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One side benefit of the covid panic - people have learned they have other things they can do. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Couldn't happen to a nicer industry (Proke sports).
1 posted on 07/15/2021 8:32:32 AM PDT by AT7Saluki
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To: AT7Saluki

They had an All-Star Game?

Who’s on first?..................


2 posted on 07/15/2021 8:34:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: AT7Saluki

did the guys from Houston all boycott it?

“had to wash my hair” etc


3 posted on 07/15/2021 8:35:25 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: AT7Saluki

It is interesting that in a time when the entire population was under house arrest, televised sports sank like a rock.

Just a guess, but perhaps Americans don’t care to subsidize people who hate them.


5 posted on 07/15/2021 8:36:24 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: AT7Saluki
No surprise. MLB is like my ex-wife. I love(d) her but she didn't love me. The divorce was inevitable. MLB lost me with its sympathizing with BLM and pulling the All-Star Game from Atlanta. Ciao MLB!

I thought of putting it on but opted for an old movie... in this case Breaker Morant...

6 posted on 07/15/2021 8:36:35 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: AT7Saluki

And I think the majority of people who did watch, stopped watching once Ohtani was out of the game.


7 posted on 07/15/2021 8:37:16 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AT7Saluki

I still don’t think pro athletes realize they’re just entertainers. No one buys tickets or tunes in to see them getup on a pedestal and lecture us.


8 posted on 07/15/2021 8:37:25 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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Morons..... they pulled the game out of Georgia because the honest citizens there are trying to insure HONEST elections....not the ones that keep the deep state cabal in office with their hands in the cookies jars!

AND THEY MOVE IT TO A STATE THAT HAS HIGHER VOTER RESTRICTIONS - BRILLIANT!!

I'm FINISHED with MLB!

9 posted on 07/15/2021 8:37:47 AM PDT by high info voter
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To: AT7Saluki

You needed a cable subscription to watch.


14 posted on 07/15/2021 8:40:08 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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MLB is BLM backwards.

Do they still support communists after BLM’s statement supporting Cuba?


16 posted on 07/15/2021 8:43:50 AM PDT by hercuroc
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To: AT7Saluki

It used to take some discipline for me to boycott professional sports. Now I’m not even interested, it’s mostly a waste of time and money.


19 posted on 07/15/2021 8:46:00 AM PDT by teevolt
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Not surprised. Even when I was an MLB fan, I didn’t care a whole lot about the All-Star game. It was fun to see who made the team, and I always thought it should just be an imaginary team certain players got to join. Didn’t see much point in the game itself. Now that viewership for sports is down, and after the Atlanta debacle, the ratings should have sucked. I don’t even know who won as I no longer watch any sports coverage.


20 posted on 07/15/2021 8:46:49 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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Get woke - Go broke...
25 posted on 07/15/2021 9:03:05 AM PDT by GOPJ (Pentagon Commies flying covid infected illegals around the country - 'smallpox in blankets'...)
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I believe that God is pulling us away from the past times that we used to hold dear. How can it be that every major event of fun and pleasure can all become so disappointing in such a short span of time?


27 posted on 07/15/2021 9:23:43 AM PDT by punknpuss
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Didn’t watch it...I’ve got Georgia on my mind.


29 posted on 07/15/2021 10:18:28 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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I hope it continues to go down. I love baseball, but once they starting supporting the BurnLootMurder terrorists, I stopped watching and will not be back.


31 posted on 07/15/2021 11:10:14 AM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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They put out that story that was posted here saying the ratings ‘inched up.’ It was the usual fable.


32 posted on 07/15/2021 11:30:06 AM PDT by Luke21
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There's a lot more entertainment options nowadays. You can watch Netflix. Hulu. Disney +. Etc. No need to watch professional sports. Back then you only had a couple of channels.

Now that they're going WOKE. Ok then. I'll watch Game of Thrones instead.

I used to love watching NBA. Bird. Magic. Jordan.

Now who are the guys playing? I have nothing in common with them. Yeah I know LeBron James. He's an @$$hole. Why watch him? He is not having fun playing basketball. He acts like the whole world owes him. Even though he became a millionaire when he turned 18.

34 posted on 07/15/2021 11:44:38 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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How would we react if the ratings were through the roof? For me it’s no different and some woke corporations are doing very well so it’s not universal that woke= broke. I stop patronizing stuff for my own personal integrity. That’s it. If the game had remained in Atlanta I still wouldn’t have watched.


37 posted on 07/15/2021 11:56:35 AM PDT by xp38
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