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Sports don't feel like sports anymore
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Sports don't feel like sports anymore


Jun 30, 2021, 4:06 PM

Does anybody else feel like they find themselves tuning in less and less to college sports within the past year or so? I have always considered myself a die-hard Clemson fan and a die hard college sports fan. However, with all the social justice messages and covid information being rammed down our throats constantly during broadcasts, I find myself not only turning away from college sports, but the tv in general. In short, "wokeness" has effectively infiltrated one of my favorite facets of life, and made it almost unbearable to watch. I at this point, do not even look forward to the upcoming college football season anymore. Which is a #### shame. Thanks to all the social justice warriors for ruining one of the last bastions of America.

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I roll my eyes at the BS political stuff and watch the games


Jun 30, 2021, 4:10 PM

Women’s softball was fun to watch. We made the postseason in our second year.

Maybe baseball could be fun again too.. Monte

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Re: I roll my eyes at the BS political stuff and watch the games


Jun 30, 2021, 4:16 PM

Yeah, the whole world is changing and not for the better either.

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Re: I roll my eyes at the BS political stuff and watch the games


Jul 1, 2021, 7:07 AM

The future is reserved for the young not the old. Just the way it works.

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Jun 30, 2021, 4:18 PM

Huh, it just seems like you stepped out of your self-enforced information bubble

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Jun 30, 2021, 4:26 PM

I don't like to have my sports tainted with political narratives, just as I prefer my political information to be void of unnecessary additives. Politics have no place in the world of sports. Its pretty simple.

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Jun 30, 2021, 4:35 PM

lol, sports has been "tainted" with a political narratives since the beginning. Sport was a extension of the political world, even classically with city-state Olympics

What you propose is that we should get away from the veterans appreciation day and the national anthem if you want your sports "free" of political narratives. Politicians should be bared from attending games or at least being filmed attending games. No political advertisements during breaks, no beer in flag cans - becomes rather boring.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:03 PM

I am not proposing we do away with veterans day or anything of true significance that has been traditionally been in sports. I do not enjoy or support political narratives being aggressively pushed while trying to enjoy a sporting event. You have taken my initial argument and radicalized it for the sake of trying to make my argument seem insignificant or stupid. This sort of discourse gets us absolutely nowhere in this particular discussion and or in the greater world outside of sports.

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Jul 1, 2021, 7:10 AM

I don’t think he radicalized it, he just pointed out that when you say you want politics removed from sports, what you really mean is you want politics that you don’t agree with removed from sports. Pretty sure that’s what the kids call a “safe space”.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:39 PM [ in reply to Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore ]

There is nothing political about veterans appreciation day or the national anthem.

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Exactly!!!


Jun 30, 2021, 5:54 PM

Unless you are predisposed to hate this country and everything about it… like the morons who unfortunately seem to control the narrative these days. Their main goal is division; that’s what happens when you focus solely on “diversity” that has no foundation of unity.

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Re: Exactly!!!


Jun 30, 2021, 6:15 PM

Who are the ones we should look to who are focusing on unity? Who are the unifers? Trump? Fox? Oan? MSNBC? I can't find the unifiers anywhere in this country. Division is what sells it seems.

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Re: Exactly!!!


Jul 1, 2021, 9:08 AM [ in reply to Exactly!!! ]

I will just post this here.... seems about right explaining it.

Don't take blind obedience as a form off patriotism. This is anti-conservative - if not downright liberal. Those that take time to enlighten oneself on the history and the perspectives. As William Buckley said, a true conservative "Stands athwart history yelling STOP!" and just to point out the decline of the rational man: "intelligent deference to tradition and stability can evolve into intellectual sloth and moral fanaticism. With when conservatives simply decline to look up from dogma because the effort to raise their heads and reconsider is too great." Then all is lost.

One of the first debates we had as a county (ie the founding fathers) was whether or not we were going to support (ie pay) war veterans pensions - and pensions which is a form of "welfare". And yes, even in the late 1700s/early 1800s our folks were very weary of creating a welfare state of handout to "the people". It was a VERY contentious debate. In fact, just defining the "veteran" term is a political act. Why? Because at the most fundamental root of politics is "who gets what and when" and any allocation of tax dollars to be distributed is a political act. Who was a deliberately set term, what is the tax dollars, and when is the time in which those conditions are met Many of the subsequent "support" of veterans through organized events is and was directly related for the federal government to continue financial support for veterans and also promote continued support of military spending (or action depending on the political climate).

