Why you like sports and I don't, and why I'm right and you're wrong.
When I was growing up, there was a determined cabal of sports watchers in my home who succeeded in making regular incursions into what was rightfully movie time.…
"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
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76 - Olivia DeVoe
David M. Brown, I believe that I love you ... or at least I love your opinion. Thanks to Google I found your article and I couldn't agree more.
77 - Nic Desjardins
I for one, actually LOATH sports.
Especially the players.
These people run around and get MILLIONS of dollars, just by kicking a ball between two posts. Yet, two thirds of the world is underfed. 24,000 CHILDREN DIE EVERY YEAR FROM STARVATION! And you have scientists, doctors, environmentalists, and so on, who are actually BENEFITING society, yet they don't get as much as these thugs who run around and kick a ball (and by "kick a ball", I also refer to tossing a ball, holding a ball, blocking a ball, or whacking someone in the face with an oversized glove). As well, as that, millions of people ADMIRE these thugs. Little children look up to them and say "I want to be like that person when I'm older", yet what do these people do? They kick a ball, get drunk, take drugs, and get in fights with people.
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And for all your arguments: (some might seem stupid, but all of these arguments have been used against me)
Sport brings joy!
Yes, it may bring joy, but I'll bet that if you took all the money ever given to sportsmen and gave it to charity, and to scientists and doctors, the world would be a much better place. I for one, would get more joy from having an awesome world with good technology, cures for lots of diseases and a lot less poverty, than watching people kick a ball on TV.
Sport gets people off their bottoms to go watch it at the stadium!
True, true. But while you might have, say, a thousand people watching sport at the stadium, gauranteed there will be a million people taking time off to sit down and eat junk food in front of the TV. Also, people don't "walk" to the stadium, they drive there, and then sit down and eat junk food.
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Now don't get me wrong, I'm not objecting to the idea of sport for exercise and wellbeing, that's fine, but I think that sport for a career is terrible. Sportsmen should get the wage of, say, a janitor, or a shop clerk if they're lucky. Saying that, a janitor or a shop clerk helps the world more than a sportsperson.
-Nicholas
78 - Kobe Bryan Durnal
well we already know ur a fat ass. sports gives you the joy of exercise and a goal: to win. Your goal is to find that last batch of popron for the movie.
79 - David
The notion that sportsmen "should" get the wage of janitors is socialist nonsense. I have little interest in sports; others have much greater interst. The market reflects that. The athletes who make the millions are obviously the most highly skilled and dedicated, the best at their jobs.
80 - vincent
i hate sports except baseball and thats only when I'm goin to take a nap cause it puts me to sleep. we have a breakroom at work the tv is always on football or basketball...i hate it its stupid to run around after a ball...my dog does that! I like facts real stuff..history channel..wild kingdom...or a good adventure movie...again I finally found a spot where I can say that "I HATE SPORTS" ..cheers
81 - Andrew Fashion
And I thought I was the only person in the world who despised sports. I feel at home. My buddies always make fun of me, and so do women, for not liking sports. The shit never made sense to me, overrated crap of throwing a ball all over the field. It wouldn't bother me so much if I could figure out why the entire world would die for it, pisses me off.
82 - Shagabahjones
I have always hated sports. The world would be a much better place without it. I’m not talking about a game of basketball in the driveway or stick-ball in the vacant lot. I’m talking about professional sports on TV. Fans say “sports builds character”. Really? Mike Tyson bites people and he's a rapist who beats women. Professional football, baseball and basketball players are arrested for felonies almost everyday. They are routinely violent, drug addicts, asocial and completely lacking even an ounce of class, charm or wit. Sports fans also say sports brings people together. Really? People die every year at sports riots that break out in little league fields and soccer stadiums. People who root for opposing teams don’t hold hands and sing “We Are the World”. They hate each other with passion only a bigot or a sports fan can muster. It brings people together only in the sense that fans of team X join up to collectively hate fans of team Z. Sports fans say sports are entertaining. Really? If watching the actual sport itself is entertaining, why do they have cheerleaders, fireworks, explosions, 50’ tall TV screens and half-time shows? I mean if sports are so thrilling to watch, why is there a need to add hype and glitter to it? Personally, I think sports are so popular because they appeal to the lowest rung of society. A mentally handicapped person can be entertained for hours by simply waving a shiny object in front of them. Sports serve the same purpose; it is a sparkling, shiny object for the mentally challenged to sit & watch. Professional sports on television also involves loud noises, yelling at the TV, jumping up and down, etc. These are all activities enjoyed by 2 and 3 year old toddlers as well as people of moron and lower intellect. Proof that sports are targeted at an audience of severely limited intelligence is the fact that the programs all have announcers and commentators. When a player scores a point, the announcer/commentator tells the viewers that he just scored a point. Despite the fact that anyone watching the game can clearly see what’s happening, they also need to be told what’s happening because it’s all just too much for their 36 I.Q. to process. It makes me sad to think of all the better things we could accomplish as a society if we didn’t waste so much time and money on absurd and pointless sports.
83 - Dino
i love sports ;)
84 - Dr Dreadful
And you don't care who knows?
85 - M161954
There are masses and masses of people who follow football and baseball, hockey and such like hypnotized zombies. I don't like sports, and no, I'm not limpwristed or sissified or anything like that. If a conversation comes up about the latest football game, and someone asks me what I think of it, and I tell them I don't follow sports. I get looked at as though I'm some sort of leper and outcast. I don't put on any fronts or acts for people, Im not competive, at this point in my life its a waste of time. Golf is another one. That is a perfect waste of prime realestate, how enjoyable can it be to watch someone hit a ball 500 yards and then clap for them like they are some kind of god? Just a misfit?