Me who just don't care about sports (feel like the only one)
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My name is Timmeh and I am a sports fanatic. When I get home from work the TV instantly goes to ESPN so I catch up on any breaking news or stories :laugh:
So professional players make good money, yea so what. Think of it as a lifetime worth of money in that short time they play.
They are the best at what they do, and put their bodies on the line so to speak to entertain those of us who like sports.
Robert Downey Jr. made 75 Million last year. 75 MILLION !! What professional athletes make is peanuts compared to that.0 -
None of the men in my house are really into sports. (Husband and 3 teenage boys), neither is my dad. My husband will watch an occasional game of basketball or football, but he'd,usually rather be making a satellite model or building a shed in the backyard.0
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My name is Timmeh and I am a sports fanatic. When I get home from work the TV instantly goes to ESPN so I catch up on any breaking news or stories :laugh:
So professional players make good money, yea so what. Think of it as a lifetime worth of money in that short time they play.
They are the best at what they do, and put their bodies on the line so to speak to entertain those of us who like sports.
Robert Downey Jr. made 75 Million last year. 75 MILLION !! What professional athletes make is peanuts compared to that.
yeah, but for some reason nobody is boycotting Iron Man.0 -
I just find it boring what they get paid means little to me lolso for those of you boycotting watching sports because athletes get paid too much.
Do you boycott ALL tv?
Some Actors/Actresses make over a million dollars an episode. The less rich ones only get ohh 20 thousand or more an episode.
Do you boycott those television sitcoms where the actors make over a certain amount of money?
lol fair enough. i appreciate honesty.0 -
I enjoy attending baseball games, but I am in no way a day-to-day fan.
I consider obsession with sports statistics nothing less than mental *kitten*. Can't stand it.0 -
I dunno about pressure to be a sports fan, but try being a woman not interested in babies. "Coo, coo, want to hold her?" Me stepping back, "ahh no thank you."
This is me..and I have kids! I don't hold or coo over other people's babies and have little interest in them as babies. I have offended many a new mom asking if I want to hold their little baby and I say "no"
I do like my own kids, though.0 -
Rather play a game than watch it, just that simple.0
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Sports are just... dull.0
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I think we have a serious problem in this country when we pay grown men millions of dollars a year to play games when teachers have to pay for their own classroom supplies, soldiers returning from war have to wait months or years for proper medical care and a person working sh---ty jobs for minimum wage have to work 60-80 hours a week just to put food on the table.
Think of them as actors/entertainers.
And just because one works a ****ty job doesn't mean they should get good pay.0 -
Other than football, I'm not into sports. But I LOVE football, especially college ball. To answer your woman topic, we don't feel weird for not liking sports, we feel weird for liking sports. I have a few girlfriends who are as passionate about college ball as I am, and when we chat about our teams and wins and the rankings and that awesome pass from the game, we get weird looks from other women, sometimes men. Meh. I love the game, who cares what strangers think, though.0
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I went to 1 NFL game, a Seahawks game in Seattle just to experience it. I used to follow the NBA, MLB is ok, but I don't follow it unless Seattle's in the playoffs. NHL is cool to watch when they break out in fights. The only sport I follow is soccer. All leagues, men and women, I'll stay up at odd hours of the night to watch the games during the World Cup.
I love hockey regardless...but yeah...fights are pretty awesome...
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I have always been attracted to guys who are really into sports: football, baseball, basketball, etc. idk why it turns me on. I'm a big NFL and MLB fan myself. I start every morning by watching Skip Bayless and Stephen Smith argue on "First Take." Haha, it cracks me up!0
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I'll watch MMA, Bull Riding, or Football every once in awhile (TV), but I get bored pretty fast.
If I'm actually at a stadium then I'm in for pretty much anything. Something about a crowd's energy that gets me pumped up. It just doesn't translate well for me through a TV.0 -
My hubby is one, and it is one of the many reasons I married him! Fear not sir, you are a small but proud tribe, loved by women everywhere :smooched:0
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I use to like sports. Was a huge football fan. Now I work with team sports and the LAST thing I want to do on my day off is watch a football game. I don't know who's on what team, who beat who...many of my colleagues follow professional and college sports. They always want me to join in the conversation and see if I saw a certain play on TV. No, no interest.
On another note. I do enjoy watching sports that I don't work... I love watching the Tour de France for three weeks. I get cable TV for the month of the Olympics just so I have all access.0 -
That's strange because I thought I was the only person on the planet that doesn't like to watch sports
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The pros are paid based on how fans flock to watch them.
That was kind of my point....
Our society puts more importance on sports than just about anything else.0 -
do you mean "men who just don't care"? i was a tad confused by your title...
eh. i wouldn't kick you out of bed for eating crackers. instead of going to a sports game, we could go to a museum. just sayin--there are options.
you're 6'3", are you?
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Did you guys know the the Iraqi and Afghan wars cost 4-6 trillion? http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-28/world/38097452_1_iraq-price-tag-first-gulf-war-veterans
I think we have a serious problem in this country when we pay grown men millions of dollars a year to play games when teachers have to pay for their own classroom supplies, soldiers returning from war have to wait months or years for proper medical care and a person working sh---ty jobs for minimum wage have to work 60-80 hours a week just to put food on the table.
