Professional Sports

[dreadnut]

Pro sports are dead to me. I don't follow 'em, I don't watch 'em, I don't care any more.

Why is it that our cops, teachers, pastors, servicemen and women, etc. have to struggle to make ends meet while we play men multi-millions of dollars per year to play with a ball, and call them heroes? That is really screwed up if you think about it...

 

[fronobulax]

Not sure discussing this here is going to add anything new. But if we do why can pro sports players get Covid testing with a less than 24 hour response while "normal people" can't get tested and those who do often wait a couple of weeks for results?

 

[dreadnut]

$$$$$

 

[GAD]

"I don't follow 'em, I don't watch 'em, I don't care any more." but you're gonna start a thread that will stir the pot about the topic?

 

[shihan]

Well, I’m glad baseball, even if its weird baseball, is back. While I certainly understand your viewpoint, and agree to some extent, sports are optional. I don’t care for football, so I just ignore the whole business.

 

[Stuball48]

I was a head coached at a large high school for 33 of the 40 years I taught school. Somewhere along the late 80s, many athletes thought they were "entitled."
It starts with little league and Jr. Pro coaches and continues through into the pro ranks. Coaches discipline average players and give superior players a "second" chance because "they deserve a second chance." Bunch of bull. Even at the youngest level of competition, the almighty "win" takes precedence. I am gonna stop because I could lecture on this subject at the graduate level. Many coaches scared to "Coach" a good player because afraid the good player will quit. Simple - everybody touches the lines, works hard, respect teammates and opponents and be on time. After we can do that, we will learn the fundamentals of the game.
I got dozens and dozens of great stories.

 

[FNG]

The Yankees beat the Nationals, I enjoyed watching that.

 

[Cougar]

Why is it that our cops, teachers, pastors, servicemen and women, etc. have to struggle to make ends meet while we play men multi-millions of dollars per year to play with a ball, and call them heroes?

Well, I don't know that we call them "heroes," but they wouldn't be getting paid those big bucks if the owners of their teams weren't making even more big bucks from tens of thousands of people paying for tickets to come see them play (nightly) and media sponsors paying big bucks to get their ads on TV and radio in front of even more people watching and listening to them play.

 

[HeyMikey]

I used to love them all but football and baseball are now dead to me. I still like watching hockey. Hopefully they don’t piss me off as well this year.

 

[dreadnut]

Yes GAD, but then I went on to describe some of the primary reasons that pro sports are dead to me. They are the ultimate trivial pursuit.

 

[Coop47]

Yes GAD, but then I went on to describe some of the primary reasons that pro sports are dead to me. They are the ultimate trivial pursuit.

So you've established that pro sports are dead to you, you don't care, etc. but still felt moved to post about it? I don't like cilantro, but I've never felt the need to broadcast it.

 

[dreadnut]

Gee whiz, tough crowd....and Coop, you just now broadcasted that you don't like cilantro, LOL.

 

[Coop47]

Gee whiz, tough crowd....and Coop, you just now broadcasted that you don't like cilantro, LOL.

Nah, I cited it as an example. If I had started a thread titled "Cilantro" over a strawman post about the injustice of it being considered a celebrated mandatory ingredient in many dishes despite the fact that a genetic trait causes it taste like soap to a certain population, then we'd be closer to a broadcast. (I might have to bold a phrase for emphasis. Probably either celebrated mandatory or tastes like soap.)

 

[Cougar]

I used to love them all but football and baseball are now dead to me. I still like watching hockey.

I'm similar. I totally like watching ice hockey, which I never played myself. I was a starter in high school varsity basketball, but I'm not into watching basketball at all. For a long time I protested (personally) against watching NFL due to their incessant celebrating. It used to be after a touchdown, now it's after almost every play. It's just not good sportsmanship. But now, I'll watch some, and laugh at their antics. I also played baseball myself - little league, middle league, high school... and I'll watch some, but I'm not big into it. Compared to ice hockey, the pace of baseball is so slow. Of course, I well know that on the ball field there's a lot going on other than pitching and hitting, but still....

 

[dreadnut]

But how can you not like cilantro??? I put that **** in everything!

 

[richardp69]

I have zero problem with athletes pulling down the big bucks. While there are other things that really need the investment a whole lot more and will do a whole lot more good for people in general. in this country you are free to pursue your dreams and occupations to the best of your abilities and to make as much money at it as you possibly can. I can tell you this, if I were still the Sr. Finance Manager for the Powertrain group of a Big 3 Auto Company I for sure would never turn down a bonus or a raise if it were offered to me. And, I'd be willing to bet that at least for the majority of us, if we had that talent and were in such demand, very few of us would turn it down either.

All that being said, some pro athletes do a lot of good works out there. Maybe we should do more do commend those that do rather than condemn the selfish and egotistical few that are in it only for themselves.

Just my opinion of course and I'm typically wrong more than I'm right.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

 

[dreadnut]

I just think our priorities are askew, and pro sports are a prime example of this paradox.

 

[Guildedagain]

20 years ago, when I still had a TV, I was already down to only watching Golf, and mostly on account of the wind hitting the microphone, and lots of silence...

 

[Coop47]

Sorry - not going to get into a cilantro war, despite Dread's attempt to goad me into one.