Super Bowl

I personally don't really care to watch sports unless I'm there in person. However, when I first saw the "Super Bowl to be streamed online for the first time, as well as on iOS and Android" headline on slashgear I was going to link to it for two main reasons.

  1. My wife is a big Packer fan
  2. I'm appreciative of the steps the major sports leagues are taking to embrace technology to provide fans with better access to content.

However, in the end, neither of those are what I'm writing about. Instead, take a look at the opening paragraph from slashgear's source, SiliconFilter:

There is no other television event in the U.S. that commands as much attention and viewership as the annual Super Bowl. Last year's event attracted 111 million viewers. NBC and the National Football League (NFL) today announced that the next edition of the pro football season's championship game will be the first one that will be "streamed online and to mobile phones."

And now the opening paragraph from slashgear:

There is, bar none, no other televised, live event in the country that commands as much popularity and viewing numbers as the annual NFL Super Bowl. Last year’s sporting event drew over 100 million viewers. In a major announcement today, NBC and the National Football League today released their decision that the upcoming championship game of the professional football league will be the first one that will be “streamed online and to mobile phones.” As an avid football fan, what more can I say, than, “truly awesome”?

Maybe it is just me, but those read more like two drafts of the same paragraph than two different articles. Did the slashgear author just go through the original with a thesaurus?

Note to self: avoid slashgear.