Why I Won't Be Watching The Superbowl

in sports •  7 years ago 

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The Superbowl used to be the highlight of the sports year in America... Television advertisements during halftime were almost reason enough to on their own and were among the most expensive airtime there was/is. Now the NFL has become a symbol of everything that's wrong with America... a bunch of overpaid assgrabbing crybabies playing a child's sport spitting on the country that gave them opportunity. Millionaires living the high life in mansions who have no respect for either their country or the people that gave their lives that they might enjoy their expensive cars and multi-million dollar homes.

The Philadelphia Eagles, to make matters worse chose this garbage as their "anthem," for the pre- game.

All I see coming from the NFL is pampered wannabe thugs and a commissioner too much a coward to say anything about it. Commissioner Goodell, you and the rest of your league are America's shame!

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never watched it myself.
not once.

I haven't had a tv for 3-4 years now- I guess that's another reason I won't watch. I quit watching pro football years ago- I like college ball but mostly I watch hockey

My dad loved it. I watched a superbowl ONCE with him when I was in my early teens. That was more than enough. I never did again.

Hi again! Right now, I'm watching a group of BLM/Antifa protesters being arrested after they blocked the LRT line going to the Super Bowl stadium.

https://steemit.com/news/@nxtblg/breaking-news-blm-and-antifa-are-blocking-the-light-rail-tracks-on-lrt-to-super-bowl

As I write, the cops just broke the arm-locks and a bike lock that some boyo used to lock himself to the half-fence.

Who need the Super Bowl with entertainment like this? ;-)

Now that I might pay to watch!

I don't watch sportsball.

I don't even watch TV... I guess that's another reason (don't even own one!)

So support your take on the over paid NFL thugs. The owners and commissioner are just as bad. I hope the viewer ship gets knocked down to nothing and they bankrupt themselves. Just poor sportsmanship going on for years. End it now. 🐓

Dude, I got through about 45 seconds of that clip and had to shut it down before I lost my lunch. I might as well go to work and get something accomplished today.

This is what football has turned into... Basketball is just as bad. I try not to be racist, but these assholes make it hard!

Funny that the Eagles would have done that...Eagles fans are notorious for their bad behavior.

"Eagles Fans Behaving Badly: The Decade-by-Decade History."

Feel free to dump on the City of Brotherly Hate.... ;-)

Imagine somebody asked which team I'll be supporting???

Well, I gotta watch the thing because of my parents. This was not at my behest. ;)

Enjoy your sportsball-free Sunday night!

Loools

You said it well. That video is disgusting. Our world has gone to hell. Thanks.

Amen brother. Stupid Bowl is on now and I'm just checking out new posts like yours. Kneeling belongs in church I thought. Good luck tomorrow.

Amen to that... There's only one guy I take a knee for!

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I don't even know who's playing! The first super bowls were fun. Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas, etc. I don't pay any attention anymore.

Sir, Which team you support in this game?

I agree. I'm not watching them either. Basically, while I believe in freedom of speech, I don't believe that people have the "right" to express themselves in any way they choose while they are at their job.

The NFL, which apparently now stands for "National Felons' League" made a very poor business decision to allow these millionaire crybabies to spit on their customer base.

Put it this way. Would you still walk into your local coffee shop to buy an overpriced cup of mediocre coffee if every time you entered, one of the employees was intentionally rude to you? What if the employee flipped you off? What if you told the owner and instead of firing the employee or demanding the employee apologize immediately, the owner decided to stand shoulder to shoulder with his employee, flip you off in solidarity with his employee, and give a speech about freedom of speech? Um, well, I don't know about you, but I would tell them all to piss off and never give them my business again.

What makes it even worse in the case of the NFL players, is that they are paid millions of dollars, per year to throw a ball and chase it around a field. That is more than most of the people watching them will see in their lifetime, and yet they have the nerve to complain about how horrible and unfair, and racist America is? Piss on all of them!

believe in freedom of speech, I

What part don't you understand? You do have "freedom of speech". You also have consequences for that speech. For example, if you tell you boss to "Fuck off", you may not have a job anymore. Ever hear the phrase "With Freedom comes responsibility"? Actions have consequences.

When you exercise your freedoms, just remember that other people also have freedom, and if you choose to say and do things that piss people off, they are free to boycott you. As far as the National Felons' League, I don't invite people into my living room that disrespect my country.

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My thoughts on this is that they just not deserve these opportunities and high salaries! We need some new....

What in the world with that song?!

Did you ever enjoy watching football? I've never understood the appeal. But I've never understood the appeal of watching sports at all - unless it's something you actually enjoy playing yourself, and then, why not just get some friends together and play it?

What? That thing was today?
Oh well, maybe I missed it.
Who's playing by the way?

To add further, teams used to be representative of the cities they were in. Now, the teams care so little for their towns and their fans, that they will move just for a slightly better stadium.

I'm not watching the superbowl because i couldn't care less about sports ball. However this post game live-stream of the streets of Philly is providing a good insight into everythign you wrote about.

You won, yet you still destroy your city? Retarded.

You said it well" this vedio is disgusting.

never watched before, will check it

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