Watching Football in Japan

After watching two NFL games here in Japan, I've concluded that it's way, way, way, (repeat ad nauseum), way better to watch football while in Japan than in America or Canada.
(Note: This applies to me because I've actually seen it. Your results may vary)

Reasons?
1) No commercials. At all. Back home you probably watch more from Molson and the latest new movie than you do action from the line of scrimmage. A kickoff is received? Commercial. A timeout is called? Commercial. Someone stubs their toe? Commercial. Quarter end? Commercial. Half end? LONG commercials. Needless to say, a game that has 60 minutes of play time will run at least three hours. Due in part to so many bloody commercials. Here you get the constant action of continually watching football, which is what the game is all about. It becomes that much more fast-paced, which is one thing my ex-wives would continually point out was lacking in football and why they didn't want to watch.
2) Plays follow one another without delay. So after a down, there's usually 40 seconds in which a play is decided and then they line up and go. Here, as soon as a down is done, it cuts right to the next play within about ten seconds. See "fast-paced action" splurge above. As a result, two minutes in the game actually elaspse in two minutes of realtime as opposed to ten in the West.
3) Instant replay. While this happens out in the West as well, when a down ends here, not three seconds pass before the instant replay (usually from at least two different angles) shows you the main action as well as things you may have missed that happened near the sidelines or something. It's like watching the same movie three times frrom three different angles simultaneously.
4) Japanese announcers. This may seem like an odd one, but sometimes the announcers back home would just annoy with useless information or obvious observations. It's like a director's commentary in which they just tell you what the character is physically doing all movie. Here, I've developed the ability to tune out Japanese if need be, so I can watch the game as though no one's talking.
5) Various/Numerous days. The Sunday/Monday rule is out the window here. A game will come on Wednesday, a same will come on Tuesday. Whenever they feel like it. AND (perhaps the best part) there is usually more than one game on during a given week. I think that they show every game that happens during Sunday or Monday - or at least as many of them as possible - over the period of several days during the week. Result? If you like two or three teams, you can watch them all play and not just get the scores on Sportsdesk that night.
Also, during football season, those of us who like it like it a lot. Therefore, this really caters to us that you can come home any night of the week and turn on the game. Great post-work stress relief.

Therefore, for these reasons and many more, I like watching football in Japan.

(Retrospect: After reading this, it sounds like a report that I make my kids do about why they like ~. Haven't done one of these in years. Welcome back grade 3.)