Ruin Your Own F*cking Thread You Bastards

[right-track]

Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

Oh, I doubt that. And how would *you* know??

Your mother told me, just last night.

[Violent & Funky]

Lets try and respond with a picture:



Looks like fun to me!

[midnight rain]

Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

Lets try and respond with a picture:



Looks like fun to me!

How does the eagle eye seats treat you?

I got tickets for the section directly below that, Block O South.

[Janszoon]

Football makes me sleepy.

[VEGANGELICA]

Originally Posted by anticipation

That's probably almost as fun for them as it is for you when you're sitting in a restaurant eating a salad and the family next to you orders six veal cutlets and a suckling pig. Great lesson for the kids; if you don't like/understand something, ridicule it and all those who are trying to enjoy it.

Idiotic comments aside, going to the University of Iowa, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern, Illinois, or Indiana to watch a football game is always one hell of a good time. Plenty of beer and food to go around, coupled with a large amount of knowledgeable, blue collar fans who are more than willing to treat complete strangers like family.

It's true, I don't understand why people care who wins in American football or any team sport, since usually people don't know the players personally. Also, the players often don't even come from the city or state that the team represents, so "rooting for the home team" is generally an empty statement; there is little "home" in the team at all! And I find it strange that people get so riled up about...a game.

Cheering for an opposing team (when no one knows if I actually like the team or not) is a little different than a family coming into a restaurant and taking out their desire to mock vegetarians by eating calves and piglets: in my scenario, no one dies.

Also, showing a child that you can stand up and be different from the majority is a fine lesson, especially when there is something undesirable about what the majority is doing...which in the case of American football is supporting a sport in which many players end up with concussions and permanent brain damage:

Concussions and Head Injuries in Football - The New York Times
Concussions and Head Injuries in FootballRecommend
New York Times, Oct. 19. 2010

A 2007 study conducted by the University of North Carolina's Center for the Study of Retired Athletes found that of the 595 retired N.F.L. players who recalled sustaining three or more concussions on the football field, 20.2 percent said they had been found to have depression. That is three times the rate of players who have not sustained concussions.

In September 2009, a study commissioned by the N.F.L. reported that Alzheimer's disease or similar memory-related diseases appear to have been diagnosed in the league's former players vastly more often than in the national population — including a rate of 19 times the normal rate for men ages 30 through 49.

The NFL League officials have fought efforts to make the sport safer for the players...because, of course, that would cut into how much money team owners, etc., can make. Such a noble game! (Yes, I am mocking the NFL League leadership for having refused for so long to make the game safer for players.)

So, anticipation, do the fans care at all about the football players and their health, their future? Or do the fans care mostly about whether "their team" wins, and whether they get to get drunk with their buddies and experience camradery in the stands as players get sacked and perhaps permanently injured on the field? Hmmm.

I agree with you, though, that mocking something one disagrees with may not be the best method to show dissent, although it makes for good comedy sketches and political cartoons.

I like the idea of fans being more than willing to treat complete strangers like family. That is a nice feeling, when strangers join together in a positive way. My last experience with a tailgating party was when I happened to be driving on a road that cut through a tailgating party, and some college students spashed beer through the open window of my car. (And no, they weren't the same people I sat next to in the stands years earlier...and if they *were*, their reaction would be yet another reason to despise footfall.)

Originally Posted by right-track

Your mother told me, just last night.

Alright, Mom!!

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Football makes me sleepy.

I usually just watched the band and the mascot running around doing goofy stuff. I liked halftime shows. I woke up for those. I think marching bands are infinitely more interesting than football! But I'm biased: I was a band rat in high school.

[Dirty]

VEGANGELICA, I don't think you completely know what you are talking about regarding NFL football. NFL officials aren't fighting protective measures AT ALL. Over the past few years they have started penalizing and fining players more for helmet-to-helmet contact and late hits on the Quarterback. Yesterday they stated that players would be suspended for head-to-head collisions and 'devastating hits.'

Most former players are really opposed to this, as are many fans (myself included)... Nobody supports unnecessary helmet-to-helmet contact (I dont think), but the view of many is that the game of football is becoming ridiculous in regards to hitting players. Penalties get called almost anytime a player touches the Quarterback. You can't even touch above the neck or below the waist anymore.

It's true, I don't understand why people care who wins in American football or any team sport, since usually people don't know the players personally. Also, the players often don't even come from the city or state that the team represents, so "rooting for the home team" is generally an empty statement; there is little "home" in the team at all! And I find it strange that people get so riled up about...a game.


It isn't about knowing them personally or where the players come from. Every fan, every player, has a common goal: Seeing a world championship for their team. People care because to many people, sports are FUN. I grew up watching and playing lots of sports and simply put; they are exciting and fun to watch. When you really understand the sports, you develop a respect for how talented the professional athletes are.

It's like someone who grew up playing music listening to professional guitarist or pianists or whatever. Once you understand something in-depth, you just appreciate it.

So, anticipation, do the fans care at all about the football players and their health, their future? Or do the fans care mostly about whether "their team" wins, and whether they get to get drunk with their buddies and experience camradery in the stands as players get sacked and perhaps permanently injured on the field? Hmmm.

Not directed at me, but here's my 2 cents. Absolutely fans care about the players health. Nobody wants to see anyone get injured! That being said, everyone (including players) also realizes that football is a physical sport where injuries are a possibility. You make it sound like you have to choose between either caring for players health or getting drunk and having fun. It's BOTH.

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

You know where you can shove your fireworks

I don't, but I hope it involves your love muffin

[Violent & Funky]

I like this "Dirty" fella...

[Violent & Funky]

Originally Posted by Tuna

How does the eagle eye seats treat you?

I got tickets for the section directly below that, Block O South.

That wasn't my picture, dummy. I found it online and thought it was cool looking.

Are you a student at Ohio State?

[midnight rain]

Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

That wasn't my picture, dummy. I found it online and thought it was cool looking.

Are you a student at Ohio State?

Yes. 1 of the few, the proud, the brave 55,000 people