re: Is anyone else not that excited by sports anymore?

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s anyone else not that excited by sports anymore?

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When you get older, it's not as important anymore. I still love sports, but I'm not crushed for days like I used to in my younger days.

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When you get older, it's not as important anymore. I still love sports, but I'm not crushed for days like I used to in my younger days.

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Well, I hope that’s the case for most normal adults. There are much more important things happening in the world every day than the result of a sporting event.

I love sports. I just appreciate it for what it is and don't idealize it.

Has anyone pointed out that claiming women’s sports have parity is ridiculous?

NBA is long past my interest
NFL went from obsession, to only saints and Steelers to only saints to now, no interest.
MLB stopped being interesting in the early 90’s when they went on strike for nothing, and I at one time could recite league and player statistics ad nauseum.
College basketball is kinda boring and the refs decide many games.
The playoffs in cfb are terrible, but I’ll follow the tigers
The only one that still stands the test of time is c baseball . It’s great.
Also, I attend some high school games because I like the enthusiasm

I think we are getting over saturated with YouTube, cable tv, and all of social media blasting everyone 24/7/365 with sports.

I know I've reached my limit.

Sports is a young man's game...both for the athlete and the viewer.

At a certain point, as someone once said...you realize you're just rooting for laundry.

If you live and die with a team after the age of 40, there's something terribly wrong in your life.

Bill Simmons once told Larry Bird, "you were a part of 13 of the 20 greatest moments in my life."

Bird said laughing, "you need to get a better life."

Sports is an addiction. I’d like to say I’m going to watch less cause of the latest Goodell fiasco but I’ll be knee deep in March Madness and the NBA playoffs. Is it possible to just turn that off?

There was a guy...who wrote an article years ago...saying he used to listen on the radio to these baseball games all season long with his Dad...and they'd just sit there quietly and listen.

And he said he realized later in life as his Dad was dying, what a waste of time that was.

They could've been spending far better time with each other over the years...doing stuff together.

I agree that sports can be a bonding experience...but there's a limit on how much time you want to invest.

He said he wished him and his Dad had gone fishing more or just talked...instead of listening to baseball games on the radio not talking.

In short he said, we all get worked up about sports while alive but in the end, doesn't mean shite. It's just entertainment and often not very good entertainment.

Pick and choose. Don't follow blindly and live and die with the outcome. If a sporting event interests you, fine. But don't waste your days hoping your team wins by watching every game like it was the most important thing in the world. Spend time with your family, enjoy life. Don't live miserably because your favorite team sucks. It won't mean anything when your last breath is taken.

The first 7-8 responses told me enough.

Sports should be 1 of a variety of hobbies. If it becomes more, you’re investing a lot of happiness and time into things outside your control. Dangerous & a recipe for unhappiness.

And I say that as someone who is an absolute sports fanatic.

You gotta separate it from YOUR real life