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Posted on 2/19/17 at 2:27 pm to Lacour
Posted on 2/19/17 at 2:27 pm to Lacour
I have not lost total interest by any means, but LSU football doesn't remotely means as much as it did to me 10 years ago and 20. Who knows why? I guess I just got sick of the SEC network airing every game and corporate boxes moving out the middle class.
When I loved sports, I would go all out...drink, eat pills, smoke weed, fight opposing fans...and then I just grew up...A LOT and it's only been about 7 years since I Have. Sports do not mean as much, but I still could not do without. So, Lacour, I feel you. But I no longer keep up with recruiting...no longer map out my schedule and travel plans. I would rather travel and see places like Finland, Denmark, and The Netherlands, which I plan on doing in the next year to 3 (for all). Also, I have a family of my own now.
Oh and I HATE the politics that interfere with sports!
When I loved sports, I would go all out...drink, eat pills, smoke weed, fight opposing fans...and then I just grew up...A LOT and it's only been about 7 years since I Have. Sports do not mean as much, but I still could not do without. So, Lacour, I feel you. But I no longer keep up with recruiting...no longer map out my schedule and travel plans. I would rather travel and see places like Finland, Denmark, and The Netherlands, which I plan on doing in the next year to 3 (for all). Also, I have a family of my own now.
Oh and I HATE the politics that interfere with sports!
This post was edited on 2/19/17 at 2:28 pm
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Posted on 2/19/17 at 2:34 pm to Lacour
I will say this and it may not apply to you. I used to watch college football every Saturday all day but when Auburn started going up and down, I just found other shite that piled on my plate and I lost interest in watching all of them. Now I watch Auburn and don't feel like watching any others unless they are spectacular games.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 3:07 pm to PiscesTiger
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guess I just got sick of the SEC network airing every game and corporate boxes moving out the middle class.
This is a stupid comment. Probably 60% or more of the fans at an LSU home game would be considered middle class
Posted on 2/19/17 at 3:10 pm to Lacour
Important shite probably happened in your life.
Happened to me too.
Happened to me too.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 3:13 pm to Lacour
I agree with some of your sentiments. Growing up and being a sports fan is one thing, but once you leave college and start focusing on a career/starting a family, it's kind of time to put most of it behind you. Going to games is fun and a good time-waster, but if you're at the point where you are still freaking out about wins and losses as a grown man, it's pretty pathetic. And adult males following HS recruiting closely? Sad!
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Posted on 2/19/17 at 3:20 pm to Lacour
I used to be a diehard Saints fan until I realized just how much time I was spending to follow a frustrating team. Pregame radio show for an hour, the 3 hour game, Hap's Point After for an hour after the game and then Buddy D's radio show. Minimum 6 hours.
After moving out of LA, it gets harder to follow the home teams. When Alabama played LSU ON 1/9 to attempt to tie up the season series, I didn't see a single down because I was out hunting down a particular medicine for my kid. Didn't bother me at all.
The only person near my age who is still way into sports is a coworker from Alabama who didn't graduate from University of Alabama but acts like the games are life and death.
After moving out of LA, it gets harder to follow the home teams. When Alabama played LSU ON 1/9 to attempt to tie up the season series, I didn't see a single down because I was out hunting down a particular medicine for my kid. Didn't bother me at all.
The only person near my age who is still way into sports is a coworker from Alabama who didn't graduate from University of Alabama but acts like the games are life and death.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 3:32 pm to Lacour
This is a good point. I lost interest my self but with the birth of my son, I am back subscribing to MLB tv and following LSU much more closely. Not that I ever stopped following LSU, I just make it more of a priority. Not to mention I took over a set of season tickets last year, and am much more invested monetarily now.
I didn't watch a single NFL game all season until the super bowl. I found that I didn't miss anything and won't watch next year.
I didn't watch a single NFL game all season until the super bowl. I found that I didn't miss anything and won't watch next year.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 3:45 pm to Lacour
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Why would a healthy male go from living sports, living and dying by them, to thinking they were dumb?
It amazes me the amount of time , effort and money as well as the emotions that people put on young men playing games.
I love sports but not as much as many. Just older I guess.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 4:19 pm to Lacour
I will be 30 in a couple years and WVU football is the only sport where I try to watch every game, but will miss some and it's not a big deal.
I also follow their basketball team but probably only watch half of their games. I also love watching the NCAAT, the World Series and the four golf majors.
Other than that, my interest in the NFL has dropped off a cliff. I used to be a die hard Eagles fan but maybe watched 3 of their games this year. The NBA sucks, I don't watch that. Same with soccer.
I also follow their basketball team but probably only watch half of their games. I also love watching the NCAAT, the World Series and the four golf majors.
