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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:17:38 PM EDT
[#1]
So, basically, NASCAR?
 How do you feel about putting gravel in their shoes so they can't run as fast? |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:18:25 PM EDT
[#2]
But I don't want to revive it.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:18:36 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So, basically, NASCAR? Restrictor plates have no place in top fuel track and field |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:21:56 PM EDT
[#4]
If sportsball is dying, when do total salaries paid to athletes start to decline? Don't think that's happened yet.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:22:35 PM EDT
[#5]
It's not the athleticism that's making people not watch. Sportsball people need to shut their fucking mouths about anything not related to the game they play.
Anyone making millions of dollars to pay a game has no place to talk about the inequities or unfairness of "the system". |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:23:53 PM EDT
[#6]
Easier solution is to stop using government money for stadiums.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:24:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If sportsball is dying, when do total salaries paid to athletes start to decline? Don't think that's happened yet. That's a good idea. We'll have a salary cap of, say, $100k per team. The coaches can divide it however, by weight, height, or some unknown formula. But we would encourage off season exhibition games where the salary is paid out in $20's, scattered onto a sportsball arena and the team is set loose to grab as much as they can. A yearly payday, make it or break it. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:30:39 PM EDT
[#8]
Have the winners kill and eat the losers.
People will tune in exponentially. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:31:22 PM EDT
[#9]
Better yet, we'll have a salary cap for the whole league. The money will be apportioned to teams based on their end of season rankings, that'll motivate 'em to play hard
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:32:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have the winners kill and eat the losers. People will tune in exponentially. I'm listening. We might draft you as a commissioner. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:32:18 PM EDT
[#11]
There is a problem with your theory. With the exception of baseball the other sports are more popular than they have ever been.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:33:33 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: But I don't want to revive it. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:34:25 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm listening. We might draft you as a commissioner. What about naked cheerleaders? Can we get naked cheerleaders too? 
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:35:53 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There is a problem with your theory. With the exception of baseball the other sports are more popular than they have ever been. Baseball is going to be problematic. Even with 75 dwarves running around the field it's still a boring game. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:37:36 PM EDT
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Or, maybe, just maybe.... stick just to playing ball and keep ALL politics out of it? Do what you want in your private life, but while you are in uniform, you don't have any political opinions. No taking a knee, no "alternate" national anthems, no pins, flags, or statements of support. Nothing but ball play.
Or is that too crazy? |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:39:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What about naked cheerleaders? Can we get naked cheerleaders too? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm listening. We might draft you as a commissioner. What about naked cheerleaders? Can we get naked cheerleaders too? We'll have a much lower weight limit for the cheer squads, and we'll strictly enforce the total square inches of uniform material. We don't want this: 
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:42:06 PM EDT
[#17]
Soccer can be easily fixed with a random exploding ball. After x rotations the ball explodes. So now when that player wants to take a dive with a injury you know he is not faking it .
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:42:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is a problem with your theory. With the exception of baseball the other sports are more popular than they have ever been. All those current fans would watch competitive snail racing, we are gonna reach entirely new audiences |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:44:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: All those current fans would watch competitive snail racing, we are gonna reach entirely new audiences Put the snails on methamphetamine and I'm in. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:46:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Soccer can be easily fixed with a random exploding ball. After x rotations the ball explodes. So now when that player wants to take a dive with a injury you know he is not faking it . Just enough of a charge to take off a limb. Let's see, what's a soccer player weigh? 100 lb? And there's what, a dozen? Whatever. Let's say a soccer team can field 1200 lbs of player, with a total squad weight cap of 3000 lb. So, as the season goes on we'll have guys losing legs. I guess arms don't really matter since they aren't allowed to touch the ball. So the B-league teams will get populated with the unlucky ones from the A-league. In B-league we'll set a limit on the total number of legs on field at any time. You can have 24 legs. Now, that might be 12 guys with 2 legs or 24 guys with one leg, or any combination you can come up with. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:46:56 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Put the snails on methamphetamine and I'm in. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: All those current fans would watch competitive snail racing, we are gonna reach entirely new audiences Put the snails on methamphetamine and I'm in. You monster, that's just cruel |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:49:15 PM EDT
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Until recently I attended a number of college baseball games including the college world series. I enjoy it. The school I watch most of the games has won a number of national championships and the players at most get a 1/2 scholarship. Some walk ons.
Their former coach that won a number of them became the AD for a while. He often would say "you see the football team doing this and that, I see the entire athletic department budget going up and down the field". My doctor held the SEC conference record for home runs in a season for 20 years. Not all players are destined to be a felon. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:49:26 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Put the snails on methamphetamine and I'm in. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: All those current fans would watch competitive snail racing, we are gonna reach entirely new audiences Put the snails on methamphetamine and I'm in. OMG that suggests a whole new venue: horse racing. We'll have the same NHRA-style horse classes. Top fuel will be the biggest, gnarliest horses raised on steroids and pumped full of meth just before the race. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:49:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just enough of a charge to take off a limb. Let's see, what's a soccer player weigh? 100 lb? And there's what, a dozen? Whatever. Let's say a soccer team can field 1200 lbs of player, with a total squad weight cap of 3000 lb. So, as the season goes on we'll have guys losing legs. I guess arms don't really matter since they aren't allowed to touch the ball. So the B-league teams will get populated with the unlucky ones from the A-league. In B-league we'll set a limit on the total number of legs on field at any time. You can have 24 legs. Now, that might be 12 guys with 2 legs or 24 guys with one leg, or any combination you can come up with. If you are going to institute a leg rule it has to be an odd number |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:49:38 PM EDT
[#25]
Naw, I think it's good. About 4 years ago I wondered a bit.
