My wife, who comes from a sports loving family, is always trying to get me to watch a game with her. She says a knowledge of sports is a "non-optional social convention." In response, I have decided to appreciate the aesthetics of the action in football on its own terms. Though I do not have a favorite team, do not generally know the names of the players, and am not attached to the outcomes of the games, I find I can appreciate football simply because of the beauty of watching human bodies in action doing amazing things. In short, I have come to appreciate football in the same way I appreciate ballet, break dancing, or ice skating-on aesthetic grounds. In this painting, football is simply a spectacle with all metrics for success (goal posts, yard lines, and end zones) removed, placing all emphasis on the aesthetics of the bodies and their actions. The unmistakable Rococo style of the painting serves as a counterpoint to the machismo of football culture.