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Doesn't really affect me anyway... I'd rather watch a bullfight (or soccer or ice hockey ;-) ...Jim Thompson
OT: Product I Refuse to Purchase...
Doesn't really affect me anyway... I'd rather watch a bullfight (or soccer or ice hockey ;-) ...Jim Thompson
-- | James E.Thompson | mens | | Analog Innovations | et |
Football has been a hideously commercialized appeal-to-the-LCD game for years now, decades even. Not to mention all the TBIs it creates in players who have an average "career" length of four years. Add to that the fact fandom basically seems to revolve around "fantasy football" and gambling and meh on it.
Soccer is a game worth watching
NFL is insane. It's like a bubble that's liable to pop one day.
I beg to differ. Most of the issues Jim raised about football apply equally to soccer. Like just about everything else these days, it's been hijacked by the Left as a vehicle for spewing their poisonous ideas to a global audience.
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I'd rather watch baseball. More action. OTOH, paint drying is even better.
Yep. I stopped watching all sports a few years ago.
Gotcha. Anything you _do_ like or...?
That's an interesting fantasy. I wonder which poisonous idea Cursitor Doom - or more likely the Daily Mail - had in what passes for their mind.
-- Bill Sloman, Sydney
I stopped about 1970. And think how much more of it is available now. What a time sink. Probably correlates well with the number of people out of the work force.
That's not a bad troll! Congrats.
Life is not a spectator sport - you have to do it, not watch it.
TV seems to be trying to turn everything into a spectator event: renovating, dating, cooking, society-building... even sport :).
Better to life your own life than watch someone else's.
Clifford Heath.
I watch soccer on weekends, mostly the English Premier League. And the FIFA World Cup and the European Cup every four years.
Indians are crazy about cricket but not in my corner of the country where most people think it's a silly game. It too seems to be riddled with politics and corruption. Many cricket stars who retired rich are promoting soccer.
Well, that's the "Reality TV" genre put in its place. (Shame that genre does sell eyeballs).
Professional soccer is just about the ultimate vehicle for promoting consumerism.
Cheers
-- Clive
Raises hand sheepishly, I still watch 'my' Bills, on the NFL. It's my Dad's fault. Intellectually it makes zero sense. For me it's about a ~3hr emotional ride, will my team win or lose? I enjoy it, cheer, scream, cuss. I want to write a letter to my local sports casters. "Happiness is a 500 sports team." (500 is from baseball meaning they win 1/2 of the games.) That gives the most uncertainty and largest emotional high if they do win. (I like hockey more... "Go Sabres!")
George H.
It might be in the US, if anyone showed up to the events. Always free and ample parking at New England Revolution games!
the real issue is the percentage of your cable bill that goes to espn.
But "Reality TV" isn't even close to reality.
"Dirtiest Jobs" was a lot closer to reality and it did sell for a while.
I've always wanted to invent an (even more absurd) sport, a total parody of the many already absurd sports, and promote it worldwide.
I could be the GoofBall billionaire.
Should we go like soccer or ice hocky, where a 2-1 score is a big deal, or like basketball with scores in the three or maybe seven digits, like pinball?
-- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
There is no game worth watching.
Well, maybe once a year go see a live baseball game, with sunshine and beer and garlic fries. PacBellPark has a corned beef sandwich that alone is a reason to attend, and they will make you a black+tan for the same insane price as a plain beer.
This is almost exactly the view we get from The Brat's seats:
If you're ever in SF, it's worth doing. Those seats are often available.
-- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
Somewhere in between. There's not enough scoring in hockey. Which means that luck can have too much of an impact. You want the better team to win ~75% of the time. In basketball there is too much scoring so the better team wins almost all the time. (Basketball playoffs are boring till the best teams are playing each other.)
American football seems to have the right mix of drama.
George h.
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