football as a sport. But, it’s changed. Its so profit optimized that It’s not even worth pirating.

The low end of Superbowl tickets in the OP article are $3k-$25k. A cheap ticket to a regular season game at my local stadium is $100. A cable package with reasonable access to important games is well over $100/mo. I can’t even watch just my home team’s full season with an antenna. When I watch a game they show the players set before the snap for a glimpse, such little time it’s impossible to even attempt to read the play.

Profit optimization has even changed the way the game is played to such an extent that all teams must adopt a specific and shitty strategy to win. I was OK when they made playing defense more difficult to boost scoring. But, now the rules protect the team’s fiscal investment into the quarterback position to such an extent that every team must have a quarterback that can run the ball and master the art of drawing a penalty when the defender commits to the tackle a tenth of a second too early. And, defenses need make ridiculous sacrifices to actual coverage such that the quarterbacks can’t read the play quickly enough.

What I’ll likely appreciate most is the creative way Kendrick humbles Drake such that the bougousie didn’t understand and censor.