[clekr]

Just tried to turn on Yankees game. Not on. No explanation. Guess I watched my last Yankees game last week.

[Northwoods]

Originally Posted by fastboat

I couldn't care less what these ignorant players do. I wish the owners would step in and tell them, You play or you're fired, I'm not paying you to make political statements.

College sports are much more interesting and fun to watch anyway.

We're way beyond having owners step in. The only way sports will get back to "just playing the game and not making a political statement' is when people, in significant numbers, quit watching sports.

I'm more than ready to do that. I only watch golf.

[Kayakguy]

I'm more or less done with watching pro sports. Will not watch basketball or baseball again. Never very good anyway.
College sports have always been much better. The pros may be good but they are just grossly overpaid.

[GoPacers]

Pro sports are not "dead" and won't ever be "dead." Every day we get reminded that we're getting older in many ways. In this case, we (old white people) are not the demographic that pro sports target so while we may think our opinions matter - they don't and making stupid racist comments to denigrate the athletes in those sports only shows one's own ignorance and immaturity - and possibly another sign of aging as our frontal lobe "filter" continues to fail us.

[Nucky]

I think I'll watch Sports when I feel like it. Big Games only. Remember the old days with Wide World Of Sport and Howard Cosell? Those days are gone forever.

I gave up on our teams, N.Y. Giants and N.Y. Jets. It was about a year before we moved to The Villages. I realized once we got here that the real reason we were so

into watching was the family could be together and we were WARM. Once we got here there was no way I was going to jeopardize most of the day watching either team

just to be disappointed time after time. So now because of the conditions we live under I would say that all Sports are open to me again to USE them to fill my time.

I could care less what they think or say. They are paid to entertain us by moving a Ball somewhere and doing something with it. (I have an idea where they could move the Ball butt....) Do you think they give a damn about us?

How many of the players who are Boycotting are sweating their Gigantic Mortgage Payment and Car Notes if nobody supports their sport anymore? Once they put it

together that it may affect their way of living their issues may be important to them today but will chill out once a certain date passes probably.

I don't even know the Managers Names of the Yankees or Mets. I don't know the quarterback's names of the Giants or Jets. What a shame.

The last Sport thing I really enjoyed was when the Cubs won The World Serious! Since then it's been a big NOTHING!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by GoPacers

Pro sports are not "dead" and won't ever be "dead." Every day we get reminded that we're getting older in many ways. In this case, we (old white people) are not the demographic that pro sports target so while we may think our opinions matter - they don't and making stupid racist comments to denigrate the athletes in those sports only shows one's own ignorance and immaturity - and possibly another sign of aging as our frontal lobe "filter" continues to fail us.

So in your opinion if we make comments criticizing pro athletes for their actions we are racist? Any chance we are entitled to our opinions without the name calling?

[davem4616]

"he's not all dead, he's just mostly dead"
Miracle Max, The Princess Bride


it will survive, but it will never have the same following that it once had

[skip0358]

Stopped watching some time ago. Now with all this BS I could care less. They're a Ball player period your not God almighty! JMO

[Taltarzac725]

Very alive and relevant. They will have to keep adjusting to the Corona Virus and whatever else Fate throws at them.

[OhioBuckeye]

Originally Posted by Northwoods

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...

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Personally I don’t care if pro basketball, baseball or football ever gets an audience or anybody buys a ticket. They think their demands will get what they want. Duh, the majority of all 3 of these sports are black. All we have to do is let these big dumb so called pro’s make demands, it’s their livelihood & money they’re losing. So if we want to let this backfire on them, stand up for 2 mins. Instead of taking a knee. Geez, these pro players had ought look around & think who are we really hurting. Pro Tennis & Golf aren’t having any problems, is it because they are just a tad smarter in their thinking. This is just my opinion & nobody has to agree. But I hope we don’t break down & give them what they want because this BLM thing will never end.

[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by camaguey48

Get the story straight. He made sudden aggressive moves when he should have shut up and obeyed the officers. How hard is that to comprehend?

Apparently it is extremely difficult for some to understand. For their own safety they should try real hard to comprehend as it might save them from getting shot one day.

[sunny56]

What bothers me about this whole boycotting thing is that they are boycotting for convicted criminals and suspected criminals. No mention of innocent people being murdered with all these "peaceful protests". I am blaming the main stream media for a lot of this BS. Hopefully people will finally discover the truth about a lot of this and it can get resolved. I am just stunned by their support of these particular "victims".

[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

So in your opinion if we make comments criticizing pro athletes for their actions we are racist? Any chance we are entitled to our opinions without the name calling?

When you don't have a logical counter argument, call people names.

[davem4616]

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

Apparently it is extremely difficult for some to understand. For their own safety they should try real hard to comprehend as it might save them from getting shot one day.

difficult to understand why this simple message isn't getting across

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by sunny56

What bothers me about this whole boycotting thing is that they are boycotting for convicted criminals and suspected criminals. No mention of innocent people being murdered with all these "peaceful protests". I am blaming the main stream media for a lot of this BS. Hopefully people will finally discover the truth about a lot of this and it can get resolved. I am just stunned by their support of these particular "victims".

And they do not even wait for the facts to come out before thinking we will be horrified by their boycotting their games. Every one of these police actions is on someone who has just committed a crime or threatened the officers in some way.

And none of these athletes ever says do not resist or threaten the officer.