I'm surprised this particular angle about hating sports isnt discussed here,sports as staged entertainment

You wrote:Most everything typed here looks like an angry grade school kid who wasn't athletically inclined.

Earl wrote:I noticed this line of yours in the version you posted in Ray's forum:

You wrote:Most everything typed here looks like an angry grade school kid who wasn't athletically inclined.

Please don't make insulting comments about people you don't even know.  Especially people whose backgrounds you know nothing about.



I'll be frank:  I don't believe there's any great conspiracy to rig pro sports games.  If there had ever been any such scheme, word would have gotten out eventually.

Besides, even if there were such a conspiracy, I wouldn't care.  The only people it would affect would be the fans who bought tickets.

I suggest you take your conspiracy talk to a sports forum and stop wasting our time.

You're to be commended for not responding in an abusive manner, which is what I had feared when I saw that you had posted again.  

I am aware of pro sports contributing much to the national economy.      However, I doubt the NFL will ever tank.  They're indestructible.  No scandal could ever sink them.  We'll see if the controversy over concussions has any effect.  Probably not.

Please feel free to continue with your presentation.  I must say, though, that your audience here is somewhat (make that "extremely") limited in number, not to mention in terms of actual participation.      

I repeat, to get a wider circulation of your views, you should post in sports forums.  Of course, there are so many. . . .






I'm depressed; so, I'm gonna have a little fun.  Someone in another forum (Democratic Underground) quoted the following without saying where he got it; so, I'm gonna do it, too.    Also, because it's the truth.

But Ray Rice gets (only) two game suspension for beating his wife??

Roger Goodell needs to go.

4 game suspension for brady, a 1st rounder, a 4th rounder, and $1 million for footballs that were no more than .8psi below the "league regulations". Most ludicrous penalty of all time. Roger Goodell needs to go

"The NFL has announced its punishment of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for his alleged involvement in the Deflategate scandal earlier this year. He will be suspended for the first four games of the 2015-2016 season without pay. That is twice as long as the two-game suspension Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice received for beating his fiancée."

I'm depressed; so, I'm gonna have a little fun. Someone in another forum (Democratic Underground) quoted the following without saying where he got it; so, I'm gonna do it, too. jocolor Also, because it's the truth wrote: