It's no secret that newer generations love to have things immediately. We are shackled by the concept of instant gratification. Our generation is different than older ones. We have information at our fingertips, and at any point, we have immediate access to it.
We love new things. New phones, new updates, brand new stadiums. Out with the old and in with the new. Older generations had to wait, search, or in other words "Do it the old fashioned way." Technology has turned us towards these attitudes.
Baseball is America's pastime. Or it used to be. Baseball has been slipping behind football in ratings, viewers, and fans. Many critics of baseball say that "it's too slow...Nothing ever happen...it's boring."
Baseball is a sport that rewards patience and taking what is given to you. It's a slow burn. Baseball is unlike any other American sport in that is has no timer and could, in theory, last forever. While watching or playing,you have to take in all the moving parts, understand every situation, and decide which choice is the best one. This sport captured the hearts and minds of fans everywhere in the United States. Baseball, as a sport, showed the personalities of the time that it thrived in.
Football is the polar opposite of baseball. It's tough, high octane, bloody and full of testosterone. Plays in football last around three seconds, and then it's done and on to the next one.
There is something new happening almost every time the ball is snapped. Football became America's most watched sport in the '70s and hasn't looked back since. Football translates to everything that this generation does. It's instant. There is a lot of scoring. People consider a low scoring defensive game boring. Even the way the sport is played has changed to fit this attitude. No huddle, air it out, score as fast as you can offenses have become the norm in college football. The NFL is widely considered to be the most pass happy it's ever been.
Baseball has changed little if at all since its conception. The only real big change in baseball was the birth of the long ball when Babe Ruth started taking the league by storm. The feats he was doing with a baseball bat captured America's interest, and he became a superstar. Now that's all the general public wants to see. Home runs. A play that scores a point immediately. Instant gratification. The only problem is that "the big play" you are waiting for in baseball is not only going to come. Sometimes, the turning point in a game is a bloop single that plates a run in from third. Boring, he barely hit it, the ball barely went any where and all the runner had to do was jog to home.
Football is an ever changing game, new strategy, new rules, every team has a different offensive and defensive scheme. It's all exciting and shiny and new. Giant freak athletes clobbering each other in a battle of brawn,showing who's the biggest, strongest, fastest.
America's attitudes in society directly effect what their interests are and how they enjoy life. Now that our country is changing and instant gratification is what most people want, it should be no surprise that a sport like football would become our new national past time.
