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Try being a (American) football fan in Europe. Some games start at 2am, watching the Super Bowl usually involves me taking the next day off work as the game usually ends around 4am.

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Or a (European) football fan on the west coast... Games starting anywhere between 3am and 8 am?

Actually, 8am is pretty nice. Wake up in the morning, pull a couple shots of espresso, watch calcio, get on with my Sunday.

I lived for several years in Japan, too. The games start at 3 a.m. there and go until the early afternoon--but on Monday. So there was a lot of furtive checking scores online around the office and extended lunch breaks when word got out that a game was close late.

On the plus side, the Super Bowl is on Monday morning so the day becomes a de facto federal holiday for American expats.

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