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Guys - Who Hates Football?

#143
I hate sports in that it takes people's minds of of more important things like Politics. They called this type of distraction "Bread and Circuses" in the Roman Empire.

I don't much care for it. I will watch small sections of a game on rare occasion and only cared who won the last game with Seattle Sea Hawks cause they are going strong and they are my area's team. That's about it.
 
#144
I hate it. I have never really understood the game despite other's attempts at trying to educate me. I hate having to read all the whining on Facebook from friends when the Patriots choke (like this year) and I hate my upstairs neighbor for yelling like he's on fire during a game.
 
#145
Unrepresented said:
My main issue with professional sports is the amount of resources that we invest in then to make the billionaire owners richer. Stadium subsidies are the biggest waste of taxpayer money ever.
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I applaud Atlanta's mayor for rejecting the stadium there and instead using the funds for infrastructure. I was listening to some reports he cited in his decision that showed many cities that shelled out for stadiums in hopes of revitalizing the areas around them just weren't seeing much of a return on their investment. Some neighborhoods were actually worse off because access to the new stadiums completely bypasses them. Much like Walmart in some respects, except Walmart might actually pay for their own stores to be built after paying for the land themselves.
 
#146
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I like a good game of football, but I don't go for a particular team. I also like college more than pro ball. I know a girl who broke her door frame by pulling her door off it hinges because Alabama lost to Auburn. Too far.

Soccer, or "football" is it's called everywhere else, is the most boring sport alive.
 
#147
petrus61 said:
I applaud Atlanta's mayor for rejecting the stadium there and instead using the funds for infrastructure. I was listening to some reports he cited in his decision that showed many cities that shelled out for stadiums in hopes of revitalizing the areas around them just weren't seeing much of a return on their investment. Some neighborhoods were actually worse off because access to the new stadiums completely bypasses them. Much like Walmart in some respects, except Walmart might actually pay for their own stores to be built after paying for the land themselves.
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It depends...

Pittsburgh's 3 rivers stadium which was demolished in 2001 was sorely outdated... The new location for Heinz field and PNC park are located very close to the original site... So the neighbourhood thing happen.

And since the new stadiums, the Steelers have claimed a Super Bowl, and the pirates, too have significantly upped their game, and the city is seeing a revitalisation in the North Side.

But, yes, each city must decide on their own case by case situation
 
#149
petrus61 said:
I applaud Atlanta's mayor for rejecting the stadium there and instead using the funds for infrastructure. I was listening to some reports he cited in his decision that showed many cities that shelled out for stadiums in hopes of revitalizing the areas around them just weren't seeing much of a return on their investment. Some neighborhoods were actually worse off because access to the new stadiums completely bypasses them. Much like Walmart in some respects, except Walmart might actually pay for their own stores to be built after paying for the land themselves.
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It took guts to make that move, but it was the fiscally responsible thing to do.
spade2you said:
Never mind the wastefulness, do you realize how much gender inequality there is with football?
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:D
 
#150
I just heard that National Football League Commissioner Robert Goodell is proposing to do away with the extra point kicks after touchdowns.

So, the only roles a place kicker will have is kickoffs and field goals.

Since there are only two players (place kicker and punter) on a football team who actually use their foot to move the ball, why is it called football? :rolleyes:
 
#151
Richland123 said:
I just heard that National Football League Commissioner Robert Goodell is proposing to do away with the extra point kicks after touchdowns.

So, the only roles a place kicker will have is kickoffs and field goals.

Since there are only two players (place kicker and punter) on a football team who actually use their foot to move the ball, why is it called football? :rolleyes:
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They's just need to get players who can multitask :D
 
#153
I actually think football is a fascinating sport with lots of drama. But I don't think it's worth all the hubbub, nor wasting hours and hours watching games on TV when I could be doing other things, nor the ridiculous salaries that star players receive. I've only actually cared about two teams: my high school team when I was a teenager in the marching band and was going to every game, and the Notre Dame team because I went to grad school there and the whole mood on campus in the fall semester revolved around it - you kind of HAD to follow what was going on.

One thing that's always struck me is that Americans like such complicated sports. Basketball and hockey are simple enough, and the whole world loves soccer (or "association football"), but compared to them the characteristically American sports, football and baseball, are just crazy complicated. Anyone can watch a soccer or basketball game and understand what's going on. But you need to take a class in school to figure out what's happening on a football field.
 
#154
Richland123 said:
I just heard that National Football League Commissioner Robert Goodell is proposing to do away with the extra point kicks after touchdowns.

So, the only roles a place kicker will have is kickoffs and field goals.

Since there are only two players (place kicker and punter) on a football team who actually use their foot to move the ball, why is it called football? :rolleyes:
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handegg.jpg
 
#155
Richland123 said:
I just heard that National Football League Commissioner Robert Goodell is proposing to do away with the extra point kicks after touchdowns.

So, the only roles a place kicker will have is kickoffs and field goals.

Since there are only two players (place kicker and punter) on a football team who actually use their foot to move the ball, why is it called football? :rolleyes:
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I assume that's asked rhetorically, but there actually is an evolution of the game, from "AsSOCiation football" (which Americans called "SOCcer"), which is feet-only, to Rugby football, which allows some carrying of the ball and lateral passing, to American football, with the domination of the forward pass and the running carry and, as you say, only vestigial use of the foot. The name just got passed down from variation to variation. I guess no one could think of a decent new name for the American version. "Handegg" works as good as anything, I suppose.
 
#156
Unrepresented said:
Okay, can we agree that they are a waste even if opinions may vary on the ranking of the wastefulness?
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The Seattle Kingdome was a total waste of money where the Seahawks played their 1st game ever against the 49ers back in 76'. I saw several concerts there including Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. The dome was made of purely of concrete, and had the worst acoustics ever ... there was so much echo; you couldn't barely make out the music. CenturyLink field was built on that location - home of the Seahawks.

Here's the 28 second demolition >
 
#157
I try not to devote any energy to hating anything. Especially something like football that is so easy simply avoid. I am a sports fan personally, I don't care for basketball so I simply do not tune in.
 

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