Sarah and I had to decide how we were going to survive in Switzerland without being able to reliably watch football. We decided the best way to deal with it, is by not dealing with it. Instead, we found out that the NFL offers a product called NFL GamePass to people outside of the United States that allows you to watch football on your computer, smart phone, or iPad. Apart from watching live games, you get access to each game after it is over.
So we decided to get it.
This did pose a problem, though. Sunday games start at 7pm, Switzerland time, and any night game (Sunday, Monday, and Thursday) starts between 2am and 3am. It just so happened that the Green Bay Packers opened the season with one of those 3am games.
Normally, when the Packers play, I get so worked up that I have trouble sleeping that night. When I decided to wake up at 2:30am to watch the Packers live, I had no trouble going to sleep that night, but I did have a bit of a hard time staying awake at work. Nothing a few Swiss espresso couldn’t cure, but still…
I know it’s not really embracing another culture, but I’m really glad that I still have football to watch. Go Pack!
Dear Joseph, You can take the kid out of football., but you can’t take football out of the kid!! Another wise thought from the Motherhouse. Love Mom
GO PACK!!! MOM