It seems to me that your point was exactly that it was boring and that its popularity is due solely to US government propoganda. It seems that way because that'

It seems to me that your point was exactly that it was boring and that its popularity is due solely to US government propoganda. It seems that way because that's exactly what you said. I just don't know how you escape that given what you wrote: >For anyone who has ever wondered why American Football is so popular in the US in spite of being fairly boring to watch (and in spite of being fairly unpopular nearly everywhere else in the world), the NFL receives significant funding every year from the US Government and is part of the PR strategy to promote military enlistment as a patriotic act (1). >I'd argue that many Americans view watching football to itself be a patriotic act. And now we have >It's that without the government sponsorship, the sport and viewership would be significantly smaller, probably about as popular as rugby. Where did you get this idea? The military stuff is very recent and does not in any way constitute a large portion of the NFL's revenue. You're just making things up to fit your own notions of how the world works.