Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:05 PM

As a huge sports fan, I don't get the appeal of watching people talk about sports.

I can happily watch football games for 10 hours on Sundays and all of MNF and TNF, but the pregame shows? No thanks. Same for baseball. I'll watch any game, anytime, anywhere, but can't watch more than a minute of MLB Network.

And don't get me started on the shows that run on repeat on ESPN, where panels of sports "talking heads" argue with each other about this or that issue. I'd rather listen to someone scratching their nails on a blackboard on an endless loop than have to listen to 30 seconds of Stephen A. Smith's schtick.

Does anyone else see the appeal?

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As a huge sports fan, I don't get the appeal of watching people talk about sports. (Original post)	Bleacher Creature	Sep 2021	OP
Post game analysis and interviews are alright	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Sep 2021	#1
I used to like to watch basketball...the bulls were great. But it got so crazy with ridiculous	PortTack	Sep 2021	#2
I hated the constant sktch sktch sktch of shoes on the boards. Turning down the sound helped.	marble falls	Sep 2021	#5
Or reading about sportsfans having watched people talk about sports ... er ... never mind.	marble falls	Sep 2021	#3
Me neither....play the game, follow the box-scores.....make your own conclusions.	OAITW r.2.0	Sep 2021	#4
Depends on who is doing the talking	tulipsandroses	Sep 2021	#6
I do enjoy half-time and post match commentary for...	3catwoman3	Sep 2021	#7
I feel the same way	True Dough	Sep 2021	#8
Much worse IMO, is sports talk radio.	yonder	Sep 2021	#9
+1000	PortTack	Sep 2021	#10
To each their own	Ferrets are Cool	Sep 2021	#11
Like hearing someone talk about jazz.	Sneederbunk	Sep 2021	#12
I do watch the NFL Sunday pre show......like all the guys. And i'll watch Highly Questionable,	a kennedy	Sep 2021	#13
I don't like Skip Bayless	AZProgressive	Sep 2021	#14

Response to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:08 PM

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (87,696 posts)

1. Post game analysis and interviews are alright

But other than that just like in politics the sports punditocracy rarely gets it right.

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:12 PM

PortTack (26,370 posts)

2. I used to like to watch basketball...the bulls were great. But it got so crazy with ridiculous

Commentary. I decided then to just mute it, but eventually found that didn’t work either with constant replays

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:18 PM

marble falls (45,860 posts)

5. I hated the constant sktch sktch sktch of shoes on the boards. Turning down the sound helped.

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:16 PM

marble falls (45,860 posts)

3. Or reading about sportsfans having watched people talk about sports ... er ... never mind.

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:18 PM

OAITW r.2.0 (15,021 posts)

4. Me neither....play the game, follow the box-scores.....make your own conclusions.

Though. back in the 70's.....I subscribed to the Boston Globe.....and read both the best sportswriters in Beantown plus "Spotlight" every damn day. Awesome education.

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:19 PM

tulipsandroses (4,012 posts)

6. Depends on who is doing the talking

I can take or leave Stephen A. Smith. He is no Stuart Scott. I like when Shannon Sharpe Goes off. Lol!

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:27 PM

3catwoman3 (20,102 posts)

7. I do enjoy half-time and post match commentary for...

…the English Premier League soccer games - especially The Two Robbies. And the Men in Blazers show is a delight.

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:34 PM

True Dough (13,964 posts)

8. I feel the same way

ABOUT THIS THREAD!!!

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:49 PM

yonder (7,794 posts)

9. Much worse IMO, is sports talk radio.

I have zero tolerance for that shit.

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 09:53 PM

PortTack (26,370 posts)

10. +1000

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:16 PM

Ferrets are Cool (17,446 posts)

11. To each their own

I enjoy sports and listening to others talk about it. Ymmv, and evidently does.

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Thu Sep 16, 2021, 11:48 PM

Sneederbunk (11,191 posts)

12. Like hearing someone talk about jazz.

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Tue Sep 21, 2021, 01:37 PM

a kennedy (25,539 posts)

13. I do watch the NFL Sunday pre show......like all the guys. And i'll watch Highly Questionable,

but only when my favorite women are on......I absolutely love Mina Kimes. Other then those two shows I won’t watch ANY other talking heads regarding sports. Ugh.......

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Tue Sep 21, 2021, 03:29 PM

AZProgressive (29,304 posts)

14. I don't like Skip Bayless

I sometimes watch Undisputed mostly to agree with Shannon Sharpe. It depends on the topics or people but I understand what you mean. Arizona teams rarely get national attention so there is another reason why I don’t like those shows that much.

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