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Chuckndianne 08-28-2020 08:43 AM

As far as I am concerned, they are dead to me.

mtlee024 08-28-2020 08:43 AM

Yes
 
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Originally Posted by Northwoods (Post 1823399)
Pro basketball teams refuse to play in protest of a racial event. Right now, it's both basketball and baseball. Not sure what will happen when football season starts.

So, are you tired of the activism in pro sports? Have you stopped watching?

You have to admit... golf continues to "fly underneath the radar." I haven't seen anyone on the pro circuit wear a "BLM" shirt. In fact, none of the pro golf players are jumping into this controversy.

I love this. They are just playing the sport they love and we just get to watch it. Sigh...

They are for me. When the inmates run the prison you have anarchy. The manager and owners don't have the guts to tell their workers what to do. I am not against protest when needed, but there are other ways.

I have not watched an NFL game for 3 years, I have now added the NBA and MLB. So sad.

hipplepi 08-28-2020 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Northwoods (Post 1823399)
Pro basketball teams refuse to play in protest of a racial event. Right now, it's both basketball and baseball. Not sure what will happen when football season starts.

So, are you tired of the activism in pro sports? Have you stopped watching?

You have to admit... golf continues to "fly underneath the radar." I haven't seen anyone on the pro circuit wear a "BLM" shirt. In fact, none of the pro golf players are jumping into this controversy.

I love this. They are just playing the sport they love and we just get to watch it. Sigh...

disconnected my MLB

A summer without Americas past time is not the same anymore

louie34 08-28-2020 09:09 AM

Golfers have to perform to earn their money and the other's don't!!!

jbrown132 08-28-2020 09:10 AM

It is a shame that we make heroes out of many of these players, when in fact many of them are just spoiled rich kids who have been pampered since their youth. Many, but not all, are uneducated brats who went to college on a full ride not because of their intellect but because the could throw or catch a ball. Think about how sad that is when some bright young mind cannot got to school because he cannot afford to go and has no athletic ability. Why would I listen to these players? Same for many of these idiots in Hollywood. This is the advice I would give to all of them. Shut up and play ball and shut and just act because no one and I mean no one, really cares about what you think.

islandtiempo 08-28-2020 09:23 AM

Please God hear my prayer. Would that all patrons would stop watching, attending or purchasing anything related to professional sports. Then it will gladly die. We can only hope and pray. ๐Ÿ˜

Stu from NYC 08-28-2020 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jbrown132 (Post 1824191)
It is a shame that we make heroes out of many of these players, when in fact many of them are just spoiled rich kids who have been pampered since their youth. Many, but not all, are uneducated brats who went to college on a full ride not because of their intellect but because the could throw or catch a ball. Think about how sad that is when some bright young mind cannot got to school because he cannot afford to go and has no athletic ability. Why would I listen to these players? Same for many of these idiots in Hollywood. This is the advice I would give to all of them. Shut up and play ball and shut and just act because no one and I mean no one, really cares about what you think.

The sad thing is that these pampered idiots think people do care what they think.

BS Beef 08-28-2020 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by louie34 (Post 1824189)
Golfers have to perform to earn their money and the other's don't!!!

Agreed and this is why you won't see wide spread "protesting" on the PGA. It would be the same in the other leagues if their salary relied on their play.

As to the original question. I don't think the NBA will hurt much at all. We're not exactly in their target market. The NFL has proven it has too much of a pull for enough people to turn their TV sets off. I think MLB and the NHL are taking huge risks and I'd be very surprised if this doesn't hit them deeply in the pocket book.

I'm just surprised they are willing to hitch their wagon to Jacob Blake. I don't understand how you can look at the facts of that and see that this was somehow racially motivated and that in any way he was not the person 100% in the wrong.

charlieo1126@gmail.com 08-28-2020 09:37 AM

Oh yes letโ€™s all praise golfers
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Northwoods (Post 1823399)
Pro basketball teams refuse to play in protest of a racial event. Right now, it's both basketball and baseball. Not sure what will happen when football season starts.

So, are you tired of the activism in pro sports? Have you stopped watching?

You have to admit... golf continues to "fly underneath the radar." I haven't seen anyone on the pro circuit wear a "BLM" shirt. In fact, none of the pro golf players are jumping into this controversy.

I love this. They are just playing the sport they love and we just get to watch it. Sigh...

who mostly grew up around golf courses where the only minorities were servers , and before everyone jumps , I lived at the Bay Hill Country Class b for years in 80โ€™s I heard all the talk from wonderful white golfers

Mustagotlost 08-28-2020 10:11 AM

Iโ€™m with you. Could care less about pro sports.

nick demis 08-28-2020 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Northwoods (Post 1823399)
Pro basketball teams refuse to play in protest of a racial event. Right now, it's both basketball and baseball. Not sure what will happen when football season starts.

So, are you tired of the activism in pro sports? Have you stopped watching?

You have to admit... golf continues to "fly underneath the radar." I haven't seen anyone on the pro circuit wear a "BLM" shirt. In fact, none of the pro golf players are jumping into this controversy.

I love this. They are just playing the sport they love and we just get to watch it. Sigh...

I was a basketball fanatic. I haven't watched a game since the players and owners politicized the game. Hope they all go broke and the the players get their pays cut to nothing.

Buckeye Bob 08-28-2020 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 1823405)
๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ‘Ž no longer watch pro sports. Iโ€™m tired of hearing the thug millionaires talk about โ€œoppressionโ€.

I'm done with all pro sports. I'm a big golf fan but even now, they're starting to give into the pressure. Cameron Chump is the first. Keep it up and I'll quit watching or going to tournaments.

Mrwaynet@gmail.com 08-28-2020 10:47 AM

Why do they have to be knuckleheads as you called them.

SenselessPage 08-28-2020 11:27 AM

I believe they should stick to what they are doing. Play Ball, and leave politics for another time.

Number 10 GI 08-28-2020 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by tjboxer79 (Post 1824075)
Try surviving seven bullets in your back.

Try obeying the police officer's orders and not get shot.


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