I'm with ya, I stopped seeing it as real competitive and mostly started seeing it as funfair carnival style stuff that's for silly entertainment. And with that view I can mostly tolerate some of the silliness.

There are a few of the skills competition games that I like. Many I can do without. 

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I was really against the NFL turning the probowl into a circus show. But actually, I really like it, sure some of them are silly "games" but they do showcase the skills and really, that's what I wanna see is top tier athletes showing just how good they are.