Santiago Bilinkis l Risk and Reward - Trying to live a life out of the comfort zone

I do not know how many of you I may have convinced to give American Football a chance. But the season is about to begin! To the fans who have been deprived for seven months, it is like finding the oasis after crossing the Sahara for 7 months.

So here is my final attempt to get you fired up with some unbelievable videos and the info to watch the first games for those who want to give it a try.

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A lot has been written about how to select a good team. So you may well be wondering why would I blog about something like that. Well, the answer is that this post is not about what you expect.

Today is a Saturday, so I am not writing about business or Entrepreneurship.

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Those who know me well, know that one of my biggest passions is Football… Yes, that is not a typo for Futbol (Soccer). I mean American Football. This blog would not be a true reflection of who I am without some space devoted to that.

All of you reading this outside of the USA must be thinking: “Ugh! That boring game that lasts three hours and stops for commercials all the time?!”. Well, I want to make a bet here: Without knowing anything about you, if you like business, economics or finance, the day you give Football a chance you will never leave it.

And, believe it or not, the reason why it is so captivating is precisely because it stops so much. Let’s see…

Futbol (Soccer) is an Analog game. It is continuous. Even when the ball goes out the field, the clock does not stop and what players are doing is not significantly affected. The game flows…

Football is Digital! It is a long succession of confrontations, with a begging and an end, as if they were zeros and ones.

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