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Post by xystophoros on Oct 12, 2017 23:41:23 GMT
I try to start UFC threads, and if Im lucky, L-U-C-K-Y granny & xystophoros respond. So I feel the pain. With that, it goes NFL > NBA > UFC > MLB Hockey, it's hard as I cant stand Dallas teams, and no Houston team in hockey, so it's hard for me to care if I got nothing to at least root for. As golf...well: A lot of times I forget to check the sports forum, especially if it's mid-summer when baseball is grinding or the dead of winter when it's nothing but NFL talk. I've never been into American football. But yeah, for me it's MLB, NBA, MMA, and tennis mostly. With MMA and tennis I lose interest if my favorite fighters or players are not in it. So if Federer, Nadal and Ferrer are all out of a major, I don't care who wins. With MMA the card has to have a fighter I like or it's gotta have good weight classes -- HW, LHW, MW, WW...I can't get into those flyweight and featherweight matches where it's like two dudes who are 5'4" and 115 pounds just blasting each other and neither one can knock the other guy out. Those extreme light weight classes are a joke. |
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Post by xystophoros on Oct 12, 2017 23:43:58 GMT
To answer this troll's question, it's quite simple: my life doesn't revolve around sports. I have other interests. So there is only time left to follow closely a couple of major sports, the ones I like best. If a person follows every single sport, then most likely that person doesn't have a life, or at least not a very varied life. I have a job, a family, real life friends, and other interests and hobbies. I like sports but they are just part of the good things I enjoy in life. I feel that way about people who pretend they're all into college football and basketball. Sorry, but no. There are a shit ton of teams, to the point where truly following it is a full-time job, and there's no continuity on the basketball side with one-and-done being the norm for the best players. |
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Post by marco26 on Oct 12, 2017 23:50:11 GMT
To answer this troll's question, it's quite simple: my life doesn't revolve around sports. I have other interests. So there is only time left to follow closely a couple of major sports, the ones I like best. If a person follows every single sport, then most likely that person doesn't have a life, or at least not a very varied life. I have a job, a family, real life friends, and other interests and hobbies. I like sports but they are just part of the good things I enjoy in life. I feel that way about people who pretend they're all into college football and basketball. Sorry, but no. There are a shit ton of teams, to the point where truly following it is a full-time job, and there's no continuity on the basketball side with one-and-done being the norm for the best players. Nah, dude, I know someone who is well into college football. Literally watches all 30 or so of those Bowl games. Knows every single top player in college (good to watch NFL Draft Day with), goes to various college games... Following college sports can be done on an in depth level. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 0:07:01 GMT
If a person follows every single sport, then most likely that person doesn't have a life, or at least not a very varied life. Uhh, President Obama followed all sports. He had no life? Mayor Guiliani was a huge sports fan. He had no life? How about this, numbnuts: there are people like me and the President and the Mayor who have COMPLETE lives. We have family, friends, jobs, sports, movies, books, playing music...we enjoy a full, varied life. Yeah, yeah, fake marco26 troll, sure, sure, we believe you [insert sarcasm here] |
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Post by xystophoros on Oct 13, 2017 0:20:37 GMT
I feel that way about people who pretend they're all into college football and basketball. Sorry, but no. There are a shit ton of teams, to the point where truly following it is a full-time job, and there's no continuity on the basketball side with one-and-done being the norm for the best players. Nah, dude, I know someone who is well into college football. Literally watches all 30 or so of those Bowl games. Knows every single top player in college (good to watch NFL Draft Day with), goes to various college games... Following college sports can be done on an in depth level. That's an enormous time investment. It's at least three years of college before guys can be drafted into the NFL, isn't it? At least that's better than the craziness of one-and-done on the basketball side. With NCAA basketball there may be some continuity with role players, but every star player is essentially the equivalent of a one-year rental because no one is going to stay and risk an injury destroying their payday. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Oct 13, 2017 1:06:07 GMT
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Post by marco26 on Oct 13, 2017 1:36:17 GMT
Nah, dude, I know someone who is well into college football. Literally watches all 30 or so of those Bowl games. Knows every single top player in college (good to watch NFL Draft Day with), goes to various college games... Following college sports can be done on an in depth level. That's an enormous time investment. It's at least three years of college before guys can be drafted into the NFL, isn't it? I don't know about that. I don't follow college football at all, but I knew to watch Pat Mahomes last year and this year I key on that kid Rosen from UCLA. Don't have to watch three years of the guy. By the way, the person I know who is very into college football is a 12 year old kid. Remember when we were that young? I knew the NY Rangers equipment manager's shoe size. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Oct 13, 2017 2:09:13 GMT
