I really despise Travis Kelce

[Essex Johnson]

(02-04-2023, 12:25 PM)samhain Wrote: The things you request explanations for are either obtuse or just contrarian for the sake of being contrarian.  

Let me help one more time.

Kelce once played for UC.  Like 12 years ago.  

The clip took place in 2022.  Kelce, by virtue of the NFL draft and KC selecting him, was no longer playing football for UC at this point.  

In fact, he was playing for the Chiefs.  On this particular day, the Chiefs were playing the Bengals in Cincinnati.

Now, here's a key point:  The OP is a fan of the Bengals.  Fans of specific teams have a desire to see said team win games.

Sub key point: As a fan of the Bengals, he wished for them to defeat the Chiefs on this day.  

Now, as we can all see, Kelce scored a touchdown in this clip.  When a receiver catches a football and crosses the plane into the end zone, the team they play for is awarded 6 points.  This is what is taking place here.  

Now, the goal of both teams in a football game is simple.  They are trying to score the most points by the end or regulation while preventing the other team from scoring a greater amount.  

Starting to make sense now?

Just to hit all of the details: Kelce scoring this touchdown and thus being awarded 6 points by definition makes the OP's desired objective (seeing the Bengals win this game) inherently more unlikely to be reached.  At this point, the Bengals need to score to catch up, then score again to gain a lead before regulation ends.  If they don't, they will lose the game.

In summation: Kelce not only did something making the OP's desired outcome less probable.  He also proceeded to celebrate this event emphatically, further irritating the OP.  

Reflection point: Often times, fans of professional football teams also enjoy watching collegiate football games.  They might even be fans of local college teams or maybe even teams that represent schools they may have attended at one point.  Good players from these college teams often are selected in the draft and thusly have an opportunity to have careers in the NFL.  These careers, oftentimes, take place in cities that are not the same as the ones in which they attended college.  

While fans of college teams may follow and enjoy watching said players from their college teams achieve success at the professional level, this success will occasionally come into conflict with the fortunes of the professional teams they support.  

When a college player leaves school to become a professional, any points they score are awarded to their CURRENT organization.  Now, perhaps you think that the points awarded to Travis on this play might be awarded to the Bearcats.  Unfortunately this is just not the case.  The University of Cincinnati was not awarded 6 here.  Maybe one could conclude that Kelce's score could be split evenly between Kansas City and the Bearcats.  3 points each.  Again, this is not the system either league has in place.  Fact is, the 2021 Bearcats received zero points from this.  Not a single one.  The Chiefs on the other hand, received 6.

I can break down further if this is not clear.

im not sure  who wasted more time here,, you typing this out or me reading it...