Get rid of sports

[professor]

Wasn't it a commie that said, "Professional sports is the opium of the people" ?

I always thought football was a war substitute.
But that hasn't seemed to work.
We still have both.

[FatAndFaithless]

Professor, I usually try to take your posts as charitably as I can to figure out what you're trying to say, but I have no idea what the fuck point you're trying to make there.

[Alex K]

Professor, I usually try to take your posts as charitably as I can to figure out what you're trying to say, but I have no idea what the fuck point you're trying to make there.

professor is a post modernist experiment.

[FatAndFaithless]

I think he's just a post experiment.

[c172]

I used to do wheelchair track and field, from 15-17, more or less. Would dibble dabble in other sports as well. Now, I was no Paralympian (as below), just like the vast majority of you have not been in the Olympics,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SBiiN-aqzc

As someone with a disability from birth (spina bifida) that is not fatal in and of itself, but can have fatal or serious side effects (kidney failure, skin failure, bowel issues, etc.), I look back on these years with nostalgia. I'm 38, and I dropped sports 20 years ago, feeling like it was a cliche'd existence ("If you want to fit into society as a cripple, do sports. Be in the Paralympics. Blah blah blah. The able-bodies eat that 'inspirational' stuff up."). Had I known what I now know about SB growing up, I'd have gladly continued, and tried to become an elite athlete.

Not everybody likes watching sports, but it often takes doing sports to cultivate an awareness of the good things sports can bring you. Confidence, a much improved body, a certain place in the social matrix, awareness of your powers and limitations.

I'm biased. I was an athlete as a teenager (mostly T&F and road racing[mostly 5k]). I am a sports fan now. Soccer and gymnastics especially, but fleetingly many other things, especially in the Olympics. But it can really be a life changer for some.

ETA: Mods, I am having trouble delinking my text, which I am assuming goes to the URL of the video above. Do as you will with that.

[Anomalocaris]

Wasn't it a commie that said, "Professional sports is the opium of the people" ?

I always thought football was a war substitute.
But that hasn't seemed to work.
We still have both.

Uh, no. The commie said what fools like you believe is the opium of fools like you. And the commie is smarter and more perceptive than You since he is not fooled and you are.

[Minimalist]

You ain't taking my hockey, you commie.

Hockey - and I've been a Ranger fan since 1960 - is a half step behind football on the brain injury list.

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2014/...solidated/

Tuesday marked another significant development for the concussion lawsuits filed by numerous former players against the NHL.

Three of the suits have been consolidated and assigned to a U.S. District Judge in Minnesota, per the Canadian Press.

[DramaQueen]

I hate how universal football is here, it's like a religion

[DeistPaladin]

I hate how universal football is here, it's like a religion

Well, at least I can prove the ball they're kicking around is real.

[professor]

FAF, I was playing on the quote about religion being the opium of the people.

As Drama Queen commented, there are similarities to sports and religion.

There will be sports in Heaven along with other stuff people love to do.
It seems we were designed to overcome things and sports certainly fill the bill.