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sportscurmudgeon · 09-22-2004, 11:21 PM

Taking a 3 1/2 year old kid to a regular season NFL game is NOT a great idea unless the kid is ABSOLUTESY a sports prodiigy; there's no room for "ifs" or "possibles" or "maybes" here! If he cannot continually be entrhalled by the game istself, all of the pre-game nonsense and the timeouts and the halftime silliness will confuse him just enough that you and the 50 people in the seats nearest to you will hope that he will either go to sleep or suffer a cerebral hemmorhage by the beginning of the 4th quarter.

If you think he is a really great sports fan for a 3 1/2 year old, you should not take him. My wife is a really great sports fan compared to 3 1/3 year old and she would not know a halfback from a hunchback. She thinks a "hurry-up offense" is whan you are in a hurry to get to the Metro platform and some doofus blocks the escalator.

Teach the kid football - and sports in general - until you are POSITIVE he can hold his attention to the game at hand for the complete duration of that game. It can be football or basketball or baseball or mumbley-peg. After YOU are confident that he is ready to be part of an attentive crowd for 3.5 hours of an NFL game, then take him.

BTW, the first game I saw live was when I was 5 years old in 1948...

09-22-2004, 11:21 PM	#6
sportscurmudgeon Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,159	Taking a 3 1/2 year old kid to a regular season NFL game is NOT a great idea unless the kid is ABSOLUTESY a sports prodiigy; there's no room for "ifs" or "possibles" or "maybes" here! If he cannot continually be entrhalled by the game istself, all of the pre-game nonsense and the timeouts and the halftime silliness will confuse him just enough that you and the 50 people in the seats nearest to you will hope that he will either go to sleep or suffer a cerebral hemmorhage by the beginning of the 4th quarter. If you think he is a really great sports fan for a 3 1/2 year old, you should not take him. My wife is a really great sports fan compared to 3 1/3 year old and she would not know a halfback from a hunchback. She thinks a "hurry-up offense" is whan you are in a hurry to get to the Metro platform and some doofus blocks the escalator. Teach the kid football - and sports in general - until you are POSITIVE he can hold his attention to the game at hand for the complete duration of that game. It can be football or basketball or baseball or mumbley-peg. After YOU are confident that he is ready to be part of an attentive crowd for 3.5 hours of an NFL game, then take him. BTW, the first game I saw live was when I was 5 years old in 1948... __________________ The Sports Curmudgeon www.sportscurmudgeon.com But don't get me wrong, I love sports...