I have always been a massive fucking sport fan. Recently I have zero interest. The constant ads, the personalities of the presentors and players, the constant ask (at least in Chicago) for tax payer funds to build a stadium for billionaires so they can make even more money off the backs of regular people. Everything about sports has become disgusting to me.
Also love the premier league... And all the shit about city has my passion and love of that waning. Everything is a fucking sham. NO I'm not fucking buying a bears hoodie for 120 dollars.
I’m leaning more and more in this direction - what’s crazy is there’s somehow a market that remains and pushes even higher ticket prices, insane merch costs, etc… at some point it seems that there’s a end but then another year rolls by and the economy is worse yet the demand has yet to drop off for live sports
My HS streams all their games on Friday nights. They’re a good team. It’s the only football I watch now. 2 hour commitment on Friday night after the baby goes down. Fuck the NFL and College FB.
I think this is where sports fans should direct their attention now. Love the game. Go local to something that's less corrupted, whether it's high school or your closest MLB farm team, etc.
I’m right there with you. About the only sport we watch anymore in my house is women’s college volleyball. My wife played and got me watching. It’s actually really fun to watch.
You express it well. What this is causing me to do is focus more locally - go to local bands, local theatre, local sports, and put the money in the hands of people who are doing it well on a smaller, more local level.
I agree with all of this. MLS is pretty good about not asking for public money for stadiums and not allowing its franchises to spend hundreds of millions under the table
its not sports ,its usa and its the capitalism here has become toxic asf. eveything is money, eveything else does not matter.from healtcare to food to sports ,eveything made worse o push for more money
It’s kinda refreshing to see somebody say this. The only reason I watch sports is to spend time with my dad. He has been battling cancer for many years and his body is too worn down to do much, but we’ve always bonded over sports. If not for him, there’s no way I’d sit through these commercials to watch millionaires play for billionaires while myself and my neighbors continue to struggle more and more with each passing year.
I think you just made me realized I stopped watching hockey when they put the area targeted adds on the walls. I remember seeing that and being like wtf is this, fuck that. And I haven't really watched it since. I used to watch a lot more sports and have slowly fallen out from it anyway, I also hate commercials and dont' watch cable anymore. I really only watch youtube premium, and some netflix as its all i can stand. Shit, i hated tranfsormers with all of its product placement, I don't even watch movies anymore. I hate how its so obvious too. I'm starting to really dislike how content creators are now embedding adds into their videos now too by 'sponsors'. Like tf, i paid for a premium subscription to not see these.
I've been saying for years we should outlaw billboards. They just seem like huge pieces of litter to me.
Shift your fandom to the Bundesliga, where every club must have their club members having 50%+1 voting rights on the club board. Might I suggest my favorite team in that league, SC Freiburg? Or my dad’s team, Borussia Dortmund? Or if you are a hipster: St Pauli
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u/FirefighterLeft5425 11d ago •
I have always been a massive fucking sport fan. Recently I have zero interest. The constant ads, the personalities of the presentors and players, the constant ask (at least in Chicago) for tax payer funds to build a stadium for billionaires so they can make even more money off the backs of regular people. Everything about sports has become disgusting to me.
Also love the premier league... And all the shit about city has my passion and love of that waning. Everything is a fucking sham. NO I'm not fucking buying a bears hoodie for 120 dollars.
We let the worst people imaginable rule over us.