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Oct 13, 2017 11:55:49 GMT
So, how do you pronounce TYT Sports? |
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Post by DSDSquared on Oct 13, 2017 12:00:27 GMT
Here and at IMDb the same people talk about the same major sports: baseball, football (both kinds), or basketball. These people do not go beyond those major sports. Yeah, they might mention golf or hockey, but most here (and in the world) just stick to the three or four major sports. marco26, on the other hand LOVES all sports. I love the major sports AND tennis, boxing, auto racing, figure skating, gymnastics...I am a sports fan. My question: why do you just stick with the big sports? I don't want to be rude to any members here, but I will signal out one member. That klawrencio fag...for him it is just baseball. He has season tickets, he watches all baseball games, he goes to Cooperstown once a week, he plays Stratomatic every Saturday night with his life partners.. He never ventures into sports outside of baseball. Why? Why is he like that and why are you the same? I pretty much love all sports, but when I like something, I usually go all the way with it. I have watched every Sixers and Eagles game pretty much my entire life. For at least 15 years I watched every Phillies game. I had to slow down on baseball a lot. I just chose the NBA and NFL. There is not enough time in the day for more. |
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Post by runie on Oct 13, 2017 12:17:07 GMT
Here and at IMDb the same people talk about the same major sports: baseball, football (both kinds), or basketball. These people do not go beyond those major sports. Yeah, they might mention golf or hockey, but most here (and in the world) just stick to the three or four major sports. marco26, on the other hand LOVES all sports. I love the major sports AND tennis, boxing, auto racing, figure skating, gymnastics...I am a sports fan. My question: why do you just stick with the big sports? I don't want to be rude to any members here, but I will signal out one member. That klawrencio fag...for him it is just baseball. He has season tickets, he watches all baseball games, he goes to Cooperstown once a week, he plays Stratomatic every Saturday night with his life partners.. He never ventures into sports outside of baseball. Why? Why is he like that and why are you the same? I think I am the only 'anglo' sports fan that follows many sports. Footie, Cricket, Rugby union, Golf, snooker, boxing, F1, olympic sports. Carl likes a few i suppose and AJ likes footie and cricket - But AJ has been having a pop - so he deserves no credit!! |
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Oct 13, 2017 12:19:29 GMT
Besides the big 5 NA team sports I also watch women's curling.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Oct 13, 2017 12:23:50 GMT
Uhh, President Obama followed all sports. He had no life? Mayor Guiliani was a huge sports fan. He had no life? How about this, numbnuts: there are people like me and the President and the Mayor who have COMPLETE lives. We have family, friends, jobs, sports, movies, books, playing music...we enjoy a full, varied life. Yeah, yeah, fake marco26 troll, sure, sure, we believe you [insert sarcasm here] It can be done. Look at Boomer Esiason. He's on the radio five days per week from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. talking about sports. He's constantly flying all over the country covering football for CBS. And he also follows all of the major sports as a fan. He has season tickets to the Rangers. I'm pretty sure he has season tickets to the Mets, too. You know he watches the bulk of most games re his teams, re other New York-area teams, re Monday, Thursday Night Football, and re any important games in general, including college sports, golf, etc., because he's able to talk about them in depth on the radio. He also does a lot of charity work. In addition to all of that he has a family, including a son with cystic fibrosis--which got him more involved with charity work, he has a lot of friends, and he does other stuff socially, too. |
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Post by DSDSquared on Oct 13, 2017 13:48:00 GMT
Yeah, yeah, fake marco26 troll, sure, sure, we believe you [insert sarcasm here] It can be done. Look at Boomer Esiason. He's on the radio five days per week from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. talking about sports. He's constantly flying all over the country covering football for CBS. And he also follows all of the major sports as a fan. He has season tickets to the Rangers. I'm pretty sure he has season tickets to the Mets, too. You know he watches the bulk of most games re his teams, re other New York-area teams, re Monday, Thursday Night Football, and re any important games in general, including college sports, golf, etc., because he's able to talk about them in depth on the radio. He also does a lot of charity work. In addition to all of that he has a family, including a son with cystic fibrosis--which got him more involved with charity work, he has a lot of friends, and he does other stuff socially, too. That is a terrible example. That is his job and he gets paid well to do it. |
