I'm in my early 50s and have been a die-hard sports fan since before I was a teenager. Hockey and football were my favorites but if it was on TV and involved competition I was interested (heck, I'd watch college gymnastics, figure skating, the Olympics, women's soccer!).

I had to drop the CLOSE following of a few sports after entering the work force (sorry NBA and MLB) and then a few more after kids (sorry NASCAR, golf, tennis and college basketball).

It was probably around 2005-2008 when ESPN and some of the major networks started injecting politics into their commentary. It was so fucking irritating and unnecessary. I guess I just tried to ignore it but eventually ESPN turned into a 24-7 left-wing political talk show. Finally couldn't take it anymore and completely stopped watching the network.

The NFL campaign against toughness and hard hitting that started in 2010 also certainly decreased my interest there. Well, then came the kneeling and virtue-signaling and more politics.

I continued watching my sports and going to some games.

Then came the anti-Trump shit. Don't get me wrong - I am not a Trump supporter and I can surely understand why people got triggered by the blowhard but when you are covering it non-stop everywhere else why ruin my sports break with that garbage? I came up with a list of about 10 key words or phrases and if any of them were uttered during a game I was watching I would just turn the TV off and go do something else.

Then came the George Floyd and BLM riots. I saw my favorite players and teams promoting rioting and lawlessness and wearing the names of convicted rapists at sporting events. Sports media and sports business turned into support for a political movement. An authoritarian communist political movement.

This was too much. I just stopped. I have not consumed 1 second of sports news since June of 2020. Did not watch 1 game, did not open 1 app, read one story, watch 1 replay, listen to 1 second of sports talk. No purchase of any gear, no purchase of any tickets (well, wasn't much available anyway), did not watch any playoffs, not 1 fantasy sports league, no March Madness brackets, did not watch the NFL draft. For the first time since 1979 I did not watch the Super Bowl.

I have loved every minute of my free time and I am done. Not going back. Will not miss it. I will be selling all my memorabilia, ephemera, media guides, etc., etc. Sports were an major part of my life for over 30 years and I have many fond memories of the excitement - big wins and close losses. Great memories of how it was. Truly regrettable how the progs have destroyed yet another thing that was great about America.

I am sure the sports leagues and businesses don't give even the slightest of fucks about losing my interest and that's fine. I haven't lobbied anyone to follow my lead and I really don't care if people follow sports or not. That's their business.

What I am curious about is if anyone else has just found sports to be to political and annoying to follow anymore? Am I the only person that moved on? It's not like there aren't many other things out there competing for people's time. Perhaps it was all childish and I should have been doing something else the entire time. After all, I once calculated that I was watching 6 days of TV during the NHL playoffs alone.

Too long didn't read

Nobody FUCKING cares old man Wrote:
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> Too long didn't read


Yeah, the younger generation can’t read more than a couple of sentences at a time.

Skimmed, and got the general idea. Watching tv sports (and almost every fucking show on tv) is a waste of time. Commercials are outright retarded and push every political agenda on the idiot population. Sports isn't about sports. It's about money, political movements, pushing bullshit products, and overpaid crybabies.

I haven't dropped sports or tv entirely. But I have stepped away from a lot of it.

Imagine devoting your time and spending money on people and leagues that hate you.

Im done with it since they started taking the knee like pandering JOE acts up for a vote
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Same here. Sick and tired of athletes pretending that I give a fuck what they think about politics or some dope fiend OD'ing while the cops happened to be there trying to protect the public.

Also, you’re a faggot Wrote:
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> Yeah, the younger generation can’t read more
> than a couple of sentences at a time.

Oh. But I can. There's a difference between can't and won't. Like you can have sex with your daughter like you want to but she won't.

I most certainly can read but won't read some random ass rant by a guy who's lying to himself about the world he used to know coming to a firey end where he's at the bottom.

