How Nickelodeon Is The Future of Football
- Ethan Berman
- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min read
When the Saints vs Bears wild-card game aired on Nickelodeon it gave people a new perspective of football on TV. Besides the Bears, the only loser was SpongeBob because he couldn't curse during the game.
While watching the Saints-Bears game on Nickelodeon, the host explained the basics, like what each penalty meant and why it was called. Instead of talking about stats they talked about favorite ice cream flavors. While older people may have hated that, younger people could learn more about the sport and have more fun seeing more kids on the sidelines, or have the casts of shows do the postgame and pregame interviews. The kid from Young Sheldon was at least as good as the guy Fox has explaining the rules.
OK some people still don't understand what slime has to do in football, but it is still fun because you can use it to slime the winning team and coach. Unless your name is Sean Payton and you run away from the slime.
Another thing that they did was they used cartoons to mark the endzones. While the older kids may find this annoying, the younger kids might find this funny and maybe they will watch more when kickers are aiming for SpongeBob's head.
That's how Nickelodeon is the future of football. BUT... it's not just Nickelodeon that can be the future of football. Other networks designed for younger people could follow Nickelodeon's lead and air games on their channel.
Cartoon Network could have the Teen Titans as hosts and have them ATTEMPT to announce the game. Beast Boy could turn into the animal mascot and Raven could calculate the chances for each team to win. Cyborg could commentate, Starfire could be a cheerleader and Robin could be the annoying stupid official. If I was Cartoon Network I'd be working on a deal right now.
Disney could use Phineas and Ferb for this. Phineas could tell Ferb "I know what Kansas City is going to do today... They are going to continue to blitz and hit Tom Brady to shut down Tampa and win the game." Candace could say "MOM Phineas and Ferb are building a high tech linebacker that can get to the quaterback in 1.3 seconds.." Perry could stop Dr Doofensmirtz from using the Tom Bradyinator which allows Brady to get every call in the game (except how would anyone know since this already happens?). Perry could then head home and watch the Super Bowl.
Some of these networks could even have their own broadcast studio that will 100% not be biased towards their channel. NOPE IT WON'T.
So that's this weeks article but before it ends I'm going to be starting the sports moment of the week. Since the Pro Bowl game (via Madden) hasn't happened yet, I'm going to be picking the NBA for all the player honoring Kobe Bryant's death one year ago on January 26th 2020. MAMBA FOREVER. So see you next week.
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