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Post by Terrapin Station on Oct 13, 2017 14:01:34 GMT
It can be done. Look at Boomer Esiason. He's on the radio five days per week from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. talking about sports. He's constantly flying all over the country covering football for CBS. And he also follows all of the major sports as a fan. He has season tickets to the Rangers. I'm pretty sure he has season tickets to the Mets, too. You know he watches the bulk of most games re his teams, re other New York-area teams, re Monday, Thursday Night Football, and re any important games in general, including college sports, golf, etc., because he's able to talk about them in depth on the radio. He also does a lot of charity work. In addition to all of that he has a family, including a son with cystic fibrosis--which got him more involved with charity work, he has a lot of friends, and he does other stuff socially, too. That is a terrible example. That is his job and he gets paid well to do it. Being paid to do it is completely irrelevant to whether it can be done time-wise. Watching games isn't directly his job. He works well over 40 hours per week where he's doing something other than watching games. But he still has time for all of that other stuff. |
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Post by DSDSquared on Oct 13, 2017 14:31:03 GMT
That is a terrible example. That is his job and he gets paid well to do it. Being paid to do it is completely irrelevant to whether it can be done time-wise. Watching games isn't directly his job. He works well over 40 hours per week where he's doing something other than watching games. But he still has time for all of that other stuff. Ha Ha it is actually completely relevant. What the heck are you talking about? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 14:37:13 GMT
i get everybody needs 'downtime' no matter what position they are in in life - and it's actually good publicity for a politician to show some interests in sports to seem like the 'common man' - but it used to infuriate me watching Ed Rendell the Mayor Philly (later Governor) on Eagles Post Game Live dissecting the game with HOF'er Ray Didinger.
Bad look. Hey Ed, there's crack whores around the corner selling their babys as you're dissecting McNabb's throwing motion on TV.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Oct 13, 2017 15:12:37 GMT
Being paid to do it is completely irrelevant to whether it can be done time-wise. Watching games isn't directly his job. He works well over 40 hours per week where he's doing something other than watching games. But he still has time for all of that other stuff. Ha Ha it is actually completely relevant. What the heck are you talking about? No it isn't. The issue is whether one would have time to do all of that. And as I said, Boomer isn't paid to watch the games he watches. He has two jobs that add up to more than full time that don't involve watching all of those games his teams play, the other NY teams play, etc. |
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Post by DSDSquared on Oct 13, 2017 16:17:55 GMT
Ha Ha it is actually completely relevant. What the heck are you talking about? No it isn't. The issue is whether one would have time to do all of that. And as I said, Boomer isn't paid to watch the games he watches. He has two jobs that add up to more than full time that don't involve watching all of those games his teams play, the other NY teams play, etc. I shouldn't have to explain this, but apparently I do. Boomer is paid very well to analyze and commentate on sports. That is his job. Every time he works, it involves sports. He has to stay up on the sport's world and has more time for it than I could ever have because that is a large part of his professional life. I am a doctor. My long days are not spent talking about sports. When I go home to my wife and kids, I have other responsibilities that do not involve sports. It is only after I take care of those things that I can enjoy my sports. This is why I have to limit my sport's consumption. Boomer seriously has the opposite problem. It is not the same AT ALL. |
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Post by Terrapin Station on Oct 13, 2017 16:29:21 GMT
No it isn't. The issue is whether one would have time to do all of that. And as I said, Boomer isn't paid to watch the games he watches. He has two jobs that add up to more than full time that don't involve watching all of those games his teams play, the other NY teams play, etc. I shouldn't have to explain this, but apparently I do. Boomer is paid very well to analyze and commentate on sports. That is his job. Every time he works, it involves sports. He has to stay up on the sport's world and has more time for it than I could ever have because that is a large part of his professional life. I am a doctor. My long days are not spent talking about sports. When I go home to my wife and kids, I have other responsibilities that do not involve sports. It is only after I take care of those things that I can enjoy my sports. This is why I have to limit my sport's consumption. Boomer seriously has the opposite problem. It is not the same AT ALL. Do you understand that Boomer works more than 40 hours per week where that work does NOT involve watching sports? |
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