Do you find it a bit sickening that people who aren't the least bit fit get all enthusiastic about NFL games on TV?

"As I was having dinner with my wife at the country club the other night, a friend of ours made a statement along the ..."

And the Op is the douche?

7/10 good troll.

I was about to make a snarky reply when I saw someone post a rating. Then I thought, "good troll, had me going for a minute"

what op describes doesn't bother me too much. i just hate when someone refers to a football using "we" or "us", as if they are part of the team. especially when they are talking about a college team of a school they didn't even attend

Same troll. Same message. Now let it go for another year. Conundrum nailed it.

We were at a dinner party recently where a distance runner (said he ran 31/14) bragged about having never watched a football game to completion or a boxing match or a wrestling match. A snarky remark (I like that-thanks Con) was made later that his outspoken likes and dislikes are probably why they don't have children either.

yes. football sucks and is money wasted on mostly overweight idiots who will go on to accomplish nothing in their lives

I've never painted, but I get fairly enthusiastic about a beautiful painting. Do I sicken you?

I have bigger and better things to worry about to be honest.

themanontherun wrote:

I've never painted, but I get fairly enthusiastic about a beautiful painting. Do I sicken you?

Are there endless magazines, stadiums, tv shows and fantasy leagues devoted to painting?

I liken it to a bunch of village idiots getting together for chess matches. Or, a dogs gathering for a cooking competition. People who have no real appreciation for the sport itself, because there is no way they could grasp what it really means to play, conjure up their own context with which to appreciate the sport. Fantasy leagues are not about athletes...they are about people playing strategy. The fact that people are actually playing a violent, physical game which takes massive skill and ability as the basis of their point-generating scheme is only secondary. I find it more sad that kids across the country try so hard to become one of these athletes. Kids could be so much more than athletes. If only we encouraged education the same we idolize athletes. When was the last time your dad sat down for 4 hours to watch a classical concert. Or, read a book outloud. Or, do community service.

I live in L.A. and this place sucks. I have yet to see a real runner out here. Everyone runs their 2 miles in the morning in some Nike Shocks and then heads home to throw up the rest of the day. The trail running scene is the most pathetic. There are 2 guys in the whole city that are above average. When I moved here I was amazed that there is so little talent.

I think you have misplaced pride when you talk about L.A. being the sports capital of the U.S.. How many players on the Lakers are even from L.A.? They have to bring them in from the outside.

L.A. is pathetic.

jimmy joe the camel tail wrote:

The fact that people are actually playing a violent, physical game which takes massive skill and ability as the basis of their point-generating scheme is only secondary. I find it more sad that kids across the country try so hard to become one of these athletes. Kids could be so much more than athletes. If only we encouraged education the same we idolize athletes. When was the last time your dad sat down for 4 hours to watch a classical concert. Or, read a book outloud. Or, do community service.

Yeah, but when was the last time you saw your dad sack a 250lb qb? That would be friggin tight.

There is one glaring error in your story....no one in the "Southern US" gives two craps about the NFL...all anyone cares about is college football. Also, if you want to see true NFL Fantasy fervor, look to the Northeastern US, where fat couch potatoes make watching sports a way of life from Sept-March because it is freaking miserable outside.

Being upper-class in the South as well, though, I do know the type of person of whom you speak. Typically they were frat boys at an SEC or ACC school, wax nostalgic for some HS football greatness and are now married to some plastic, child-obsessed sorority girl who is just happy to have gotten her Mrs. degree from a trust funded moron. These are the same guys who will balk at every attempt to play a pick up game of any sport citing some mysterious knee/ankle/back injury sustained while on the JV football team in 1992.

To the OP, this thread caught my eye because your question seems to have an obvious answer. No! People usually watch a team from their local area. College and professional sport teams are a very unique entity that ties one to where they call home even if they don't know anyone connected to the team personally. In America, when a team from one's home city wins a championship, it's something that outsiders notice and will even congratulate. Similar to someone from Europe or South America watching their soccer team play in the World Cup, for example, it's a way to show pride in where you come from. I think that for you to use weight or athleticism as the criteria for whether or not someone should feel comfortable being a sports fan shows tremendous lack of class and empathy. You should seek counseling immediately.

So Cal has a unique sports culture not seen elsewhere in the USA. What you say is typical outside of So Cal area. In So Cal people do sports and not watch it on TV. Outside of So Cal sports is about watching on TV or sitting in the stands and spectating. That's why So Cal is the Track and Field, Distance, Baseball, Basketball, and Olympic Sports Capitol of the World. LA, SD, OC kids have won more Olympic medals, WC medals, MLB World Series, NBA Champs, NCAA B-Ball, Baseball, and FB champs than anywhere else.

The third Lakers Three-peat will be this season. LA has the greatest sports athletes on the planet earth. the most T&F Oly and WC medals too ! LA LA LA !

Do you find it sickening that people like to watch movies even though they can't act?