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re: Would you ever stop watching football?
Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:17 am to JazzyJeff
Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:17 am to JazzyJeff
I'm mostly on the way out. After last year's debacle with the way LSU and Saints ended their seasons I decided I needed to step away from the sport. I now only watch these 2 games per week, stopped fantasy football, stopped gambling, and am no longer emotionally tied to the games. I still want my teams to do well but my life is less effected by their play. And in case anyone's wondering, it's been a great change.
And now if LSU plays at the same time as a UFC fight, I'll record LSU and watch UFC instead.
And now if LSU plays at the same time as a UFC fight, I'll record LSU and watch UFC instead.
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Posted on 12/3/12 at 9:22 am to BostonAdam
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I'm mostly on the way out. After last year's debacle with the way LSU and Saints ended their seasons I decided I needed to step away from the sport.
Fair weather bandwagoning at its finest. You'll be back next year when they both are undefeated champions claiming you have always been a fan. Book it Kafka.
Breesus out.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 11:41 am to JazzyJeff
I'm going to stop in about 2-3 years when goodell outlaws tackling and just turns it in to flag football.
Posted on 12/3/12 at 12:08 pm to SaintLSUnAtl
I can imagine it years in the future if the changes to the game continue in the direction they are now.
I was once a deeper MLB fan than I am a Saints fan now. I had an offer to go into MLB management at the AA level. The money dropoff was too much to do however. The point is I was just into it that much. After steroids and the out of whack salaries (some franchises having payrolls 10X the lower ones) it lost me. I watched about 15min worth of MLB in the past year.
The higher scoring with each game turning into NBA finishes, the uber marketing that makes the stuff beyond the game itself bigger than the game, and the trend towards becoming flag football have me wondering if it will be the game I love still in another decade.
I was once a deeper MLB fan than I am a Saints fan now. I had an offer to go into MLB management at the AA level. The money dropoff was too much to do however. The point is I was just into it that much. After steroids and the out of whack salaries (some franchises having payrolls 10X the lower ones) it lost me. I watched about 15min worth of MLB in the past year.
The higher scoring with each game turning into NBA finishes, the uber marketing that makes the stuff beyond the game itself bigger than the game, and the trend towards becoming flag football have me wondering if it will be the game I love still in another decade.
Posted on 12/4/12 at 1:36 pm to Breesus
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Fair weather bandwagoning at its finest. You'll be back next year when they both are undefeated champions claiming you have always been a fan. Book it Kafka.
Breesus out.
I don't consider myself to be a fairweather fan but I'd love to get to that point. I work 70 hours a week, have a family, and tons of other responsibilities. I'd love to spend less time on football. I still watch every single LSU/Saints game and get way too emotional watching them underperform or lose. I think it's a waste of time and energy and want to back out more but I'm fighting with myself trying to get there.
Posted on 12/4/12 at 2:28 pm to JazzyJeff
First it was the Bounty scandal, then it was those god awful Nike uniforms, then the punishments... It's just been really hard. What else kills me is all the selective officiating week in and week out.
Posted on 12/4/12 at 7:52 pm to xxKylexx
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Would you ever stop watching football?
With the road it appears to be travelling on now I just might. Roger Goodell has been awful for my experience.
Having said that I do believe there is room for a new league - even right now. Bring back a league where the game was played like it once was and the NFL would be buckling at the knees at possibilities of losing any present fans.
I recall once how big the sport of Boxing was. It pales in comparison today. You know what is more popular right now? UFC This is a legit analogy.
A new league without the porcelain QB's and glass slipper WR's would work. People love contact. They love to see the violence of the game.
It would work.
So...yes, I could stop watching the NFL but would continue watching football as described. I don't know if I can ever get over this guy:
This post was edited on 12/4/12 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 12/5/12 at 3:19 pm to St Augustine
if football continues to skew more and more to offense...absolutely. I hate shootouts and running out of the shotgun. I hate the spread/read option stuff being run in college.......................welcome to the future....it is gonna be here for a while...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 3:21 pm to JazzyJeff
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For example, with the replacement ref fiasco during the GB and Seattle game, I cancelled my gamepass subscription with NFL.com and vowed to never watch another replacement reffed game.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 4:29 pm to JazzyJeff
If they continually changed the contact rules making big hits all but illegal, that's when I start to stop watching football at that level. I will always love the game, I may just revert to watching only College or high school ball.
Posted on 12/5/12 at 5:55 pm to GhostBuster6
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