Former Sports Fan Wrote:
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> I'm in my early 50s and have been a die-hard
> sports fan since before I was a teenager. Hockey
> and football were my favorites but if it was on TV
> and involved competition I was interested (heck,
> I'd watch college gymnastics, figure skating, the
> Olympics, women's soccer!).
>
> I had to drop the CLOSE following of a few sports
> after entering the work force (sorry NBA and MLB)
> and then a few more after kids (sorry NASCAR,
> golf, tennis and college basketball).
>
> It was probably around 2005-2008 when ESPN and
> some of the major networks started injecting
> politics into their commentary. It was so fucking
> irritating and unnecessary. I guess I just tried
> to ignore it but eventually ESPN turned into a
> 24-7 left-wing political talk show. Finally
> couldn't take it anymore and completely stopped
> watching the network.
>
> The NFL campaign against toughness and hard
> hitting that started in 2010 also certainly
> decreased my interest there. Well, then came the
> kneeling and virtue-signaling and more politics.
>
> I continued watching my sports and going to some
> games.
>
> Then came the anti-Trump shit. Don't get me wrong
> - I am not a Trump supporter and I can surely
> understand why people got triggered by the
> blowhard but when you are covering it non-stop
> everywhere else why ruin my sports break with that
> garbage? I came up with a list of about 10 key
> words or phrases and if any of them were uttered
> during a game I was watching I would just turn the
> TV off and go do something else.
>
> Then came the George Floyd and BLM riots. I saw
> my favorite players and teams promoting rioting
> and lawlessness and wearing the names of convicted
> rapists at sporting events. Sports media and
> sports business turned into support for a
> political movement. An authoritarian communist
> political movement.
>
> This was too much. I just stopped. I have not
> consumed 1 second of sports news since June of
> 2020. Did not watch 1 game, did not open 1 app,
> read one story, watch 1 replay, listen to 1 second
> of sports talk. No purchase of any gear, no
> purchase of any tickets (well, wasn't much
> available anyway), did not watch any playoffs, not
> 1 fantasy sports league, no March Madness
> brackets, did not watch the NFL draft. For the
> first time since 1979 I did not watch the Super
> Bowl.
>
> I have loved every minute of my free time and I am
> done. Not going back. Will not miss it. I will
> be selling all my memorabilia, ephemera, media
> guides, etc., etc. Sports were an major part of
> my life for over 30 years and I have many fond
> memories of the excitement - big wins and close
> losses. Great memories of how it was. Truly
> regrettable how the progs have destroyed yet
> another thing that was great about America.
>
> I am sure the sports leagues and businesses don't
> give even the slightest of fucks about losing my
> interest and that's fine. I haven't lobbied
> anyone to follow my lead and I really don't care
> if people follow sports or not. That's their
> business.
>
> What I am curious about is if anyone else has just
> found sports to be to political and annoying to
> follow anymore? Am I the only person that moved
> on? It's not like there aren't many other things
> out there competing for people's time. Perhaps it
> was all childish and I should have been doing
> something else the entire time. After all, I once
> calculated that I was watching 6 days of TV during
> the NHL playoffs alone.


Looks like you are triggered
Did a nog get with your wife daughter?

yup....eye gave up too

grown black men supporting a eurocentric group like blm and the masterminds of the attack on our country in 2020, and perpetrating the fraud like its sum pro black shit.....five on the black hand side faggggot bullshit

never again!

So you get upset when athletes give their opinion about their beliefs but you listen to uneducated and ill informed people who decide to run for a political office. There is no difference. These politicians don’t understand what they are talking about either. Why do we not have civil service exams or at least give them a test on how the government works. They just give their opinions and parrot rhetoric to get people to donate money directly into their pockets.

Oh really Wrote:
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> So you get upset when athletes give their opinion
> about their beliefs but you listen to uneducated
> and ill informed people who decide to run for a
> political office. There is no difference. These
> politicians don’t understand what they are
> talking about either. Why do we not have civil
> service exams or at least give them a test on how
> the government works. They just give their
> opinions and parrot rhetoric to get people to
> donate money directly into their pockets.

You don't get it dumbfuck. No one cares if an athlete "gives an opinion." It's the endless constant non-stop drumbeat of prog propaganda. All day every day every game every talk show every news cycle. Communist propaganda instead of sports. A lot of people don't watch sports to get their communist politics.

Former Sports Fan Wrote:
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That is your right. But nobody gives a shit. And the lengths you go to to explain yourself is evidence of massive insecurity.

In fact, you sound like the propaganda you bitch about. Think about it.

