I might have to start watching sports again just so I can quit out of outrage.

Haven't gone out of my way to watch a football game in a couple of decades and haven't watched or attended a superbowl party in maybe 5 years.

Tony.

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Originally posted by Voshterkoff:

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
I love how every day something becomes "as addiction". LMFAO, what a bunch of pussies we've become.

Every thread about cutting cable/dish there are multiple people posting that they would love to but they need to watch their sports. Paying $100 a month to watch a bunch of America hating thugs nearly brawl on a field is absurd. On top of that most to all of a team isn't even from the local area, what the heck are you supporting?

Which is why I refer to it as the "watching sports addiction."

It'll be interesting to see what happens if "cord-cutting" continues at the pace it has. I've mentioned this before, but what will the watching sports addicts do when ESPN alone ends-up costing $20-$36/mo. as an independent streaming service? Will enough of them be willing to pony-up that kind of money to keep ESPN afloat?

Here's the difference between enjoying entertainment and being addicted to it. Disney has announced they're not going to renew their agreement with Netflix. They're going to start their own streaming service. I'll miss the Disney content on Netflix, but I'm not going to pay another $10/mo. or whatever just for that. So it'll be bye-bye Disney for us.

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Originally posted by benny6:
I might have to start watching sports again just so I can quit out of outrage.

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Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
All these idiots, if they were visiting another country like North Korea they would be jumping up and down and clapping when Lil Kim came out, even if the wanted to or not, or risk being put in jail or killed. We should do the same here. You show no national pride for the country you are in, you get kicked out !!! God Bless

Hyperbole, I'm sure. I still think we should remove their citizenship though. They can still live and work here with a green card and jumping all of those hoops. Give their citizenship to someone who appreciates it.

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Originally posted by Voshterkoff:

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
I love how every day something becomes "as addiction". LMFAO, what a bunch of pussies we've become.

Every thread about cutting cable/dish there are multiple people posting that they would love to but they need to watch their sports. Paying $100 a month to watch a bunch of America hating thugs nearly brawl on a field is absurd. On top of that most to all of a team isn't even from the local area, what the heck are you supporting?

I just like to watch football. It's entertaining. There are over a thousand football players in the NFL so you are going to get a mixed bag of great people and terrible people with everything in between. Such is life.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:

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Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
All these idiots, if they were visiting another country like North Korea they would be jumping up and down and clapping when Lil Kim came out, even if the wanted to or not, or risk being put in jail or killed. We should do the same here. You show no national pride for the country you are in, you get kicked out !!! God Bless

Hyperbole, I'm sure. I still think we should remove their citizenship though. They can still live and work here with a green card and jumping all of those hoops. Give their citizenship to someone who appreciates it.

Removing someone's citizenship for expressing freedoms no matter how stupid is the least American thing to do. I think whining about what a bunch of assholes with numbers on their backs do or don't do is weak in every sense of the word. Let's leave being overally offended by nonsense to the liberals.

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Originally posted by AirmanJeff:

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Originally posted by Voshterkoff:

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
I love how every day something becomes "as addiction". LMFAO, what a bunch of pussies we've become.

Every thread about cutting cable/dish there are multiple people posting that they would love to but they need to watch their sports. Paying $100 a month to watch a bunch of America hating thugs nearly brawl on a field is absurd. On top of that most to all of a team isn't even from the local area, what the heck are you supporting?

I just like to watch football. It's entertaining. There are over a thousand football players in the NFL so you are going to get a mixed bag of great people and terrible people with everything in between. Such is life.

That's cuz you're ADDICTED to IT!

Bahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahah!



I watch it because I want to and I would prefer a direct streaming service for NFL only, like HBO and Showtime have.

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Originally posted by Dusty78:

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Originally posted by darthfuster:

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Originally posted by VBVAGUY:
All these idiots, if they were visiting another country like North Korea they would be jumping up and down and clapping when Lil Kim came out, even if the wanted to or not, or risk being put in jail or killed. We should do the same here. You show no national pride for the country you are in, you get kicked out !!! God Bless

Hyperbole, I'm sure. I still think we should remove their citizenship though. They can still live and work here with a green card and jumping all of those hoops. Give their citizenship to someone who appreciates it.

Removing someone's citizenship for expressing freedoms no matter how stupid is the least American thing to do. I think whining about what a bunch of assholes with numbers on their backs do or don't do is weak in every sense of the word. Let's leave being overally offended by nonsense to the liberals.

I think killing them for such would be the least American thing to do, but I get your point. It was tounge-in-cheek. We'd only need to do it a few times anyway......

So, who won?

I don't bother to watch any NFL games.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:

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Originally posted by AirmanJeff:

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Originally posted by Voshterkoff:

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
I love how every day something becomes "as addiction". LMFAO, what a bunch of pussies we've become.

