Sports
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"Growing up my heros weren't corporate athletes"
--Dude...when I was 10 as far as I was concerned he (Gretzky) was not a corporate athlete, I thought he was just a great hockey player. I was 10, and I was innocent. Do you really see something wrong with that??
"My heros were family, friends, and teachers"
--Are you suggesting that people can only have one type of hero?? My dad was just as much a hero (if not more) to me as any pro athlete, and I'm sure other people have similar views.
On another note, if you feel that your choice in heros makes you a better person than most, you've got some issues to deal with.
"I rather buy a book written by a well writer instead of a jersey with somebody elses name on it"
--Tell that to a 10 year old, I thought my Gretzky lunchbox was effin cool, looking back I still don't see anything wrong with that.
"The kids playing at the local ball park are what the "game" is, this other thing is filler between the Blockbuster commercials"
--I agree to an extent. But what would you suggest? The elimination of pro sports? A million scenarios could be thought up of what could be if that were to happen, but I think they'd all end up the same in the end: corporations will just find another level of sports that they will try to exploit for $$$. If not the pro level, would you rather it be at the college level? Highschool level?? How effed-up would that be!?
"I see no game here, just a hope to make even more money next year and have some more suckers willing to wear the right colors and pay 9 dollars for another beer."
--You see what you want to see. When I watch sports highlights all I see are great plays. When the commercials come on...I take a piss. How else would they pay for airtime?? and how else would I pee without missing anything??
"We have so much poverty and problems in this society yet we are willing to not only over pay but encourage giving this cash cow more praise"
--Then u'r disgust lies not in sports but in people. Realize, though, that the same could be thought of you. You think rocket scientists deserve more pay then pro athletes...but someome could argue "Why the fuck are we paying all this dough to float around in space when there are people starving out there!?!?" To be fair, that same philosophy could of course be applied to pro sports, so your thread should rant about people, not sports.
"In this search for identity in life you tend to cling on to things that best represent you and your beliefs and I do not relate to what sports try to convey"
--So bitching about consumer driven sports is what represents you?? You seem to cling to that one.
Please, radiosilent, don't think I'm just responding to you with hate or ignorance. Although you may feel you started this thread with a higher opinion, I believe it was misdirected and may come across as ignorant.