Do you plan to watch this?
This year's series starts a week from today on HBO.
I would argue that this show is 10 times more entertaining than an actual NFL game.
I got hooked a few years ago when the New York Jets head coach was watching a drill and said something like "No. 74 is terrible. He's just awful."
No. 74, undoubtedly a star in college, was soon asked to hand in his play book.
The NFL likes to present itself as a happiness factory populated by model citizens. But even if it can be a bit too impressed, "Hard Knocks" offers a glimpse of the cutthroat competition at training camp.
You don't have to love football to enjoy watching people compete in a realm where lawyers, spin doctors or PR specialists can't help them if they don't make it on the field.
