With No Sports Going On...Do You Honestly Really Miss Them?

Im assuming you are talking about pro/college sports, As for me , track and Nordic skiing yes . But sports like basketball , football , baseball , not at all. There is such a saturation of the market with them they have just become background noise to me.

So, the cancellation of something you're not interested in didn't affect you. Thank you for that valuable contribution.

Sportacus wrote:

So, the cancellation of something you're not interested in didn't affect you. Thank you for that valuable contribution.

I never said I wasn't interested. I watch(ed) for the entertainment factor. I guess I've just never understood why people obsess over them.

Hounddog, yes, it referred to the "major" college and pro sports (including soccer which I do enjoy watching).

Thank goodness NBA & NFL is shut down. I view those sports with disdain. I highly dislike the clown show & clown propaganda and just have zero respect for any player or follower.

Didn't watch it but was subjected having to listen to a few co-workers blabbering on about it. Morons.

Used to like Euro soccer but some countries like UK and France are turning into trash.

Would like to watch some non mainstream, no BS sports but then again those are not televised on my basic cable package.

I miss March Madness very much. I had my school in the Sweet Sixteen. This was their year, baby.

As a full-fledged track nerd, I was very much looking forward to the outdoor track season. Feeling a little lost at the moment.

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

I can honestly say that for the last week plus, my life has not been affected AT ALL by the fact that almost all sports have been stopped.

When it comes to running, I did not have any races planned, so all these cancellations have had no impact there. I can still run outside (for now). As far as all other sports, well, when I did watch them on occasion, it was purely for entertainment. I don't have favorite teams. That being said, I still do feel bad for the arena workers and all the supported businesses affected by the shutdown.

My country is under total lockdown and I miss being able to go out for a run in nature and just trying to improve my shape with tempos, track workouts, fartleks etc.

As for professional sports including track, I do not miss them at all. In fact, if we get through this crisis, I would be ok if professional sports ceased to exist as they offer zero value to society and today it just seems absurd to be paying someone piles of money to run around, throw a ball around, or punch someone else in the face. Pro sports may even be a very negative force on society, in track you have doping and and a sport like professional soccer should absolutely be banned as the packed soccer stadia in Italy have been literal breeding grounds for this curent coronavirus pandemic. Like you I feel bad for people like stadium staff who have been impacted but I have no sympathy for the pro millionaire athletes or their managers etc.

Yes.

4000260 wrote:

Yes.

Same here. Being stuck at home would be a lot more tolerable if I could watch the NCAA basketball tournament, Celtics, and eventually MLB.

The only viewing sport I would miss is college football. I miss going to my gym and favorite restaurants etc

Well, it sounds like you all don't miss sports because you aren't sports fans.

Its like asking someone who hates movies if they have been impacted by movie theaters closing.

For what its worth, I miss following the NBA watching my favorite team (only "major" sport I follow, but I enjoy it a lot) and cycling (namely the classics - Flanders, Roubaix, MSR).

Well, it sounds like many of you all don't miss sports because you aren't sports fans.

Its like asking someone who hates movies if they have been impacted by movie theaters closing.

For what its worth, I miss following the NBA watching my favorite team (only "major" sport I follow, but I enjoy it a lot) and cycling (namely the classics - Flanders, Roubaix, MSR).

I've been a college coach for decades--and I'm the world's worst sports fan.

I never watch 'em on TV and I only follow the sports news enough so that I'm not completely ignorant when other coaches in my athletic department start conversations. But basically, if I don't have skin (or in my case, students) in the game I couldn't possibly care less.

I'm lamenting no MLB. I've been a Brewers fan since I was 5, and I enjoy having the radio broadcast on in the background of whatever I'm doing. Plus, we've FINALLY had a solid few years strung together. Dudes aren't kicking the ball around the infield anymore. '82 and '87 are still fun, but there's new stuff happening (although, Sveum's Easter Sunday blast is still high on the list of great moments). My kids are starting to realize it's a thing in our household, and the eldest is turning 6. It's been really fun.

Yes I miss march madness, premier league mornings, SC top 10. Most of all I am missing my senior year of track :(

Now everyone's losing their jobs, schools and graduations are cancelled

This all sucks, maybe tomorrow I'll wake up and it was just a dream

It is a strange benefit of all this that I will not have to have deal with the Astros for a while. March Madness was shaping up to be fun with a lot of small schools having a good shot at the title.

But it is spring and a very beautiful spring this year where I am. I spent most of the weekend working in the garden and filling about 20 garbage bags with live oak leaves and pollen (live oaks lose about a third of their leaves in the spring). The rest of the time was spent kicking a soccer ball, playing catch and playing around with my kids. I would have probably spent some of that time watching March Madness. So, it is nice to not feel like I need to be watching sports and have more time for more important things.

Maybe I'm different from the average runner type, being from Philly.

The lack of sports has been devastating. Both my college teams finally made it to the tourney (and were going to be high seeds).

The NBA is gone.

The NHL is gone (and the flyers were #2).

MLB is delayed.

The XFL is gone.

I don't watch TV besides live sports. TV shows (besides GBB Show) are just corny, so sports are my primary source of entertainment.

Bump. I used to care a lot more about watching sports and knowing what was up. But now it’s more apparent that pro and big time college sports are a big distraction for the masses to cover up pressing matters that actually matter to our lives. I think lot of people in sports and the other ‘non essential’ industries are feeling anxious from this reminder that people can live without them.

I should have also mentioned that I was going to work in the sports industry during the summer (and in the future).

This is all crazy, but completely necessary. Whatever lack I have in work or entertainment is worth saving lives.