Until fairly recently, watching sports on TV was an escape. An escape from going through a week of political crap-ola.
It was the one place you could go to...and for 3 hours or so, get lost in the success or challenges of your favorite team. You could forget about politics and your issues, and find something to cheer about.
Sadly, those days are gone. Every channel (with ESPN leading the way) leads with some political message, and/or we get “treated” to millionaires sitting for our National Anthem because it’s “cool” to be a Social Justice Warrior.
Last Sunday was the firs time in years I did not watch a single game on NFL opening day. Surprisingly, I didn’t miss it at all.
Might I suggest English Premiership Rugby on NBC Sports. Good announcers, plenty of hitting (but without pads or helmets) and no politics (except for the occasional moment of silence after another ROP murder spree). The game is different than football, of course, but similar enough to get a decent feel of what’s going on.
See my post #46. GMTA.
...it is not a hard habit to break.
at my workplace, monday morning meeting... everyone was chattering about nfl openers...someone asked me about it, and I said that the nfl is stupid, as is espn...coulda heard a pin drop...
bread and circuses