TOO much

Not much surprises or impresses me anymore. Maybe because I am getting old and the "been there, seen that, done that" attitude. Not that I know everything, just keep my eyes open. This is especially true when you think about the topic of sports. In reality, a football game takes approximately 45 minutes. But now, throw in the commentator's comments, analyzations, previews, predictions and personal feelings...now we are talking about 2 to 3 hours. But on Super Bowl Day, it's all day. OK, I understand, it's a big day, the last day for the football season...I get it. I recently went to the TPC Phoenix Open golf tournment in Scottsdale AZ. After driving into serval hundred acres of empty desert utilized for parking, we all were hearded to buses and transported to the front gate, where we (again) were hearded through a guntlet of vendors peddling everything from golf equipment to message chairs to resort timeshares to shots of Jack Daniels. The grills were smoking preparing for the lunch rush and sales ladies dressed in low-cut T-shirts and VERY short shorts cornering you in the hopes you buy their products. Thirty minutes since we left the car, we arrived at the first green. Finally, we can watch some golf, right? As I looked around, there were maybe 20 people, out the hundreds there, actually watching the game. Others were laughing, joking and partying-up. It was no different at each hole we went to. Now, do not get me wrong. I am not saying you should go and just watch the golf and do nothing else. My whole point is how a simple game can be made into a HUGE commercial event where the game gets lost in the mountains of vendors and party-goers. I love the Super Bowl, as I do the Phoenix Open (eventho it happens in Scottsdale). I do not hate either of these events, I am merely making an observation. I would have loved to watch the Super Bowl, but I would have loved it more if the was not a or two or three commercials in-between each play. Do you see what I mean? Commercialization is good for the economy, but sometimes a bit much. All-in-all, I enjoyed both. It was a good football game and Mickelson rocked the Open. Vendors made a bunch of money and we all saw some cute and entertaining commercials. Yeah, and I did try the shots of Jack Daniels and enjoyed getting cornered by a young girl wearing VERY short shorts. I guess the day was not all bad.