How do I get over this ridiculous problem?

[AussieJTFer]

Watch a game of Australian Rules football and you'll be turned off all sports, that sport is the most retarted waste of time ever invented.

[MarZutra]

While I know there are so many more important things to worry about in the world, believe it or not, I was actually a little depressed when my favorite football team lost over the weekend in the first game of the season.  Things were even worse when I was a kid, before I gained a more worldly perspective over what is important in life.  Now it really doesn't effect me all that much, but I would like to reach the point where I don't care about it at all quite frankly.  Any suggestions?

Turn the television off and pick up a good book and increase your IQ and not lower it via watching highly over paid shvartzas or tatood pagan whites who can't read and barely speak English chase after a ball.  Sorry, I like playing sports but cannot watch them.  They are a very distractive tool to keep people dumbed down and preoccupied from the real importance of life and things going on around them...imo

[Sarah]

NY Mets are baseball and NY Giants are football.  I understand the positive approach to wait til next year, and I do realize there are far more important things in life certainly.  Then again, it would be nice to see one of the teams I root for at least win once in my lifetime, lol.

I just solve that problem by rooting for the winning team, its the same sport in the end.

Marzutra is right, sometimes its a distraction.

[decimos]

if you thank thats bad,think how i felt when my team got relegated from the Premier League.

[AussieJTFer]

What team was that, Watford, Sheffield United or Charlton?

[MasterWolf1]

lol for soccer hmm maybe? 

http://www.showdownsports.com/images/replicas/italy-poster-white.jpg

Del Mondo!

[Ari]

Sarah, if you always root for the winning team it's not as fun.  If you team ever does finally win it'll feel great that you stuck by them.  In America, they call someone who always roots for the winning team a "fair weather fan" or "bandwagon jumper."  I understand your sentiment though, and quite a few people do follow this philosophy.

[JewishTeddyBear]

I guess I am one of those fear-weathered fans who is no fun at all, because I also root for the better team.  I love to see excellence.  that is why I like the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys, and the Dodgers/Lakers too, but only when they are doing really well.

[Joe Schmo]

I love to see excellence. 

Then why watch sports?

[JewishTeddyBear]

So that I can watch excellence.

[MarZutra]

Good point Scriabin.  I agree 100% as per my earlier post.  If one wishes to lower ones own IQ watch your soap operas or sit down guzzel a few beer eat cheezys and watch sports...  Now playing sports is an entirely different story....  at least one gets some personal benefit

[Joe Schmo]

So that I can watch excellence.

Whatever you say. 

[Joe Schmo]

So that I can watch excellence.

Excellence, mmm hmm!

y'knowumsayin'!

[MarZutra]

So that I can watch excellence.

Excellence, mmm hmm!

y'knowumsayin'!

LOL  Now that is funny

[Joe Schmo]

So that I can watch excellence.

Here's some REAL excellence:

[JewishTeddyBear]

Personally, I would rather watch sports than play sports.  Less sweat that way.  I can just sit back, and watch great athletic feats.

There are many forms of excellence.  Barry Bonds hitting a home run is excellence.  Roger Staubach's Cowboys defeating Fran Tarkenton's Vikings, is excellence.  Kirk Gibson of the 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers giving me the single most exciting sports moment of my life, is excellence.

Then there is musical excellence.  Yes, it is quite moving to see the late great Jewish musical conductor/composer, Leonard Bernstein, conduct Beethoven's ninth symphony.  Personally, though, my taste in that sort of music is from an earlier period, especially the Baroque period (Bach, Handel, Purcell, Vivaldi, Telemann, Pachelbel and so on) and Mozart.  Although Felix Mendelssohn did come from a later era, in the mid 1800's, I am partial to him because he was Jewish, and besides, he did write some great music.

As for Pablo Picasso...sorry, but I do not even respect him enough to call him great despite all the critical acclaim to his work.  He is probably the one most responsible for bringing modern art to the world.  Modern art is a joke.  Any child can draw modern art.  True art is both representational yet elevating, as was the art of Michaelangelo and DaVinci.  The art of Monet or Van Gogh may emphasize subjectivity, but the representation is still clearly there.  That is art, not Picasso drawing some simple childish figure.  By the way, I have seen his very early art, when he was still normal, and it was fantastic.  Too bad he apparently got bored with it.

[Joe Schmo]

Barry Bonds hitting a home run is excellence. 

As for Pablo Picasso...sorry, but I do not even respect him enough to call him great despite all the critical acclaim to his work.  He is probably the one most responsible for bringing modern art to the world.  Modern art is a joke.  Any child can draw modern art.  True art is both representational yet elevating, as was the art of Michaelangelo and DaVinci.  The art of Monet or Van Gogh may emphasize subjectivity, but the representation is still clearly there.  That is art, not Picasso drawing some simple childish figure.  By the way, I have seen his very early art, when he was still normal, and it was fantastic.  Too bad he apparently got bored with it.

So, the steroid-using Bonds is an example of excellence and Picasso is a joke.

What a world.   

[HiWarp]

So that I can watch excellence.

Excellence, mmm hmm!

y'knowumsayin'!

Ah yes, excellence in sports today.

Lawyers for a former Madison Square Garden executive suing New York Knicks coach and president Isiah Thomas for sexual harassment rested her case after four days of testimony portraying him as a foul-mouthed lout who loathed and then loved her.

O.J. Simpson was charged Tuesday with seven felonies, including kidnapping, in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in a casino-hotel room.

Suspended defensive tackle Tank Johnson signed a two-year contract Tuesday with the Dallas Cowboys. Johnson, who played the last three seasons for the Chicago Bears, can't play for the Cowboys and won't be paid until he completes his eight-game NFL suspension for violating probation on a gun charge.

