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HAB911

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94. Sorry, but how do you compare

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 07:45 AM

Jan 2017

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the publicly supported NFL business model with console games, movies, comic books, music, and concerts? Apples and Oranges. I've never been forced to pay to build a movie theater, or attend a concert at the point of a gun. I've never seen people get sloppy drunk cooking food in the trunk of their car in the movie parking lot, take off their shirts while swilling beer and playing video games. jeeze

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Why I don't watch professional football [View all] liberal N proud Jan 2017 OP

I don't watch it either. Has never interested me. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #1

That's a big Roger montanacowboy Jan 2017 #2

I am watching to see if the Pats will lose. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #3

You don't watch any professional sports? True Dough Jan 2017 #4

The players get paid a lot of money because pro sports TexasBushwhacker Jan 2017 #15

Disagree....Not your average player. physioex Jan 2017 #86

After they get cut? TexasBushwhacker Jan 2017 #91

No basketball and some baseball and golf liberal N proud Jan 2017 #19

the average salary for an NBA player is around $5 million. For the NFL its around $2 million onenote Jan 2017 #21

The game is concussion central. BSdetect Jan 2017 #5

Pro football is boring. HassleCat Jan 2017 #6

I rarely watch it, and then it's only parts of the games. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #7

I wonder why he isn't performing for Trump? LeftInTX Jan 2017 #66

He seems like a perfect fit, I agree. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #67

Thanks for sharing left-of-center2012 Jan 2017 #8

I don't mind the players geting paid, but I agree with you about taxpayers subsidizing the owners fishwax Jan 2017 #9

I love the Patriots B C Butler Jan 2017 #10

They are cheaters, but oh well. Drahthaardogs Jan 2017 #17

Yes, they are the Trump of OldHippieChick Jan 2017 #24

Does it bother you that they are cheaters? mythology Jan 2017 #33

Tough. Iggo Jan 2017 #37

I just threw up a little in my mouth reading this. Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #52

Lol!!!! KPN Jan 2017 #76

It's nothing but adverts. JDC Jan 2017 #11

I didn't know Brady was a Trump supporter. B C Butler Jan 2017 #12

It's Aussie Rules Footy for me. longship Jan 2017 #13

I noticed the officials wearing colored jerseys in those vids.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #48

They still run backwards, the last time I watched footy. longship Jan 2017 #54

I think it's fucking stupid to pay grown men millions to put on costumes and play kids' games. X_Digger Jan 2017 #14

i do too, but as long as people willingly cough up obscene ticket prices to paythese guys, what are dionysus Jan 2017 #32

So this is another of the " I HATE FREAKING NFL FOOTBALL" Threads yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #16

I hate what the NFL did to the game of football liberal N proud Jan 2017 #18

You know what I think? yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #38

I admire your defense of football but the Raiders? panader0 Jan 2017 #25

WIN, LOSE, TIE, RAIDERS TILL I DIE! yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #35

Wouldn't it be tragic if things kept happening at the Vegas stadium construction site? KamaAina Jan 2017 #39

I think some Corporation should step up and offer yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #40

I believe AT&T just paid for the naming rights. KamaAina Jan 2017 #41

Oakland has built up a tradition on the other side of the bay yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #43

The BoA that fled to Charlotte? KamaAina Jan 2017 #44

Any corporation... yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #46

So they want a new stadium? There just happens to be one right down 880 in Santa Clara. KamaAina Jan 2017 #61

That 49er facility? yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #63

Same as the Giants and Jets in East Rutherford. KamaAina Jan 2017 #64

In another few weeks NASCAR will fire up.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #49

followed by the yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #59

Throw in pit bulls, breast-feeding, Hooters, A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #60

Don't forget shooting Rockets at the Moon! yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #62

what about the permanent brain damage so many players get? Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #20

I don't like that stuff either. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #23

That's Limited To The NFL? ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #70

oh, yeah, I didn't mean it was limited to the NFL Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #90

I'm Guessing It's Worse in HS ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #93

I'm kind of rooting for Dallas this year, entirely because of ZEKE! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #22

Hey Soxfan58 Jan 2017 #26

Love fest over Brady makes you sick? smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #27

Can't imagine liberal N proud Jan 2017 #29

I don't watch it because I review grants on traumatic brain injury greymattermom Jan 2017 #28

Opiate of the masses, Socialized Cost, Privitized Profit...........n/t HAB911 Jan 2017 #30

Odd that we never never refer to console games as an opiate. LanternWaste Jan 2017 #83

Sorry, but how do you compare HAB911 Jan 2017 #94

I laugh when it's the only way that grown adults can bond or converse with each other. TheBlackAdder Jan 2017 #31

I think Rugby is much better and I wish we could migrate to that. TrekLuver Jan 2017 #34

And still considered "non-profit" AwakeAtLast Jan 2017 #36

And then there is that liberal N proud Jan 2017 #42

The NFL gave up non-profit status back in 2015. n/t tammywammy Jan 2017 #51

Ah, good to know. n/t AwakeAtLast Jan 2017 #56

St. Louis and San Diego refused to subsidize pintobean Jan 2017 #45

St Louis County and the state of Missouri offered Stan Kroenke $400 million The Polack MSgt Jan 2017 #77

Jerry Jones pushed that relocation on the owners. pintobean Jan 2017 #88

Go Pack Go!! Separation Jan 2017 #47

The ONLY team fully owned by the people of the city. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2017 #50

That's how it should be for EVERY team! GB is lucky they got... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #58

I hope they beat the Cowboys tonight. Ilsa Jan 2017 #53

Funny thing-since I stopped drinking I can't watch it... Boxerfan Jan 2017 #55

Brady is one of the few reasons I keep watching. MadamPresident Jan 2017 #57

But of course.. coco22 Jan 2017 #65

You don't watch because your team lost? I see. kwassa Jan 2017 #68

Am, NO! Actually, I don't actually have a team liberal N proud Jan 2017 #69

Sorry LnP, But. . . ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #71

Speaking on that level, I agree with on the Division I level... liberal N proud Jan 2017 #73

That Makes Sense ProfessorGAC Jan 2017 #85

I don't have strong feelings about it, but... Orrex Jan 2017 #72

Why I don't read Stephen King Dr. Strange Jan 2017 #74

Why hasn't Stephen Spielberg ever adapted a Stephen King book into a movie? Yavin4 Jan 2017 #80

You mean Steven Seagal, right? Dr. Strange Jan 2017 #81

What gets me are the endless commercials. sofa king Jan 2017 #75

I don't begrudge the players what they make since they make far more for their employers yurbud Jan 2017 #78

that stadium business should be a crime. The only time cities should fund it is in exchange for a yurbud Jan 2017 #79

So you missed the Packers v. Cowboys game?!? Too bad - great finish! jmg257 Jan 2017 #82

While better for the players, free agency and the salary cap pretty much blew it LanternWaste Jan 2017 #84

I watch--KC Chiefs Bengus81 Jan 2017 #87

Who cares why you don't watch football....really. frankieallen Jan 2017 #89

Obviously more than 80 DUers. liberal N proud Jan 2017 #92

LOL, NFL is as big a nerve as "guns" HAB911 Jan 2017 #95

True liberal N proud Jan 2017 #96

less than 60 actually, repeat posts don't count snooper2 Jan 2017 #97