"You're so much better than the way you are (expletive) playing!"
American football, at the professional level, is played on Thursday night, Sunday and Monday night but mostly Sunday and, as such, yesterday found Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady on the sidelines suffering an ugly loss to Pittsburgh’s Steelers. Brady is not used to losing, being the winningest player of all-time, and the sting was apparent as he exploded in rage at his offensive line before the first half ended.
Much ire.
While football fans assumed the outburst was simply directed at those players for playing poorly, surf fans imagined another possible reason. Namely that Brady was using his teammates as a proxy for us, surf fans, who have spent the last week-plus busily lighting and re-lighting candles in hope of a magical reunion between Kelly Slater and Brady’s estranged wife Gisele Bündchen.
As you may, or may not, know, word leaked almost two weeks ago that the football great and his Brazilian supermodel had each, separately, hired divorce lawyers. Stories began leaking of troubles, of frustrations in the marriage and while it was all certainly sad, surf fans began willing a reunion of the 11x surf champion and Bündchen.
The two famously dated during the 2005 – 2006 season and formed the absolute picture of gorgeous.
Talent, beauty, off-piste thinking.
Peak surf.
We have not had a couple so dynamic since, Jack Freestone and Alana Blanchard notwithstanding, and hope sprung for a return to Shangri-la.
Which must be annoying for Brady.
And, now, certainly his teammates.
Put your candle under a bushel?
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red carpet roll-out, this thread…fan-base seems excited & excitable!
“we couldn’t get much higher…come on baby light my fire…gonna set the night on…FIRE..”
Please make it stop!
Megan and Harry should be taking notes.
There was an Instagran post (Barstool, maybe?) that listed all of the potential gentlemen callers for Giselle’s affection and Slater wasn’t on the list.
He’s sitting quietly with priority!
Honestly, no one cares about American football. Ritualised violence pretending to be a “sport” –
Haha you must buy into the WSL’s sky-rocketing viewership numbers too, if you actually believe a word you just typed. Not saying I’m a fan, but football DOMINATES the American sports landscape. Saying no one cares cuz you don’t is about as accurate as saying nobody likes nor voted for Trump. You and I might not like it or care, but a WHOLE SHIT TON of people do. Facts matter, no matter our opinions
It’s an American sport with an American audience – no one else cares about American football.
Proper English Association Football -that’s a completely different story.
“With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world’s most popular sport”
American gridiron football is an irrelevance by comparison – facts matter, brah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…
Its only popular because any pleb in the third worl can put up a few sticks in the ground and forget about his miserable exisence.
Soccer would be good f you fucked off the offside rule, fucked off the corner kick and allowed the man in posession of the ball to be smashed.
In the meantime its a good game for the girls to get out in the fresh air and lose some calories.
Lolololol
I think what you are talking about is called “rugby” – very popular in the British Commonwealth, including South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
Played by far tougher men than the sissy Americans, with all their plastic gear. Total overkill and responsible for many injuries in American football, an exercise in ritualised violence pretending to be a “sport” – facts matter, brah
No goalie
Thats all it needs
no puck!
I like this – these suggestions would vastly improve the game. It does kind of exist though – it’s called Hockey.
Aztec-style football sure rolled a few heads…
Backyard American football doesn’t even require two sticks for a goal.
The end zone could be marked by an oak tree or something.
There is no doubt the popularity of soccer around the world. But denying the popularity of the NFL is a foolish take. They sell out every game in Europe. The Superbowl is one of the most watched programs all year, every single year. The average value of a franchise is nearly $5 Billion. I could go on and on but end of the day, NFL is at the top of the pile.
Nope – not even close.
Take a look at this listing. There is ONE American Football league, at the top.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world is playing proper English Association Football – there are SIXTY-THREE leagues listed.
You can do the maths and add up the total revenue from 63 professional Association Football leagues, including the US – it will be much, much greater than American Football.
The only people who care about American Football are – Americans. The rest of the world could not care less.
Facts matter, brah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…
You just posted a link that shows American sports league at the top. Are you serious? The NFL generates 4x more revenue per match. Do you people even know how to look at numbers? LMFAO.
Facts matter, BRAH
On top of that, soccer players are the worst – you breathe on them and they flop around like they just got hit by a mack truck. Although some NBA players are in that convo.
This is America, the greatest country on the face of the earth. Nobody here gives a shit about soccer. The world does care about our leagues. That’s why our champions are World Champions. Sorry but America and our sports leagues are the best out there.
cricket(s)
I like cricket.
wicket(s)?
You sound so MAGA.
It suits u.
I’m half redneck. The only half that isn’t is the racist, misogynistic part, I grew up, maga did not…
5 billion, you say is a lot? For an American football team?
Chelsea Football Club in the English Premier League sold for USD $5.2 billion – to an American billionaire.
Other clubs are valued higher.
https://www.themoscowtimes….
According to Forbes, out of the top 20 most valuable sport franchises, 14 are American sports teams – https://www.forbes.com/site…
Half-time shows are what really suck! All Of “Em!
You’re wrong about the superbowl, it’s pretty small on a global scale. More people watched the Barca v. Real el classico a few years ago than the superbowl, that’s just a league game. The champions league final triples the viewership of the SB and the world cup dwarfs it. Nobody outside of America gives a shit about the NFL. The entire planet watches futbol… just sayin’
Nope, numbers don’t lie. America and out sports rule the world.
Yes they do! Here’s another fact: nowhere did I say football was bigger than soccer. Just come hang with me on a fall weekend in the states. I don’t really care too much about it, but it is religion here.
Fact! All sports are ruined by intermittant and repetitive commercials by fast food, insurance, and drug companies. And here, we all know the announcers, sponsors, et.al have ruined our sport! But hey, those train wrecks and car crashes and crude rumors and wipe-outs are SOOO Fun to watch.
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One in the pink, one in the stink? Be careful kel!!
We really don’t care about this BG. Never have and never will.
Give it a couple more days before deciding, ok?
Don’t lie, Chas. You know you want that camouflage Bucs hat Brady is sporting for yourself, so Ashton can then slap it off your face.
More as the story develops?
We, as in you and your Wife?
No but if you want to read to the comments alot dont care for American football or this line of story. Just look at the average viewers engagements.
Jason Sudeikas laid down on the sidewalk to prevent Olivia Wilde from leaving him. No word on if the car suffered permanent damage. Wonder if Tiger Woods read BG?
“We” being ivan and koa?
I live for this
If only Gisele would model the latest 4/3 wetsuits for winter usage we could move past this BG luv triangle
https://shredsledz.net/wp-c…
Giselly.
I like ‘Kelgis’
It has the same flow and tone of “kegels” of which I’m a fan