As a sports nut I need to address a situation. With the MLS and LA galaxy's signing of David Beckham few years ago to try to get soccer's profile in America bigger and the sport more popular, here's something that I don't understand...You sign him in a multi year-multi million dollar contract, bitch and moan about the lack of success, the spectator numbers not increasing and him going to AC Milan for the winter break and then when he does deliver and gets his team to the final, you have the final be on a SUNDAY NIGHT at 8:30pm??? What's wrong with Sunday night you ask? Well lemme tell ya. Football, American football is the number one sport in this country...baseball is also big, if not even bigger but the season is over so now it's all bout football...it is played predominantly on Sundays...there's a designated slot for Sunday NIGHT football when the whole country is watching the one and same game, which this week happens to be an Eagles game...there's a designated Monday night slot which has been the same for the past 40 years...those 2 are well known and well watched TV slots...so WHY would MLS have their most important and the final game of the season be on a Sunday night trying to compete against Sunday night football? Die hard football fans who might be otherwise open to watching soccer and maybe be curious about Beckham and the final will not turn channel to soccer while football is on. This is a BAD strategy to try to win more fans...
Speaking of soccer...what the hell is wrong with the ref who allowed France's OT goal??? This very much solidifies the impression that all refs are totally BLIND! or bribed...or both! WTF? Even Thierry Henry said it was a handball...not just ONCE but TWO TIMES?!?!?!?!?! Thankfully Finland was not playing in that game cuz I would have had a heart attack and after I recuperated I would have gone and bunched that ref! I'm sorry Ireland, you will be missed!
ok, moving on... As I was laying in bed last night and couldn't fall asleep I got to thinking...Biggest loser is just like Survivor. Why, you ask? Lemme explain again...They both start with players divided into teams, in survivor into 2, in BL into teams of 2. In the beginning you play as a team, you win as a team and you lose as a team. How well you are able to contribute to your team decided whether you are staying or going home. You have a challenge in which the winning team gets a price, in survivor it starts with food, matches and other important things, with BL it starts with food lessons and dinner from famous chefs...Later on it can be special fun on Survivor, in BL money or vacations. In both shows the teams are re-divided at some point and later on join as one. Then it's everyone for themselves. The game strategy comes into play...Who I don't like? Who is my biggest threat?
There's a second challenge where the prize is either immunity (on both) or weight advantage (on BL). And who ever loses has to send a player home. If you don't perform, you might be going home...if you don't have your alliances in place, you might be going home...And there is always, always backstabbing! Which is probably why these shows are so popular...there are obviously other reasons as well but it's one of the entertaining sides of these shows.
There are usually 2 types of contestants in these shows; the players who are there to win the game, win the prize money and are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve it (both), and the ones who are there for the experience (Survivor)/the ones who want to change their lives (BL). With biggest loser you pretty much can see who's who early on...and the choices you make with your prizes. This season had a major player with Tracy who was there to play the game...she has since gotten the boot. But when you are willing to eat cupcakes during challenges to get the almighty power while you should be trying to change your eating and life habits...where's the big picture?
I got into the show last season when Tiffany was watching it. I didn't see it from the beginning but when I started to follow it I was immediately a Tara fan. She bitched and moaned occasionally about having a big bulls eye on her back (for winning so many challenges and being a big threat for others) but she never lost the sight of the big picture. She was there to change her life, lose the weight, get her life back and she was willing to work her ass off to achieve it. And it wasn't just to get the money, it was for good. In this game, if you don't want to go home, you need to stay above the yellow line and you need to be willing to put the work in. And she did. She didn't win the whole thing but she also looked great at the finale. The winner was underweight...
This season I have felt like I'm cheating on my faves from last season. I don't have a clear cut favorite but I have players I dislike. I guess at this point I will cheer for Amanda as she's from NJ so I'm keeping it local!
Anyway...to get back to why I'm even talking about survivor and BL...you start up with a bunch of players, they play the game, they go through the challenges, they eliminate players and in the end one player wins the prize...and everybody loses weight! Biggest loser changes lives and lifestyles and the players get to or close to their ideal weight...with survivor it's a crash course to losing weight...you don't get to eat much, you're in brutal conditions, you have couple of physical challenges and in the end you go home a skeleton.
As far as ideas go, they are the one and the same...as far as health goes, I'd choose Biggest loser. Even if I had the weight to lose, I would never be able to survive Jillian Michaels and her workouts!
I need to go move the car..alternate side parking here...and then go to the farmers market. Later!
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