^^ This ^^
Seconded.
I hope you're not mad at sports but rather your government. Athletes deserve every penny they get because we gladly pay the ticket prices so we can enjoy ourselves. I scratch my head at how so many Americans are "patriotic" and support the troops yet they will boycott sports and entertainment because they get paid too much. Why not boycott your gov't?
I think you have (almost) missed my point as well.
How many Americans can tell you how much we were spending per month in Afghanistan and Iraq? (I applaud you for knowing). A far cry less than the number that could tell you which teams won the Superbowl for the past 12 years (yes, that's how long we have been at constant WAR in the Middle East - longer than Longer than WWII, longer than Korea, longer than Vietnam).
I'm not being critical of the government per se, but the society that worships sports while ignoring what is going on in their communities, their country and across the world.
"The situation in Syria?? I dunno much 'bout that, but did you see that play in the third quarter of the Jets game?"0 -
when hockey season comes around i will watch it as much as i can. i didnt start playing sports until i was 18 (basketball) and still play it to this day twice a week with a group of friends. its my outlet. i get on the court and i dont have to think i just go out there and play. no matter how ****ty my day at work was or how ****ty life is, when i pick up that basketball its a whole different world for me. the day i have to quit because of age or injury i wont know what to do with myself.
as far as athletes getting paid so much, they have a very specific skill set that brings their owners a **** ton of money and therefore the pay is much higher.
you always hear teachers say they dont do this for the money but thats the first thing they ***** about. they go on strike cause the school only covers 95% of their health insurance and they want it to be 98%. players go on strike who does it hurt? the team and players. teachers go on strike who does it hurt, the kdis. so you tell me who's really greedy.
im not saying teachers dont deserve to make more money, they do, its a tough job, but to compare it to sports is stupid. why not ***** about actors who make 30 million dollars for 3 months work?0 -
The pros are paid based on how fans flock to watch them.
That was kind of my point....
Our society puts more importance on sports than just about anything else.
entertainment in general..sports, music, movies. if you are exceptional at something that a lot of people like you are going to be rich. those entertainers affect way more lives than a teacher, nurse, soldier etc...0 -
I think you have (almost) missed my point as well.
How many Americans can tell you how much we were spending per month in Afghanistan and Iraq? (I applaud you for knowing). A far cry less than the number that could tell you which teams won the Superbowl for the past 12 years (yes, that's how long we have been at constant WAR in the Middle East - longer than Longer than WWII, longer than Korea, longer than Vietnam).
I'm not being critical of the government per se, but the society that worships sports while ignoring what is going on in their communities, their country and across the world.
"The situation in Syria?? I dunno much 'bout that, but did you see that play in the third quarter of the Jets game?"
i think a lot of people dont pay a lot of attention because they dont know who to believe and feel that other than voting they cant really do anything about it. lots of people's lives are rough so when they get free time do they want to see more bad news? i think a lot of them want an escape.0 -
why not ***** about actors who make 30 million dollars for 3 months work?
I think we have a serious problem in this country when we pay entertainers tens of millions of dollars a year to play "pretend" while simultaneously complaining bitterly about having to pay an extra $5-10 a week in property taxes to ensure proper funding for fire departments, police and municipal facilities. We (yes, we, I am guilty to) will blindly drop $100 at the movies, but we don't seem to understand the value of maintained streets, well-funded first responders, and expansion/upgrades to municipal infrastructure.
Is that good for you?0 -
Sorry about the misspell in the title! Supposed to be Men, not Me, but everyone figured it out.
So happy to see some of my fellow racers in here! I did SCCA autocross for a few years, had to take a break when we had our son, would like to get back into it, especially since I got a fun car again (E36 M3), but Judo/BJJ has kinda taken over all my free time.
I am competitive and love challenge, even took up an e-sport while I was laid up recovering from ACL reconstruction (6 months no grappling, so tough to live with!), and I have probably watched more professional Starcraft than any popular sport. For those of you really angry at athletes being paid what they are, I almost hesitate to tell you that there are people making 6 figures playing video games as professionals.
Glad to see that I'm not the only one. Knew I wasn't, but it's so pervasive that it really feels like it a lot of the time. Funnily enough, it's always the out-of-shape office workers who seem the most likely to live vicariously through their team, never hear anyone at grappling practice talk sports... though we are there for a purpose and usually just talk about new & better ways of choking each other.
As for the pay, there are a LOT of jobs that pay far more than what a soldier or fireman or many very worthy people make. Seven figure athlete salaries are simply a reflection of their ability to bring in big-time advertising and merchandising money for the people who make the REAL money in sports. It's capitalism and it's a two-edged sword...0 -
well in between baking, gardening and shopping for shoes, I have to stop and watch some kind of sport. I have a gambling problem. Problem is that when I bet, I win, a lot. So it encourages me to cpontinue watching sports,ALL of them. Ive even betted on tennis.0
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Sports and me....No! Unless I'm playing. I don't mind going to a game but if I don't know someone who is playing to root for then I'm not that interested.0
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Only thing i follow is nascar everything else i find boring!0
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