Yep and it won’t get better. I grew up idolizing Lombardi, Bart Starr, Yankees and Mantle, and loving to play the game with my friends. The athletes are still great, but the business sucks. Players are cattle and fans are lice to the owners. Money is King, as long as the lice build the stadiums, and they bet on who has the best cow it’ll continue.
I grew up idolizing Lombardi, Bart Starr, Yankees and Mantle, and loving to play the game with my friends.
Ditto here. Couldn’t wait for spring to oil up the glove and start playing with the guys again. Who didn’t like Mantle and Maris? Who didn’t pretend to be Whitey Ford or Sandy Koufax?
The SPORT is the same, mostly, but the business end has degenerated into a cesspit.