How much has america lost it's mind about sports in the past few deacdes?

[Mister D]

I think you're wrong on both

He thinks he's satirizing conservatives.

[Tahuyaman]

He thinks he's satirizing conservatives.

I hope so.

[Mister D]

I hope so.

That's why his posts are so over the top and generally...well silly.

[Tahuyaman]

That's why his posts are so over the top and generally...well silly.

Sometimes. I think he overused the term "rodents". I think that's silly. But then I think the use of all terms such as Rethuglicans, libtards, Obummer and others are equally silly.

[donttread]

The salaries are whatever the market will support I suppose. So I don’t begrudge athletes, owners, players, announcers, getting all they can from TV deals, from sponsors, from advertisers….

What I do begrudge is the bald faced lies that professional sports are a necessary thing in cities. They are told by owners, by leagues, and most importantly by the politicians. Football is the worst. These cavernous buildings sit idle most of the time. The costs are exorbitant. The impact on the community is minimal. Did Los Angeles fall off the map when it didn’t have an NFL franchise for about a decade? No. Somehow, Las Vegas survived for nearly a century without one. If the Bears packed up and moved to Calgary…would Chicago fall off the map? No.

The areas around the stadiums are largely just as run down in Houston as they have always been. There are some new developments but there are much more buildings that look like they should be condemned. When Houston lost the Oilers, I lived there. People just found other things to do on Sundays. Actually, from a football fan’s perspective, it was much better because there was no black-out of competing games as their used to be in the local market—meaning that if the Oilers were playing, no other NFL game was sent over-the-air to your viewing area. So you always got 2 games at noon and 2 games at 3PM. What was really maddening was when the Oilers had a west coast game and it would kick off at 3PM local time, you’d be watching the end of the Noon game and if it went past 3, the coverage would stop. Sometimes the screen would go black. Then you’d have to wait for John Criqui to tell you the outcome of the game you just watched while the Oilers were field dressed by whomever they were playing.

The old "Build us a billion dollar stadium or we'll leave" scam. It's unreal. Of course it does generate support business for .... those wealthy enough to own businesses in the neighborhood, such as eateries. As for the city as a whole? How are they supposed to benefit more than the extra taxes they are charged?

[donttread]

Sometimes. I think he overused the term "rodents". I think that's silly. But then I think the use of all terms such as Rethuglicans, libtards, Obummer and others are equally silly.

Perhaps the use of "silly" on a message board populated by adults is in fact silly. Just as throwing "goofy" out there often is goofy. LOL But their occasional use might not be silly or even goofy?

[Tahuyaman]

Perhaps the use of "silly" on a message board populated by adults is in fact silly. Just as throwing "goofy" out there often is goofy. LOL But their occasional use might not be silly or even goofy?

That's the combination of goofy and silly.