The original point in this thread - WHICH I AGREE WITH - is the same point you made - WHICH I ALSO AGREE WITH.

The original point is baseball has arcane rules. And so does football.

Transformers: cinematic genius, you know because of the box office.
Best Hamburger in the world? Big Mac. Because billions served.
Best tasting beer? Budweiser.
Better human being than you? Anyone with a higher salary.

What does more popular and more lucrative have to do with having dumb rules.
You’re proving the stereotype of football fans: dumb fanboys.

Actually it makes the point stronger. The NFL has a rule for a play that only happens once every couple of years.