Posted on 03/02/2021 2:03:20 PM PST by tflabo
I stopped watching a lot of sports due to the all the woke crap. You couldn’t escape it. Even if some teams didn’t kneel, the announcers would always blab about racism, and there were woke ads during the games. I pretty much gave up and haven’t missed it as much as I thought I would.
And the 51% decrease cited in the article is actual decrease; who would have predicted a decrease in viewers, since everybody is getting tired of watching reruns? The viewing in the last year should have been 20% higher, just to see something new and live.
Actually you are wrong bucko! America needs sports but not in its current form. The way it used to be before it was hijacked by some thug who thought he was better than he actually was. He kneeled not to honor or pray for his country but for his submission to the Marxist ideology that has come to forefront of our daily lives. He checked out of this country so people checked him out of foosball!
It's also nice to have my weekends back. Sunday during football season in particular. Over the past few years, I really look forward to those crisp, autumn days of taking a drive out to the woods and getting on some hiking trails. On the way back, I'll stop at some roadside farm stands and get some fresh produce. Makes for a really nice day.
There are Republican voters who think they need sports to enjoy their leisure, unaware that they are enabling their oppressors and the dumbing-down of blacks.
“.....for his submission to the Marxist ideology that has come to forefront of our daily lives. ....”
There is no deep intellectual philosophical thought in this. They knee to insult us because the want to, and can do so with no reprecussions.
There is a story that would be national news if the team was named Duke, Kentucky, or any of the other blue bloods. Instead, the team from a small Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington is undefeated (24-0) heading into the post season.
This team plays the most unselfish brand of basketball we have seen in a long time. The Zags currently lead the nation in scoring (93 ppg) and shooting (55%), and are second or third in assists per game. They don't live or die by the 3 pointer, as they rank around 80th in the nation in 3 point attempts.
They also excel in the classroom, earning max scores on the APR rankings almost every year. Joel Ayayi, a junior from France, graduated last December with a bachelors degree in Sports Management. Grad transfer Aaron Cook earned a 4.0 last semester, making the President's List. Corey Kispert is vying to achieve the elusive double, First Team All American and First Team Academic All American. Of the last six players to accomplish that feat, 3 are from Gonzaga: Dan Dickau, Kelly Olynyk, and Nigel Williams-Goss.
According to ESPN, the Zags are the first team in Division I men's college basketball history to beat four AP top-20 teams in its first seven games of the season: Kansas, West Virginia, Iowa, and Virginia. Yet detractors will point out that Gonzaga plays in a mid-major conference, not an unfair comparison.
We attended the game against Virginia, held in Fort Worth the day after Christmas. The Zags scored 98 points against the defending National Champion, the highest scored against Virginia in 15 years or so.
Gonzaga has also appeared in the last 5 Sweet Sixteens, best in the nation. Our only knock is the absence of a National Championship. Obviously, I like our chances.
Sure, I'm biased, but the Zags represent the best of college basketball.
If I can ever tear myself away from watching pro bowling I’ll give the golf channel a shot.
Sounds like a perfect day.
They just couldn't help themselves.
I think the events of late have taught me a lesson about sports.
I would say that - although maybe most of us didn’t fully know it or realize it at the time - when sports were fun a huge part of what made them fun was it was a way for many people could come together, celebrate, have fun, unwind, etc.
As soon as sports became a way to drive people apart due to perceived differences and BS arguments they lost all their appeal. At least they did for me.
Basically the left ruins everything it touches. Sports being a very telling example.
Sports was never a need. It was a nice-to-have. Now it’s no longer even that.
And Mark Few just might be the best collegiate basketball coach since John Wooden.
Selling out for the Almighty Dollar.
Jamele Hill never ceases to amaze. Just when I think that her articles cannot get any dumber, she outdoes herself. More unrestricted sports without the protests and less Jamele would make for a much better world.
A lot of people giving up on circus...and bread is getting more and more expensive.
The purpose of the cancel culture is to destroy all of our culture.
Like so many quotes attributed to Twain, he never said it.
The last NBA game that I saw had Lew Alcindor on the court playing for Milwaukee.
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