Other than that, my interest in the NFL has dropped off a cliff. I used to be a die hard Eagles fan but maybe watched 3 of their games this year. The NBA sucks, I don't watch that. Same with soccer.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 4:39 pm to hendersonshands
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On a serious note, I still really enjoy sports and I love watching a lot of different games. I don't live and die by results of my favorite teams anymore, though. I used to be bummed out about losses. Now, I get happy if they win and a little disappointed if they lose but I move on pretty quickly. Too much other shite going on in life to be depressed over sports.
Exactly where I'm at. Also, I used to be huge baseball and NBA fan and now I wouldn't be caught dead watching a baseball game and will only watch the NBA Finals and then it's not close to must-watch TV, although last year was awesome. One thing I will say- as a Wisconsin Badger football & basketball and GB Packer fan I have been very lucky in that our teams have generally been very competitive in the past 20 years or so with varying degrees of success and we always have hope for a good-to-great-season. Contrast that with friends I have here in AZ who are ASU, Suns, DBacks or Cards fans. The Cardinal fans have had some success but the rest have stunk for years and they never have anything to look forward to. I have friends who played football for ASU in the 80's and 90's and even they are apathetic about the team these days and don't even go to the games anymore. I can't even imagine what it must be like to not even have any hope after the first few games of the season.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 4:45 pm to SuperSaint
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Nick Saban and Alabama... literally Saban
Might be sacrilegious but Saban kind of lowered my interest as well. Don't get me wrong, it's been great, but when you're expected to dominate almost every opponent, and anything less is failure, kind of takes the fun out of it. 2008 was my favorite season by far and we didn't even win the SEC.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 5:30 pm to northshorebamaman
That's understandable
I'm kind of in the same place as a lot here have mentioned.. the politics in the NFL and the shitty media coverage is such a turn off, it makes it hard to want to keep up Monday through Friday. So when the games roll around for the weekend I'm not heavily invested in the fabricated storylines or any of that non-sport nonsense that they are pushing these days
I'm kind of in the same place as a lot here have mentioned.. the politics in the NFL and the shitty media coverage is such a turn off, it makes it hard to want to keep up Monday through Friday. So when the games roll around for the weekend I'm not heavily invested in the fabricated storylines or any of that non-sport nonsense that they are pushing these days
Posted on 2/19/17 at 5:41 pm to Mr. Hangover
Yeah, this year, when we lost to Clemson, I just told my wife "you can't win em all" and changed the channel. That would have ate at me all off season ten years ago. Didn't even change my evening.
I've actually been having more fun following other conferences lately.
I've actually been having more fun following other conferences lately.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 5:47 pm to northshorebamaman
Wel tbh your situation is a little different because you're so numb to success while everyone else is still fighting for it
Not gonna lie, I'm glad it happened to both teams but if the saints and/or LSU went down in the ship like bama and ATL did, it'd devastate me
Not gonna lie, I'm glad it happened to both teams but if the saints and/or LSU went down in the ship like bama and ATL did, it'd devastate me
Posted on 2/19/17 at 5:48 pm to Lacour
At some point after living and dying with shite you cannot control you see that there is always another end of the world huge matchup next week while realizing nobody really gives a shite about last year's huge matchup except for the participants and their families.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 5:51 pm to gthog61
This thread has had some surprisingly honest responses. I'm not quite in the same boat as OP but outside of college football there is not one sport that I can just sit down and watch any team. I try to catch just about every Saints game and a Pels game every now and then. I just don't have the time or dedication to sit down and watch 60+ NBA games or five NFL games a weekend. Nor do I really give much of a shite.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 6:00 pm to Lacour
I'm going through the same thing, Lacour.
I still love my teams, but I'm just losing interest in sports in general. I like the NBA playoffs and if the Saints or LSU are good, that is exciting. But, it's hard for me to care if they aren't good. I'm too busy, too connected with the rest of the world, and can't keep up with all of it.
I don't care what the Buffalo Bills or Chicago Bears do. I really don't.
I still love my teams, but I'm just losing interest in sports in general. I like the NBA playoffs and if the Saints or LSU are good, that is exciting. But, it's hard for me to care if they aren't good. I'm too busy, too connected with the rest of the world, and can't keep up with all of it.
I don't care what the Buffalo Bills or Chicago Bears do. I really don't.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 6:03 pm to Lacour
I've lost interest in pro baseball, basketball and now pro football is dropping outside of the SAints. LSU sports are there for me but I feel like that's dropping off some too. Family, work, reality has set in.
Posted on 2/19/17 at 6:08 pm to AZBadgerFan
I didn't even watch the super bowl this year. I just don't understand the appeal of sports any more. And I used to. The appeal just disappeared
Posted on 2/19/17 at 6:13 pm to gthog61
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that there is always another end of the world huge matchup
Yeah, I've already seen like five games of the century and I'm 37.
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