Posted on 10/17/2009 10:18:50 PM PDT by smoothsailing
I gave up all sports in 1991 - have not watched a single game or event of any sporting event since then. Have not even been tempted once to watch one.
I like having my time back!
Unless like me you don’t give a rats ass about the NFL.
Hubby and I had our football fix last night in Morgantown....we are not watching NFL today.
Rush should look to start his own league. Put a wrinkle in and limit substitutions. Old-time football. Make the players play both ways. It would certainly get rid of the 300 pounders.
Notre Dame may no longer believe in God, but the people who believe in Notre Dame are TRUE BELIEVERS!
that is exactly what my husband did back then.
today, he's doing the same thing. "i stopped watching baseball....i can stop watching football". the stupidity isn't worth it.
one of our philanthropic groups was doing a superbowl party this year.
we cancelled it.
This monday’s footbal social looks like it is going to fad fast.
Time to write to monday night football sponsors.
Those that care less are just happy to have their soylent green. (has anyone seen grandma? she went down to the obamacare center)
I can’t take any sport seriously, but there is one subtle difference in behavior during the games. In basketball, someone dunks and then snaps their jersey and hops away like they’re on a pogo stick. In football, someone makes a tackle and gets up and does a butt dance. In baseball, uh, careful there. Too much celebration and they’re going to get beaned by a 100 mph fast ball.
**I really don’t care so much whether Rush becomes a minority owner of the Rams - the St. Louis fans are really the only losers if he doesn’t. But this is the last straw in a very large load. Why am I making these idiots rich? They only hold me in contempt.
See you, guys. It used to be fun but now it isn’t. **
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Perfect summary of why many are angry at the latest revelation of liberalism. I would stop watching the NFL, but I stopped watching/supporting most professional sports when Sprewell choked his coach and got away with it.
And I am someone who had (still has) the ability to attend any sporting event in Chicago with floor/50-yard line/1st base line seating.
I will not willingly support liberalism/bad behavior/disrespect with my dollars or viewership. For me, it’s a matter of principle. The only sports I follow these days are tennis (the men) and golf.
I hope he is right.
Not just the guys....
Careful. Sharpton & Co., have been putting pressure on Neilsen to inflate "protected class" numbers.
I’ll really miss the Raiders and 49ers......
Exactly. Even with the DH and the wimpier than ever umps nowadays, the rules still promote better on field behaviour from the players.
Freegards
Goodell didn’t kick Rush out of the deal did he? No he didn’t.
You really believe Rush is stupid enough to put millions into a pool and not know who ALL the partners are?
There is much truth in your post. What happened to me with baseball was that I just saw the game differently. It’s like falling out of infatuation with a girl you wanted. You date her long enough to see some serious incompatibility problems and you are no longer interested.
I used to be a big fan of pro sports but saw enough of WHY it is what it is that I no longer appreciate it. The strike was a final blow for baseball. For Football, it was when I discovered that some timeouts during the game were LITERALLY for TV commercial breaks. I don’t see it as a sport any more. I see it as a business.
I have a phrase I use with people when they have wronged me. It is not a nice phrase, but it is utter truth. It is not nice because there is nothing whatsoever they can do about it. The phrase is this: “I’m not angry with you, I just see you differently now.” And I do. The relationship is forever altered.
People give us free tickets to games occasionally. We were at a Sonics game two years ago, 13 rows up from the centerline and left after the first quarter. I simply did not enjoy watching a bunch of overpaid thugs play a childrens game, and a game I would much rather play than watch.
Two weeks ago we got free Seahawks tickets (including parking). We gave those away. We get free tickets to Mariners games on a fairly regular basis. Sometimes we use them if it is a nice day. We’ll watch a few innings as part of our visit to downtown before what we REALLY enjoy doing down there: people watch and feed the seagulls at Ivars.
Meanwhile, my wife and I love to stop on road trips in towns we are driving through and spontaneously stop to watch little league games played and watched by people we have never met. It is VERY exciting.
I see professional sports as nothing more than a for profit business that I prefer not to support. This event confirms what I already knew.
I don’t hate professional sports, I just see it differently now. I simply cannot appreciate it as a game any more than I can appreciate a movie with bad lines recited by bad actors.
Why do I what if others do? There’s a word missing somewhere in that question.
>>I’m not “boycotting” anything.
I genuinely don’t care anymore. I’d rather play touch football with the neighborhood kids. It says a lot to me that most of them don’t care about the NFL.<<
This.
This would be an excellent time for everyone to rent a copy of the original Rollerball.
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