Comments on: Should you stop watching football?

By: Chalkman

Chalkman — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:59:45 +0000

I gave up the NFL about 12 years ago, and haven’t missed it a bit. It gave me sunday back to focus on outdoor drinking

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:07:01 +0000

Nobody said anything like that. It’s a personal choice. I feel conflicted, but I’ll probably still watch a lot of games. If you don’t feel conflicted at all, good for you. I just think it’s worth thinking about.

By: j blake

j blake — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:12:49 +0000

Who gives a shit really? If people want to waste a day sitting in front of a TV all day, fine with me. More people sport a colored jersey to feel included or fit in than really giving a shit about football, and that’s cool, just not my thing.

By: j blake

j blake — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:09:36 +0000

word.

By: MeInMISSION

MeInMISSION — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:06:01 +0000

Well put, SCUM. Gracias.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:05:06 +0000

“People can’t prove they share my morals unless they abide by this behavior I just dictated as the measuring bar.” Sounds a little too much like organized religion.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:57:30 +0000

We don’t want you rubes at the beach on Sundays.

By: scum

scum — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:06:54 +0000

Hopefully this will lead to more room in my favorite bars that have NFL Sunday Ticket.

By: In the same boat

In the same boat — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 19:19:40 +0000

I gave up on football about 6 years ago after 25 years of following the sport (peaking during the Montana reign of supremacy). At the time that I stopped watching, I’d concluded it was no longer the sport that I loved due to all of the rule manipulations to favor wide open passing games at the expense of the running/defense-based teams (also lengthening games in process).

Since then, I’ve found that when I check back in, just about everything the NFL does is lowest common denominator, from their cultural values (cro-magnons on the plantation) to their cutthroat business practices to reap every last cent out of any process. It’s a microcosm of many of the worst aspects of American life and I don’t miss it.