Federal authorities have taken over the investigation into dog fighting on property owned by Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting.

Police seized $81,020 in cash belonging to Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones, money they said sparked a melee and a triple shooting at a strip club over the weekend, court documents show.

Nate Newton was caught with 213 pounds of marijuana in 2001, then two weeks later was caught with another 175 pounds. He served two years in jail and has recently come clean about his smuggling days, stating ""It was all the fun the law would allow...and then some."

   Rae Carruth - Guilty of the most heinous crime in the history of the NFL (remember, OJ was acquitted), Carruth orchestrated the execution-style murder of his pregnant girlfriend because she refused to have an abortion.

Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin surrendered to police Saturday night, one day after Denton County authorities issued an arrest warrant on a felony cocaine possession charge.

A judge Monday approved a deal allowing Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis to avoid murder charges and jail time by pleading guilty to a misdemeanor and testifying against two co-defendants.

Jayson Williams played nine seasons (1990-99) in the National Basketball Association, but is now better known as the guy from the New Jersey Nets who shot his limo driver.  On 14 February 2002 he allegedly shot and killed Costas "Gus" Christofi at a late-night party at Williams's home in Milford, New Jersey.

In 2001 Reuben Patterson while playing for the Seattle Supersonics, entered a modified plea to an attempted rape charge involving his children's
24 year old nanny whom he forced to perform a sex act on him.

He was sentenced to a year in jail with all but 15 days suspended. Patterson served the time in his Cleveland home and was suspended for the first five games of the following season by the NBA.

Well, you get the point.

[Joe Schmo]

So that I can watch excellence.

Excellence, mmm hmm!

y'knowumsayin'!

Ah yes, excellence in sports today.

Lawyers for a former Madison Square Garden executive suing New York Knicks coach and president Isiah Thomas for sexual harassment rested her case after four days of testimony portraying him as a foul-mouthed lout who loathed and then loved her.

O.J. Simpson was charged Tuesday with seven felonies, including kidnapping, in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in a casino-hotel room.

Suspended defensive tackle Tank Johnson signed a two-year contract Tuesday with the Dallas Cowboys. Johnson, who played the last three seasons for the Chicago Bears, can't play for the Cowboys and won't be paid until he completes his eight-game NFL suspension for violating probation on a gun charge.

Federal authorities have taken over the investigation into dog fighting on property owned by Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting.

Police seized $81,020 in cash belonging to Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones, money they said sparked a melee and a triple shooting at a strip club over the weekend, court documents show.

Nate Newton was caught with 213 pounds of marijuana in 2001, then two weeks later was caught with another 175 pounds. He served two years in jail and has recently come clean about his smuggling days, stating ""It was all the fun the law would allow...and then some."

   Rae Carruth - Guilty of the most heinous crime in the history of the NFL (remember, OJ was acquitted), Carruth orchestrated the execution-style murder of his pregnant girlfriend because she refused to have an abortion.

Former Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin surrendered to police Saturday night, one day after Denton County authorities issued an arrest warrant on a felony cocaine possession charge.

A judge Monday approved a deal allowing Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis to avoid murder charges and jail time by pleading guilty to a misdemeanor and testifying against two co-defendants.

Jayson Williams played nine seasons (1990-99) in the National Basketball Association, but is now better known as the guy from the New Jersey Nets who shot his limo driver.  On 14 February 2002 he allegedly shot and killed Costas "Gus" Christofi at a late-night party at Williams's home in Milford, New Jersey.

In 2001 Reuben Patterson while playing for the Seattle Supersonics, entered a modified plea to an attempted rape charge involving his children's
24 year old nanny whom he forced to perform a sex act on him.

He was sentenced to a year in jail with all but 15 days suspended. Patterson served the time in his Cleveland home and was suspended for the first five games of the following season by the NBA.

Well, you get the point.

Mmm hmm, excellence.

Apparenlty, there's excellence in crime as well.

[JewishTeddyBear]

I am not aware of Barry Bonds committing any crime.  Barry Bonds is not OJ Simpson.  Believe it or not, not all Blacks are the same person.

And yes, as a matter of fact, Barry Bonds IS a better example of excellence than Pablo Picasso.  Bonds hits home runs the way they are supposed to be hit.  He does not change the rules by hitting the ball like a little girl would.

Pablo Picasso, on the other hand, took his enormous artistic talents, turned it over on its head, and started to paint like a little child.  He made a mockery of truly great art.

[Joe Schmo]

And yes, as a matter of fact, Barry Bonds IS a better example of excellence than Pablo Picasso.  Bonds hits home runs the way they are supposed to be hit.  He does not change the rules by hitting the ball like a little girl would.

A brilliant analysis.

[HiWarp]

And yes, as a matter of fact, Barry Bonds IS a better example of excellence than Pablo Picasso.  Bonds hits home runs the way they are supposed to be hit.  He does not change the rules by hitting the ball like a little girl would.

A brilliant analysis.

Now why go start this again?  As I've previously stated, HE DID change the rules by using ILLEGAL substances to enhance his physical capabilities. 

[JewishTeddyBear]

Then weight lifting is also changing the rules, since it also enhances ones muscles.

To Scrabian, thank you for your praise.  I hope it was sincere and not sarcastic!

[HiWarp]

Then weight lifting is also changing the rules, since it also enhances ones muscles.

To Scrabian, thank you for your praise.  I hope it was sincere and not sarcastic!

But weightlifting, as well as running, taking batting practice, shagging fly balls, sitting in a whirlpool, icing sore muscles, doing crunches, using an elliptical trainer, etc. aren't ILLEGAL.

[Joe Schmo]

Then weight lifting is also changing the rules, since it also enhances ones muscles.

Weightlifting is HARD WORK.

Steroid use is cheating.