Flamingo kid
Everybody's hands go UP!
The better part of sports is the athletes are incredible, way better, bigger, faster and stronger in all sports than when we were kids. The skill level is obviously, at an all time high.
Other than the freakish skill levels, i'm not sure what is 'better' about sports. It seems like the players are more than ever just worried about individual stats, we see these players in all sports making ridiculous amounts of money and then you see a guy like DeSean Jackson get a 50 yard catch nullified because he threw the ball into the face of a coach on the other team. This shit NEVER happened decades ago, now, its commonplace. THIS behavior doesnt make sports any better, it makes it worse.
Sports is a BILLION dollar business and you have a guy like Norv Turner in CHARGE of a team worth hundreds of millions in a BILLION dollar business and he doesnt even know the rules. He's calling a time out instead of just challenging the play. He didnt realize that if you challenge, its as good as a time out and if you lose the challenge, you only lose 1 time out. How is this possible? How is a guy THIS DUMB running a 1/32nd of a BILLION dollar company? If you sat me down and explained this to me in slow, short sentences, i would still not have any idea what you were talking about.
The passion. It just doesnt seem like the PASSION is there anymore. Most of the passion is fake passion. Sure, you had some real passion in Milwaukee this year surrounding the baseball team, but that's only because that team hadnt won anything ever. Those people acted like they were never there before (because they werent) so, the excitement surrounding the Brewers was really cool to see. But, most teams passion is just fake passion, because i believe that people care less about the games and the teams. Maybe it has to do with the jealousy that these athletes are all living in mansions to play a 'kids game' .
Would sports still exist if players made 50 or 100k per year? Would sports be as good if the top salary was only 100k?
I think if fans just stopped going to the games, the salaries would have to come down, which would mean the ticket prices would have to come down. Shit, you have freaking SPORTSCASTERS making millions of dollars just to TALK about sports. What does Mike and Mike make? What does Dan Patrick make? What does Colin Cowherd make? All these guys are just sitting on their duffs talking about sports and making more money than doctors and brain surgeons...its assinine.
Now, you have this NBA strike, a bunch of people who are 'distancing' themselves from real life and reality, a group of spoiled brats splitting up billions of dollars fighting over all of it, i think that type of stuff alienates the fans. Back in the day, you would feel like you were part of the team, now, its just a bunch of 'hired guns' who have zero loyalty at all.
I was watching a hockey game the other day and Michael Handzus was playing for the Sharks. THE SHARKS. He was on the Kings for a few years and now he's playing for the rival? Really? When i see that i get really mad that i rooted for this guy. I get mad at myself for yelling "ZEUSSSSSSS" when he did something good on the Staples Center ice. If i had known what was in this guy's heart, i wouldnt have rooted for him. And, its not just Handzus, there are plenty of athletes who would jump to the rival team in a heartbeat. Look what Johnny Damon did to the Red Sox. Look what the Red Sox did to Damon? Its crazy.
When i see players and teams having no loyalty, it makes me think "why do fans have loyalty if the players and teams don't have it?"
Other than the freakish skill levels, i'm not sure what is 'better' about sports. It seems like the players are more than ever just worried about individual stats, we see these players in all sports making ridiculous amounts of money and then you see a guy like DeSean Jackson get a 50 yard catch nullified because he threw the ball into the face of a coach on the other team. This shit NEVER happened decades ago, now, its commonplace. THIS behavior doesnt make sports any better, it makes it worse.
Sports is a BILLION dollar business and you have a guy like Norv Turner in CHARGE of a team worth hundreds of millions in a BILLION dollar business and he doesnt even know the rules. He's calling a time out instead of just challenging the play. He didnt realize that if you challenge, its as good as a time out and if you lose the challenge, you only lose 1 time out. How is this possible? How is a guy THIS DUMB running a 1/32nd of a BILLION dollar company? If you sat me down and explained this to me in slow, short sentences, i would still not have any idea what you were talking about.
The passion. It just doesnt seem like the PASSION is there anymore. Most of the passion is fake passion. Sure, you had some real passion in Milwaukee this year surrounding the baseball team, but that's only because that team hadnt won anything ever. Those people acted like they were never there before (because they werent) so, the excitement surrounding the Brewers was really cool to see. But, most teams passion is just fake passion, because i believe that people care less about the games and the teams. Maybe it has to do with the jealousy that these athletes are all living in mansions to play a 'kids game' .
Would sports still exist if players made 50 or 100k per year? Would sports be as good if the top salary was only 100k?
I think if fans just stopped going to the games, the salaries would have to come down, which would mean the ticket prices would have to come down. Shit, you have freaking SPORTSCASTERS making millions of dollars just to TALK about sports. What does Mike and Mike make? What does Dan Patrick make? What does Colin Cowherd make? All these guys are just sitting on their duffs talking about sports and making more money than doctors and brain surgeons...its assinine.
Now, you have this NBA strike, a bunch of people who are 'distancing' themselves from real life and reality, a group of spoiled brats splitting up billions of dollars fighting over all of it, i think that type of stuff alienates the fans. Back in the day, you would feel like you were part of the team, now, its just a bunch of 'hired guns' who have zero loyalty at all.
I was watching a hockey game the other day and Michael Handzus was playing for the Sharks. THE SHARKS. He was on the Kings for a few years and now he's playing for the rival? Really? When i see that i get really mad that i rooted for this guy. I get mad at myself for yelling "ZEUSSSSSSS" when he did something good on the Staples Center ice. If i had known what was in this guy's heart, i wouldnt have rooted for him. And, its not just Handzus, there are plenty of athletes who would jump to the rival team in a heartbeat. Look what Johnny Damon did to the Red Sox. Look what the Red Sox did to Damon? Its crazy.
When i see players and teams having no loyalty, it makes me think "why do fans have loyalty if the players and teams don't have it?"
