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Charles Barkley: Sports Are Turning Into A Divisive “Circus” And Fans Might Not Come Back
Hotair ^ | 07/11/2020 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 07/11/2020 11:13:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

This gets to be absurd, if you are supposed to be liberal to go to a damn basketball game, or a football game.

Why do they feel the need or desire, to alienate a big proportion of their fan base? Just to make Hollywood idiots and media idiots and liberal politicians happy?


21 posted on 07/11/2020 11:33:52 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Hojczyk

“ looser”

Loser. The word is spelled loser. Geeze.


22 posted on 07/11/2020 11:36:36 AM PDT by stanne
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Everyone knows the Right will not retaliate.

No greater truth will ever be spoken on this forum.

23 posted on 07/11/2020 11:38:53 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: SeekAndFind

The sole purpose of sports has always been to act as the “aspirin” for everyday life’s headaches...

Except for the revolt against Queen Daenerys, fans have not normally been in a Colosseum to share political views...


24 posted on 07/11/2020 11:43:37 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: SeekAndFind

Chuck calls them like he sees them.


25 posted on 07/11/2020 11:44:05 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: SeekAndFind

From a cultural perspective the role of team sports is tribal warfare practice, not just for the warriors on the battlefield but all the support systems and emotional buy-in of the civilians. But that was before the development of the internet and high definition video games that teach war strategies and tactics far better, and without anyone getting hurt. We don’t need the legacy tribes anymore.


26 posted on 07/11/2020 11:46:04 AM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Retaliate? Who do you think will make up the bulk of revenue for all of these sports this year? Crackas


27 posted on 07/11/2020 11:47:21 AM PDT by dp0622 (Trump!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Crybabies in pampers. Who wants to watch a load in pampers?


28 posted on 07/11/2020 11:47:52 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
No need to retaliate, just organize your life so that they are not a part of it.

Just like diet's don't work because they depend on will power and to lose weight you need to change you life style permanently. Same concept.

Fill the empty time with something more useful.

29 posted on 07/11/2020 11:54:26 AM PDT by crusher2013
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To: SeekAndFind
My only question is, will the lingerie football league still play?


30 posted on 07/11/2020 11:55:13 AM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: rephope

Well said! We must all stop supporting those that want to destroy us, our country and our children’s future. At what point are people angry enough to stop the self destructive act of supporting their enemies?


31 posted on 07/11/2020 11:55:57 AM PDT by formosa
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To: SeekAndFind

I ain’t coming back to watch a bunch of highly-privileged sons of bammy get paid megabucks and then hate me.


32 posted on 07/11/2020 11:56:58 AM PDT by I want the USA back (BLM is a violent marxist movement designed to overthrow the US constitutional form of government.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Spectator sports are supposed to be an escape from things like politics.

There is no point to spectator sports if they don’t allow that escape.


33 posted on 07/11/2020 11:57:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have guessed the Communist Revolution would arrive disguised as the common cold?)
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To: dfwgator

Ive always liked Charles Barkley. I think he was seduced by Obama. But I bet Barkley is wiser for it now and realized that Obama was a mirage.


34 posted on 07/11/2020 11:59:54 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: SeekAndFind

I will never return to the NFL. Never, ever.

The NFL app is removed from my phone, anytime Youtube recommends an NFL channel, I click don’t show again and any NFL add on Facebook is deleted.


35 posted on 07/11/2020 12:00:43 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: SeekAndFind

That loudmouthed self-promoting twat was never shy about sharing his vacuous opinions when he was playing. He’s got no room to talk. He’s part of the reason the circus exists.


36 posted on 07/11/2020 12:09:27 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: PROCON

Yeow-Suh!


37 posted on 07/11/2020 12:11:51 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

They have already lost more than they know. The ‘gentlemen’ who are trying for the megacontracts might want to go ahead a take the cash. Case in point is Dak Prescott, who will get 31.4 million on the day he reports by playing under the Franchise tag. Mahomes signed a long term contract extension for $450 million over ten years, but he only gets $825K and 4.5 Million for 2020. I think that Prescott made the better deal by getting the 31.4 million on day one, because I doubt that Mahomes will ever see more than the $5.3 million he gets the first year. If I am wrong, then Prescott can get a new long term contract when play resumes. I don’t see how the NBA or the NFL survives this time. The NBA is beholden to China, and perhaps they can ship the whole lot of them to Bejing. Goodbye! As far as the NFL, I would rather watch replacements and those who are there for the love of the game and support their country than pay for a bunch of rich primadonna racists who support the BLM Marxist Company...


38 posted on 07/11/2020 12:17:57 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: I want the USA back

I haven’t watched pro black-sketball since it became a technical foul to have a white guy on the court.


39 posted on 07/11/2020 12:19:17 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: rephope; All
Not this conservative! Speak for yourself
40 posted on 07/11/2020 12:20:57 PM PDT by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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