I can’t watch sports anymore anyway, so as far as I am concerned, they can all crash and burn in a bloody commercial heap, and I hope they do.
If they take down colleges too, power to them. I’ll root for them.
I am sick to death of it all. And I used to enjoy sports. 50 years of avidly watching NFL as a fan, and it turns my stomach and makes me angry to even think of it.
College sports are more of the exact same. The only reason I didn’t condemn college sports is because some young people might get into college who otherwise might not have had a chance.
Now they are professionals. And I view them the same as all professionals in sports now.
So, I may end up enjoying the spectacle as much as you might, but for different reasons. Leftists love their pie they all want a piece of, that much is true.
I have recently been following Shoshei Ohtani, who is the best thing to happen to baseball in years.
Seriously, if baseball was like it used to be, everybody would know who he is.
What in the world are you talking about? “Leftists love their pie they all want a piece of”. Are you suggesting conservatives don’t want a “piece of the pie?”
Leftists like keeping people down and controlling them. Just like the NCAA. Conservatives are fans of a free market, and letting people profit off of their talents and abilities.
You sure you’re on the right team?
I’m pretty much where you are - not sure if it’s for the same reason or not. I’ve quit watching almost all sports mainly because, at 72 y/o, what am I going to see?
Football: Circus catches by wide receivers .... oh, wait .... they’re wearing flypaper gloves that allow them to catch a football coming 70mph and catching it with the tips of 3 of their fingers ... uh huh, ok.
NBA/College BB: Jump step? Well, that makes it ok by rule to travel so that what the recruiter saw during summer AAU translates over to actual game situations.
Also NBA/College BB: Is that a basketball game or mugging? Is a guard allowed to dribble or hacking his wrists while he dribbles OK now. How about lowering your shoulder into your opponent, down in the paint, knocking him backwards by 2 feet and then making a 3 footer? Wow .... not.
Or MLB: Pitchers: 6 innings and your done (unless you’re throwing a no hitter) and then 3 different relievers over the next 3 innings (except in the Chicago Cubs case - the just had a combined no hitter - 4 pitchers .... good grief). Baseball used to be situational now it is cookie cutter and therefore more boring than before.
There just isn’t anything new other than athletes run a little faster, jump a little higher, and rule changes that make the games a clown show.
For the nitpickers: I’m a curmudgeon and don’t care if you think today’s sports are great - I don’t - but you do you.