About 75% of my friends were done with it. Today..100% are back like nothing happened. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:52:31 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you are going to institute a leg rule it has to be an odd number Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Just enough of a charge to take off a limb. Let's see, what's a soccer player weigh? 100 lb? And there's what, a dozen? Whatever. Let's say a soccer team can field 1200 lbs of player, with a total squad weight cap of 3000 lb. So, as the season goes on we'll have guys losing legs. I guess arms don't really matter since they aren't allowed to touch the ball. So the B-league teams will get populated with the unlucky ones from the A-league. In B-league we'll set a limit on the total number of legs on field at any time. You can have 24 legs. Now, that might be 12 guys with 2 legs or 24 guys with one leg, or any combination you can come up with. If you are going to institute a leg rule it has to be an odd number Done. We're going to put the prosthetics question up to a vote. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:56:05 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Naw, I think it's good. About 4 years ago I wondered a bit. About 75% of my friends were done with it. Today..100% are back like nothing happened. Just imagine their delight when they tune into a hocky game and find 20 anorexics facing off against a half dozen Gorlocks. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 11:57:45 PM EDT
[#28]
NFL broke all its ratings this year.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:01:15 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's not the athleticism that's making people not watch. Sportsball people need to shut their fucking mouths about anything not related to the game they play. Anyone making millions of dollars to pay a game has no place to talk about the inequities or unfairness of "the system". This. I've taken a knee on all sportsball since the Colin Kaepernick asshole. I was never a huge fan before, but I haven't watched a single game since. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:06:51 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This. I've taken a knee on all sportsball since the Colin Kaepernick asshole. I was never a huge fan before, but I haven't watched a single game since. Half the players who were on rosters when that happened aren't even in the fucking league any more. Move on. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:21:31 AM EDT
[#31]
It's really simple. Take ALL the "game checks" no matter the sport and put them in a basket ,,,winner take all!! Game by game the cash would be up for grabs.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:36:52 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: But I don't want to revive it.  They need to die the financial death that being woke brings about. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 6:20:25 AM EDT
[#33]
do you think it's dying, or is it actually?
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Posted: 5/8/2024 6:39:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If sportsball is dying, when do total salaries paid to athletes start to decline? Don't think that's happened yet. This. Not a fan of pro sports, but it’s not dying. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 6:47:40 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There is a problem with your theory. With the exception of baseball the other sports are more popular than they have ever been. This. And the WNBA |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 6:48:07 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2024 6:55:36 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Naw, I think it's good. About 4 years ago I wondered a bit. About 75% of my friends were done with it. Today..100% are back like nothing happened. Except for in GD, I don't think there is much of a drop in sports popularity at all. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 6:59:39 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If sportsball is dying, when do total salaries paid to athletes start to decline? Don't think that's happened yet. Cities are making up a lot of the losses with deals for ticket/concession/parking revenue ALL going to the owner. Throw in millions in TV revenue and the billionaire owners make money. There’s still enough viewership and attendees to bring in a significant amount of cash. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:02:04 AM EDT
[#39]
lol college and pro sports are doing better than ever. Horrible take. Now college football does need to do something about the transfer portal and NIL.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:02:49 AM EDT
[#40]
Uh... The 400lb men in tights ain't the problem. All the other bullshit is.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:03:18 AM EDT
[#41]
I’m a UGA and Braves fan.
Dying? |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:05:07 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's not the athleticism that's making people not watch. Sportsball people need to shut their fucking mouths about anything not related to the game they play. Anyone making millions of dollars to pay a game has no place to talk about the inequities or unfairness of "the system". This is correct. Wokeness is the A1 reason why sports have gone down the shitter. In second place: athletes have been groomed and pampered, they're almost all prissy fans these days. In a distant third: more commercials than game time. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:21:17 AM EDT
[#43]
More people watching than ever before OP. The draft crowd was massive.
It's entertainment. When I see "sportsball" in GD, you know it'll be a dogpile of overweight, unathletic men, looking to pat each other on the back for being such rebels. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:23:07 AM EDT
[#44]
I'd watch this
 Pro Thunderball |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:26:29 AM EDT
[#45]
Quoted: There's no denying sportsball is dying. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:26:56 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: More people watching than ever before OP. The draft crowd was massive. It's entertainment. When I see "sportsball" in GD, you know it'll be a dogpile of overweight, unathletic men, looking to pat each other on the back for being such rebels. This. Cheerleaders don’t hang around with the trenchcoat mafia, they like gigachads. And all these years later it still hurts a little so it comes out when sPoRtSbAlL threads show up online. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:28:06 AM EDT
[#47]
Frankly, they need to clean up their act and bring in players who are both athletic and decent human beings.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:29:00 AM EDT
[#48]
They had like 500,000 show up to the draft lol.
“Dying” “Sportsball” 
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:29:16 AM EDT
[#49]
 
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:30:53 AM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They had like 500,000 show up to the draft lol. “Dying” “Sportsball” It was more like 750,000 but who’s counting. 
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