When I'm watching sports I'm doing so to see a nigger bounce a ball or chase another nigger or punch another nigger. That's their job and what they are paid to do - entertain me. The last thing I want to hear is who he votes for, how much air he keeps in his tires or what he had for lunch for yesterday. All of that shit is equally irrelevant as the nigger needs to do his job. If you hire a plumber to unclog your shitter do you want to spend an hour hearing about his politics?

unhinged libtards Wrote:
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> When I'm watching sports I'm doing so to see a
> nigger bounce a ball or chase another nigger or
> punch another nigger. That's their job and what
> they are paid to do - entertain me. The last
> thing I want to hear is who he votes for, how much
> air he keeps in his tires or what he had for lunch
> for yesterday. All of that shit is equally
> irrelevant as the nigger needs to do his job. If
> you hire a plumber to unclog your shitter do you
> want to spend an hour hearing about his politics?


Those nogs use the money you give by watching them play they use for fucking white women
Thanks buddy

I heard that someone said Wrote:
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> unhinged libtards Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > When I'm watching sports I'm doing so to see a
> > nigger bounce a ball or chase another nigger or
> > punch another nigger. That's their job and
> what
> > they are paid to do - entertain me. The last
> > thing I want to hear is who he votes for, how
> much
> > air he keeps in his tires or what he had for
> lunch
> > for yesterday. All of that shit is equally
> > irrelevant as the nigger needs to do his job.
> If
> > you hire a plumber to unclog your shitter do
> you
> > want to spend an hour hearing about his
> politics?
>
>
> Those nogs use the money you give by watching
> them play they use for fucking white women
> Thanks buddy


That would be a win-win. White people use their money to invest, build businesses and achieve real success and wealth. If nogs want to waste money on coal burning bitches and ho's - well... the next time you ask why there is a racial wealth gap - there's your answer. A side benefit is identifying which white women have no self esteem so they can be avoided when we are deciding which white women are worthy of spending time with actually wealthy people.

The OP is definitely a Trump supporter. Politics have always tried to interject themselves into sporting events, back to the days of ancient Rome. We were treated to plenty of it when Bush invaded Iraq. True sports fans who have walked away from professional sports over the past 20 years won't pretend it is over politics. They will tell you it is because the sports have been watered down so much in the name of expanding viewership and thus increasing revenues. The Brady Rule killed the NFL among true football fans long before Floyd and BLM arrived on the scene.

now!
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ygdum Wrote:
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> Oh really Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > So you get upset when athletes give their
> opinion
> > about their beliefs but you listen to
> uneducated
> > and ill informed people who decide to run for a
> > political office. There is no difference. These
> > politicians don’t understand what they are
> > talking about either. Why do we not have civil
> > service exams or at least give them a test on
> how
> > the government works. They just give their
> > opinions and parrot rhetoric to get people to
> > donate money directly into their pockets.
>
> You don't get it dumbfuck. No one cares if an
> athlete "gives an opinion." It's the endless
> constant non-stop drumbeat of prog propaganda.
> All day every day every game every talk show every
> news cycle. Communist propaganda instead of
> sports. A lot of people don't watch sports to get
> their communist politics.


Easy to tell you watch a lot of right wing propaganda
Maybe get out and away from that shit

do this Wrote:
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Cool story bro

nigga what? Wrote:
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> I heard that someone said Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > unhinged libtards Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > When I'm watching sports I'm doing so to see
> a
> > > nigger bounce a ball or chase another nigger
> or
> > > punch another nigger. That's their job and
> > what
> > > they are paid to do - entertain me. The last
> > > thing I want to hear is who he votes for, how
> > much
> > > air he keeps in his tires or what he had for
> > lunch
> > > for yesterday. All of that shit is equally
> > > irrelevant as the nigger needs to do his job.
>
> > If
> > > you hire a plumber to unclog your shitter do
> > you
> > > want to spend an hour hearing about his
> > politics?
> >
> >
> > Those nogs use the money you give by watching
> > them play they use for fucking white women
> > Thanks buddy
>
>
> That would be a win-win. White people use their
> money to invest, build businesses and achieve real
> success and wealth. If nogs want to waste money on
> coal burning bitches and ho's - well... the next
> time you ask why there is a racial wealth gap -
> there's your answer. A side benefit is
> identifying which white women have no self esteem
> so they can be avoided when we are deciding which
> white women are worthy of spending time with
> actually wealthy people.


Most all white women have had the bbc and love
The ones who haven't are just waiting their turn