Originally Posted by Dick Monahan

You might think that Speed spends too much time on NASCAR pre-race and post-race shows. Well, it could be worse.

Tomorrow is the World Cup draw in South Africa. 32 teams have qualified to play for the World Cup. On the stage there are 4 pots, each holding 8 pills. Someone draws a pill from each pot to establish Group 1, then does it again from Group 2, etc. In any sane world, this would take 5 minutes.

The Fox Soccer Channel is broadcasting FOUR HOURS of this "event"!

Based on previous ones, there will be and hour or so before and after the show for the Pundits to explain it, but the show itself will be a couple of hours long. There will be speeches by famous people, there will be songs, there will be all kinds of crap. All to line up 8 qualifying groups (think "heats").