Every thread about cutting cable/dish there are multiple people posting that they would love to but they need to watch their sports. Paying $100 a month to watch a bunch of America hating thugs nearly brawl on a field is absurd. On top of that most to all of a team isn't even from the local area, what the heck are you supporting?

I just like to watch football. It's entertaining. There are over a thousand football players in the NFL so you are going to get a mixed bag of great people and terrible people with everything in between. Such is life.

That's cuz you're ADDICTED to IT!

Bahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahah!



I watch it because I want to and I would prefer a direct streaming service for NFL only, like HBO and Showtime have.

Yep. I'm not turning off my Skins, not gonna happen. In a show of solidarity with you guys, I will give up all AFC games, and all non NFC East games without playoff implications. I figure that's the least I can do.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Yep. I'm not turning off my Skins, not gonna happen.

Addicted

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:

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Originally posted by AirmanJeff:

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Originally posted by Voshterkoff:

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
I love how every day something becomes "as addiction". LMFAO, what a bunch of pussies we've become.

Every thread about cutting cable/dish there are multiple people posting that they would love to but they need to watch their sports. Paying $100 a month to watch a bunch of America hating thugs nearly brawl on a field is absurd. On top of that most to all of a team isn't even from the local area, what the heck are you supporting?

I just like to watch football. It's entertaining. There are over a thousand football players in the NFL so you are going to get a mixed bag of great people and terrible people with everything in between. Such is life.

That's cuz you're ADDICTED to IT!

Bahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahah!



I watch it because I want to and I would prefer a direct streaming service for NFL only, like HBO and Showtime have.

Yep. I'm not turning off my Skins, not gonna happen. In a show of solidarity with you guys, I will give up all AFC games, and all non NFC East games without playoff implications. I figure that's the least I can do.

What would it take to get you there?

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Originally posted by Voshterkoff:

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Yep. I'm not turning off my Skins, not gonna happen.

Addicted

Better give up your guns, you know, as a show of respect for human life.

It's OK. We know you're an addict, unable to change. Bless your heart for struggling to be a better person.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

Choose life! I'll pray for you.


Now that we are done being silly. FUCK THOSE GUYS. And grid iron football is as American as the M16. Make em see.

I don't understand how people can get so into a game where it has so little impact on their life. That's assuming you don't make a living related to these sports.

If pro sports all disappeared, I think I'd be fine.

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Originally posted by Edmond:
I don't understand how people can get so into a game where it has so little impact on their life. That's assuming you don't make a living related to these sports.

If pro sports all disappeared, I think I'd be fine.

But what about crochet and cross word puzzles? You sound like you'd shit a chicken if we took those away.

Easy, guys. Let's lay off of this "addiction" stuff.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:

I watch it because I want to and I would prefer a direct streaming service for NFL only, like HBO and Showtime have.

I am not an expert on TV contracts by any means, but in my area the Orioles created MASN (mid-atlantic sports network) to exclusively broadcast Orioles and Nationals games. As a result, EVERY cable subscriber in this area was charged an extra 3 or 4 bucks on their cable bills. I know in Boston it's NESN and Yankees have YES, amongst others. This is essentially pay-per-view, in a roundabout way.

I am surprised the NFL hasn't explored something similar. I know there's a shit ton more baseball games, but you would think they could have something like an "AFC North network" to show just AFCN games. Or some kind of premium station outside of the god awful NFL Network. Personally I would pay extra for a network like that and I would pay extra to avoid the same stupid commercials and "TV time outs."

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
or buy another piece of memorabilia 'ever'.

Ooh! Thank you for the reminder! I need to find a Redskins flag for my porch, to aggravate my friend down the road. Poor sweetheart is a Cowboys fan... sheesh.

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
illiterate thugs

Um... not all of them.
For example, John Urschel.

Now, back on topic: I think being respectful during the playing of the National Anthem should be a condition of employment for these guys (and many others). As others have said, if you're not happy here or don't like the U.S., then you're free to leave.

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Originally posted by vthoky:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
illiterate thugs

Um... not all of them.
For example, John Urschel.

Stop it. Just stop it. Yes, there are exceptions to every rule, but finding one or two of these clowns with an IQ above room temp says little to nothing about the group as a whole. Overwhelmingly these knuckle draggers are the lowest common denominator of American society. And given where they come from, their upbringing (or lack thereof), and their focus on life, how could they not be.

And for the record, I actually expect retarded behavior out of the clowns on the field. What infuriates me is the team owners who are not illiterate, or thugs, or morons, who are making a calculated decision to essentially sit the sidelines on the issue to make sure their PC scorecard is properly filled out.

I watched very little NFL football before Crapernick started this nonsense, and now I have a reason to purposely avoid it all together.

Yes, what other nation could give him the opportunity that he has had here in the U.S.A.?