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The Super Bowl vs. Yacht Racing

By Andy Kopetzky | February 7, 2025 | The Playing Field |

With Super Bowl LIX (that’s 59 for those of you rusty on your Roman numerals) coming up this Sunday, we thought it would be fun to compare one sport with another. Andy Kopetzky reports:

Who says football and yacht racing have nothing in common? Here are some examples:

False Start:

Over early
Over early! (Offsides?)
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Pass Interference:

Pass interference graphic

Delay of Game:

Delay of game graphic
We’re curious about the photo of the race committee signal boat displaying what appears to be every flag they could find. What’s going on here? (And who took the photo?) All we know is that it’s Richmond Yacht Club’s trawler Pelican, with the “R” in RYC Photoshopped out to be more generic.
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Time Out:

Time Out
Time out, er, postponement.
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We hope you enjoy the big game, but hopefully you’ll get in some yacht racing this weekend too.

1 Comments

  1. milly Biller 2 months ago

    That is funny !

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