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09-28-2016, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by proximity
the commissioner is a clown as replay randall and robert fischer mentioned earlier but sports is an ESCAPE from our 9-5 american work weeks and nonsense like these national anthem protests entering this sacred domain of american life is simply disturbing. and it's stuff like this:
under fire from who? i find it funny that when i go to check my email that 95% of the articles on yahoo are pro-kaepernick but 95% of the sometimes thousands of comments below the articles are anti-kaepernick.
it's bad enough we have to read this crap but then we turn on sports (our escape) and have to hear implications that there's something wrong with us if we're not open to "conversations" about these supposed issues.
another thing is that we have supposedly "specialist" channels like nfl network but the segments just get dumber and dumber. fantasy stats (kay adams is dominating), silly power ratings, worthless filler. nothing in depth like taking us behind the scenes into colts headquarters to see how we're training to injury every cornerback on the roster? why we had to sell our soul to the devil and bring in antonio cromartie who has god only knows how many kids by how many different mothers and won't stand for the national anthem? kaepernick's an immature brat..... you're 32 years old antonio!!
sorry for the long post but some of this is troubling......
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I agree with you 100%. What really pissed me off was last Thursday in the middle of the game CBS showed a player with his fist up during the anthem. Why show it? What the purpose after the game started to show that crap.I turned off the game at that point. I try to watch at kickoff so I don't have to see that shit.
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09-28-2016, 11:30 PM
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One other point as to why the NFL has a problem: poor play.
The union has got it so that practice time has been reduced considerably, and almost no hitting at all. Teams are afraid of getting hurt in preseason, so regulars get very few reps. By the time the season starts, most players aren't ready. Endless penalties....poor fundamentals. It's getting tougher to watch.
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09-28-2016, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Valuist
One other point as to why the NFL has a problem: poor play.
The union has got it so that practice time has been reduced considerably, and almost no hitting at all. Teams are afraid of getting hurt in preseason, so regulars get very few reps. By the time the season starts, most players aren't ready. Endless penalties....poor fundamentals. It's getting tougher to watch.
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I agree but its just like the race track with its problems, we sport and track people aren't going anywhere, we're addicted (at least i am).... 
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09-29-2016, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Secondbest
I agree with you 100%. What really pissed me off was last Thursday in the middle of the game CBS showed a player with his fist up during the anthem. Why show it? What the purpose after the game started to show that crap.I turned off the game at that point. I try to watch at kickoff so I don't have to see that shit.
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exactly.
we are tuning in for the football, not 60 minutes.
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09-29-2016, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by forced89
I used to watch 3 games every Sunday now it is hard for me to sit through one unless I have a bet on it.
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My reasons are too many penalties particularly roughing the QB, dangerous hits (which often are not so dangerous), pass interference and unsportsmanlike conduct. Official often determine the outcome. Other problems are the amount of time instant replay takes and too many commercials. It is just tough to hang with a game.
Last edited by forced89; 09-29-2016 at 09:02 AM.
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09-29-2016, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by magwell
I agree but its just like the race track with its problems, we sport and track people aren't going anywhere, we're addicted (at least i am).... |
The "addicted" aren't the problem. The problem is the casual fan.
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09-29-2016, 02:17 PM
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The "addicted" aren't the problem. The problem is the casual fan.
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What else is there for the casual fan to do on a lazy Sunday noon...or afternoon? We know he ain't going to the racetrack. 
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09-29-2016, 03:09 PM
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Mark Cuban in 2014:
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I think the NFL is 10 years away from an implosion. I'm just telling you: Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. And they're getting hoggy. Just watch. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. When you try to take it too far, people turn the other way. I'm just telling you, when you've got a good thing and you get greedy, it always, always, always, always, always turns on you. That's rule No. 1 of business.
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10-12-2016, 07:01 PM
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Biggest issue I see, outside of questionable ref calls and lack of fun/too many penalties, is the injury concern. Seems like lots of concussions etc going on...but when you have players that are bigger, stronger and faster than at any time in the league and they are running and hitting each other at these speeds...injuries are going to happen.
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10-12-2016, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
What else is there for the casual fan to do on a lazy Sunday noon...or afternoon? We know he ain't going to the racetrack. |
He isn't on Saturday's either, although he/she might be betting horses from home. There's still over half the Sundays in the year with no regular season or playoff NFL football, so I guess one does on Sunday in September what they might've done on Sunday in May.
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10-12-2016, 11:30 PM
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Team A down 27- 10 in the 4th Qtr. and DE Shamirique Johnson sacks the QB and proceeds to do a 15 second dance in celebration in lieu of getting back into the losing teams huddle. His team is then given a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct and the sack becomes inconsequential! I am finding it harder and harder to watch the NFL. This does not apply to any one team but as far as I can tell it applies to all !! Sickening IMO !
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10-13-2016, 12:25 AM
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No Peyton. No Brady for the first four weeks. Keep hearing lack of star power is the reason.
To me, it's the dance routines after plays. Completely gay. I want to watch a football game, nor chippendales.
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10-13-2016, 01:20 AM
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Radio show here in Texas this morning put a bounty on Kaepernick. Any player that hurts him and puts him out for the season gets a reward.
They were taking calls to raise money 
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10-13-2016, 01:25 AM
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Radio show here in Texas this morning put a bounty on Kaepernick. Any player that hurts him and puts him out for the season gets a reward.
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It won't take much. He's down over 20 pounds. Don't look for him to run much because he'll get killed. And when Colin tries to be a pocket passer, bad things happen (for his team).
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10-13-2016, 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by CurtisontheBay
Team A down 27- 10 in the 4th Qtr. and DE Shamirique Johnson sacks the QB and proceeds to do a 15 second dance in celebration in lieu of getting back into the losing teams huddle. His team is then given a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct and the sack becomes inconsequential! I am finding it harder and harder to watch the NFL. This does not apply to any one team but as far as I can tell it applies to all !! Sickening IMO !
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i wish it applied to the colts.
the 15 yard penalty would be worth it just to see evidence of a pass rush.
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