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"In a very real way, the NFL is best understood not as a sports league but as a method for the networks to hammer home what the new shows each season are. It’s why when you’re watching the Bengals play on CBS you get a dozen ads per game for Young Sheldon or whatever. The football being played is incidental to the ad-delivery device of the ref’s whistle, hence all the constant whistling.**"

Spot on!!! I would also add that the closer it gets to Christmas, the more they're a vehicle (pun intended) for selling luxury cars to give as a gift to yourself or significant other.

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