afterthought

Even the obvious, ensuring footballs for the game, was an afterthought.

So in football terms they are an afterthought, an also-ran, but off the field they are a behemoth of marketing, revenue, glitz, glamour and headlines - even their cheerleaders have their own long-running reality TV show.

After being one of the biggest stories of the Dodgers’ offseason this winter, Sasaki has become more of an afterthought in the eight months since.

As in Japan, there is the strong impression that American car companies — even those with a production base in the country — have come to see the South Korean market as an afterthought.

In our current “post-peak, but still too much TV” era, it’s commonly accepted that broadcast is an award season afterthought, although critical stalwarts like “Abbott Elementary” continue to muscle their way into competitions.