Wouldn't it be cool if all the sports leagues went on strike -

[Rabrrrrrr]

until the end of time?

Imagine what that would do to the nightly news, without half the time spent on sports. Or the newspapers, without half the content of the paper being about sports. Or our national pscyhe and collective consciousness, without so much time spent on sports. Or the health of the nation, with people then going out to play their sports, instead of sitting on their butts for 20 hours each weekend watching sports.

Wouldn't that be something! Sure, I'd miss watching the Packers, and football in general, but I'd gladly give it up for all the benefits of a professional-sports-free culture.

[bigwillq]

1. I wouldn't like this very much

:cry:

[JohnKleeb]

5. wouldn't that make you a man without a job?

[bigwillq]

10. I'll still have high school sports to write about

Thanks for thinking about me Kleeb!:hug:

[JohnKleeb]

11. yeah but high school sports are so relatively boring

HOw am I supposed to look up to the guy who bullies me in class, kidding I am actually on great terms with many of the athletes at school.

[bigwillq]

12. High School sports are far from boring

And CT isn't really a hotbed for high school athletes

[JohnKleeb]

13. RELATIVELY!

:P really I thought Connecticut would be, oh I see, you guys just steal other states' basketball stars!, so thats what Calhoun and that Italian sounding name guy do!

[bigwillq]

16. Yes, CT is a thief

I think there's only been one women's BBALL player in the last 10 years to play for the Huskies and like 3 or 4 MEN.

[MuseRider]

2. I would love it but

I would be afraid. Where would all that aggression go?

[NC_Nurse]

3. I think I love you!

:loveya:

Another person who sees what an opiate of the masses pro sports are!

Too bad it wasn't the last verse in "Imagine"....(I'm only dreaming, I know...)

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Woo hoo!!

:P

[JohnKleeb]

6. No way

[SOteric]

7. I have a sneaking suspicion that the result would be

an over-interest in episodes of Iron Chef and Survivor.

[JohnKleeb]

8. which would be worse

See sports have some redeeming quality :).

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

9. Noooo!!!!!!!

Sports is one of the few outlets I have that keeps me from having to watch chimp-boy and his minions bragging about their latest "success".

[donheld]

14. Wouldn't it be cool if they went on strike

and nobody noticed?

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. That would be even better!!

But we aren't at that point yet.

[Flaxbee]

17. Yes, it would be excellent.

I don't think we should get rid of the intramural games, etc., but the pro stuff can go away. If everyone PLAYED the damn games instead of sat on their butts and ate Cheetos, we'd be a much healthier, happier country, I think.

I used to like going to baseball games, the Dodgers, in LA with friends, but I'm so disgusted by all these overpaid steroid-inhaling jerks that I no longer like it. The sports have ALL been ruined by money.

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Yep - money, advertising, and, what bothers me most, is sports worship

The worship of teams, the worship of players, and the worship of sports in general. And the equating of one's value and worth based on the capacity of the team in your state or city to win. What the fuck is that?

But it's the worship that gets me worst. Sports get approximately 800 million percent more air time and coverage then the Nobels, the Pritzkers, the MacArthur Genius Grants, science, arts, humanities, world news, world culture, literature, etc. etc. etc. all added together.

When we have a country in which more people can tell you the yards that Randy Moss ran and the points he scored, then can tell you what's happening in Iraq or even in the Senate, or how many symphonies Beethoven composed, or who's on their city council or the severity of malaria as a worldwide health issue, then we have a fuckin' problem.

And we saw the result of it in the last election.

Not that I blame sports entirely mind you, but the worship of sports absorbs so much time and resources that people don't have enough time (or inclination) to educate themselves as to what the hell is happening in the world around them.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. I would quite possibly shrivel up and die Rabrrrrrr...Please don't

ask me to think about life without Packers....Please? Although I am quite content that HockeyTown is dark. That is the dorkiest nickname. :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. Well, I don't want you to shrivel up and die, that's for sure.

:-)

:hi:

Now I have the song "Funkytown" in my head, but with "Hockey Town" in it. Argh!! Darn you, MrsGrumpy! :grr: :mad: :grr: :mad: :grr: :mad: :grr: :mad: :grr:

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Oops! Trust me, "Funkytown" is infinately better than the dumb "Hey Hey

Hockeytown" song...which I now have rolling around in my brain. ;) Apologies all around.

[LynzM]

21. I see your sports strike, and raise you

A general television strike. Hell, if whoever hates this country really wanted to wake us up, they should just stop TV from getting to anyone. Can you even imagine what that would do to most people? People would have to get their news from other people! They'd have to read! They'd listen to the radio! They might even go outside! :evilgrin: I'd only miss Jon Stewart and those 'boring learning channels' :)

And I agree, it'd be nice if actually world news got as much time as sports and celebrity gossip.

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. I'll see YOUR strike, and raise you an end to celebrity magazines

I love the idea of a Television strike! A total strike. Not even reruns. No TV at all. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Not even news.

And, we'll get rid of the celebrity magazines like People and ET and shit.

And that's under the assumption that all the sports magazines were already gone. If not, let's get rid of those before the celebrity magazines.

[LynzM]

24. Excellent....

I seriously spend entirely too much time contemplating what that would do to the U.S. It'd certainly be chaotic and interesting, at the least!

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. Chaotic for a bit, yeah...

but if we survived it, the results would be STUPENDOUS!

I mean, really - consider all the incredibly good stuff that this country manages to produce in terms of science and engineering and the arts and entertainment and whatnot. And then, imagine what would happen if the 10% of viable intelligent productive people were supplemented by another 70% of people who've been worshipping sports, celebrities, and material acqusitions as a sign of one's self-worth.