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02-15-2010, 08:48 PM
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Professional Sports....?
For the first time ever I really think professional sports are a lot of whooee.. They are more about entertainment than real competition.
I am still having a really hard time getting over that Saints-Vikings game and all the bad calls that were made...And FWIW Im a Jet fan and really didnt watch the Bowl untill the last quarter...
I feel like "they" really wanted the Saints to finish their story book ending...
And now with the Winter Olimpics happening all you hear about is drugs, dopping, and what ever else that compels people to cheat to win at what ever cost.....
Im not even gonna get into boxing....a sport that I used to love to watch back in High School...
Baseball is a big e-fing mess with roids and tainted records.
Football was my last hold out and now I think they are on the take too. Does anyone else feel this way......? How could they possible miss all those calls..? And with replay and all....its just not possible....And then after all was said and done, the refs came out and basically said.."Ugh ..yea we screwed up a little". I dont believe them......not one bit.
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02-15-2010, 08:56 PM
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Chairman of the Bored
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one of the reasons I love college FB so much is they aren't paid, they just love the sport and if they are really good, they might have a chance at the pro level.
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02-15-2010, 08:58 PM
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I've seen some really bad calls over the years.....and they always seem to come at Playoff time....
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02-15-2010, 09:01 PM
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Chairman of the Bored
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Imagine not having instant replay or being able to challenge! It's gotten better, I guess; with the advent of all the new camera angles and such, people will cry more about bad calls, myself included. I'm not one to believe in the conspiracy theories about team favoritism, but all in all, you are arguing balls and strikes.
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02-15-2010, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BuzzKill
Imagine not having instant replay or being able to challenge! It's gotten better, I guess; with the advent of all the new camera angles and such, people will cry more about bad calls, myself included. I'm not one to believe in the conspiracy theories about team favoritism, but all in all, you are arguing balls and strikes.
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I was really fine with it, I understand they are going to miss calls here and there but IMO that game was pretty much the Super Bowl. I had feeling the Saints were going to spank the ponies. But all those bad calls....These guys are supposed to be the best of the best. Maybe they need another zebra on the field. I dont know.....Im just saying...
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02-15-2010, 09:27 PM
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child please.....
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Nah, pro sports is the pinacle of athletic competition. I also like college sports. I prefer pro football over college and college baseball over pro. As far as the Saints /Vikings games...yeah there were alot of bad calls, but these guys are human and at game speed some calls are harder to make than others. Some call just boil down to a judgement. I kinda see your point when you say "they" wanted teh Saints to win. I remember the Saints played the Giants after 9/11 and I remember saying about all of the bad calls. It was like the NFL wanted that team to win at any cost.
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02-15-2010, 09:33 PM
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I might be the only guy like this, but I simply cannot derive enjoyment from watching a bunch of millionaires chasing a ball around a manicured hayfield.
Watching a game at the local high school.....now that's fun. Of course, I usually know a few of the players, and a bunch of the other parents in the stands, but non-pro sports seem more enjoyable to me.
Rob
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02-16-2010, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by micromind
I might be the only guy like this, but I simply cannot derive enjoyment from watching a bunch of millionaires chasing a ball around a manicured hayfield.
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I agree. I haven't watched sports since I quit gambling.
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02-16-2010, 11:31 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by captkirk
I am still having a really hard time getting over that Saints-Vikings game and all the bad calls that were made..
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Wow. Time to move on. It's only sports.
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02-16-2010, 01:51 PM
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Say it ain't so!
My favorite athlete (after Brooks Robinson) was Bruno Samartino!
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02-16-2010, 01:54 PM
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My favorite athlete:
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02-16-2010, 06:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JayH
My favorite athlete:
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02-16-2010, 06:18 PM
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Only sport worth watching now is MMA..nothing laid back about those guys 
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02-16-2010, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by electricmanscott
Wow. Time to move on. It's only sports.
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The thought of Pro Football being on the take is enough to make me really sad.
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02-16-2010, 07:56 PM
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Chairman of the Bored
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanMD
Say it ain't so!
My favorite athlete (after Brooks Robinson) was Bruno Samartino!
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I don't know, big burly men like that?
I think I'll take Jay's Wonder Woman.
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02-16-2010, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BuzzKill
I don't know, big burly men like that?
I think I'll take Jay's Wonder Woman.
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I was eight years old when I went to the '66 World Series and made that comparison. Saturday afternoons were perpetual wrestling matches on some old mattresses in the basement.
I saw this with my own eyes:
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02-16-2010, 10:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BryanMD
Say it ain't so!
My favorite athlete (after Brooks Robinson) was Bruno Samartino!
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I have alot of favorites, here are a few.
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02-17-2010, 03:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by captkirk
For the first time ever I really think professional sports are a lot of whooee.. They are more about entertainment than real competition.
I am still having a really hard time getting over that Saints-Vikings game and all the bad calls that were made...And FWIW Im a Jet fan and really didnt watch the Bowl untill the last quarter...
I feel like "they" really wanted the Saints to finish their story book ending...
Football was my last hold out and now I think they are on the take too. Does anyone else feel this way......? How could they possible miss all those calls..? And with replay and all....its just not possible....And then after all was said and done, the refs came out and basically said.."Ugh ..yea we screwed up a little". I dont believe them......not one bit.
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I bleed purple and watching my Vikes lose that game made me sick, sure the Vikings made some dumb mistakes (And fumbles) but the refs blew it on the missed roughing call (Which ended up as a fine for the Saints but somehow no flag), that should have been 1st and 10 in the red zone, but eneded up being Saints ball.
Then it got worse in OT. Pass interference on a ball 10 yards over the recievers head, should have been a punt but was 1st and 10 for the Aints. And the 4th down run that was a fumble but after review (Which clearly showed the ball out of his hands and not close to the 1st down) somehow ended up 1st down Saints.
So that is 3 possesions after the 2nd part of the 4th quarter that the refs took away from MN. Bunch of bull, I did not watch the "Set-up bowl" for the first time I can remember.
And....us Minny fans were still hurting from the blown call in the Twins- Yankees ALDS. Come on, they have a $220M payroll, do the umps need to be on it too?
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02-17-2010, 03:28 PM
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child please.....
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02-17-2010, 03:30 PM
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child please.....
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Too bad Brett and Brad couldn't experience this:
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