While we have been doing it on and MORE on for 200 years, it is very much a political statement. Political statements want a large audience and sports draws a lot of people. Hummm.... again, don't defer to tradition as it will lead to moral fanaticism.

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Jul 1, 2021, 4:12 PM

I had to chuckle, as my great great......grandfather applied for his pension for service in the Revolutionary War in 1825 (I think the year the pension act passed). For about three straight years he went to the courthouse to give a deposition (copies of which we have) of what he did during the war, and he was then finally awarded the pension ($25, I think) and he died the next year.

Incidentally, he fought at Kings Mountain.

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Jun 30, 2021, 6:13 PM [ in reply to Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore ]

There absolutely is. Forced patriotism is very political.

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TIL that singing the national anthem before a sporting event


Jul 1, 2021, 9:32 AM

is "forced patriotism" and "very political".

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Re: TIL that singing the national anthem before a sporting event


Jul 1, 2021, 9:50 AM

Actually, made law in 1998, amended in 2008 congress made it law. 36 U.S. Code § 301

Granted, there is no penalty for non-compliance but if there is an act of government overreach, they ya go. Good intentions aside, there isn't a better law for civil disobedience if I say so.

Voluntary support and compliance - sure, support 110% if not more. Organized governmental legistlation mandating action to force compliance in order to nominal support the government - and I am out. The government should never tell me how to act when the act is to support the "government". I also feel the same way about the pledge - that postwar 1892 relic revived in 1945 is also irrelevant to any natural born citizen. If anything the politicians (and government) pledges to the citizen (ie the people via the constitution) not the other way around.

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You make some good points; I'm just saying that if


Jul 1, 2021, 10:27 AM

tigerfan22334® really wants to see "forced patriotism", he should plan a trip to North Korea.

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Jul 1, 2021, 10:41 AM

Yeah, that is another can of worms. Literally.

It is still my take that an immoral action is immoral regardless of its severity. Likewise for government over-reach. Just because the consequences are far less -if non-existent, the act (overreach) is not negated.

My thought is this: we "paid" congress to take time and pass a law that most Americans already do naturally, that dissent is uncouth but not endangering, and the law does not distinguish foreign guests in attendance (I would not expect by British friend to put his hand over his heart here - as the law says "all others" should, and then have the law without consequence. Government waste.

Cheers, next round is on me.

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you know people say the exact same thing about Pride month


Jun 30, 2021, 9:38 PM [ in reply to Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore ]

or BLM also right? That human rights aren't political.

It's a sure fire way to keep your favorite politics in sports, by claiming its not politics.

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Jul 1, 2021, 4:03 PM [ in reply to Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore ]

Soooo Veterans Appreciation and the National Anthem are political? The flag? I think we can be appreciative of our Veterans who sacrificed for our freedoms regardless of political affiliation....right? The National Anthem...do both parties not represent the United States of America? When did politics get to this and how do we stop it. I don't care who you vote for and I don't care what your beliefs are. We are stronger together. I love being an American and I love being a Tiger!

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Jun 30, 2021, 4:20 PM

I still watch with mute button pressed. Sound is not needed for me.

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Jun 30, 2021, 4:27 PM

I really worry about the impact NIL will have on college football and basketball. It seems teams will be in bidding wars for who can offer a potential recruit or transfer the most "opportunities" at their university and booster network. It will make college sports look a lot like professional free agency.

Also, I hate to picture the dynamics in the locker room with starting QBs and skill players making potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars as teenagers, while their teammates pool their money for Dominoes Pizza.

It's going to be a Brave New World of college sports.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:43 PM

Perfectly stated, and how much time will student athletes be investing into marketing themselves versus studying, practice, studying the playbook, those types of things.

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Jun 30, 2021, 8:51 PM [ in reply to Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore ]

So well stated! +1

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Jun 30, 2021, 4:23 PM

The left absolutely ruins everything they touch. Just look at how much damage the demented buffoon in the the White House has done in 6 months. They have pretty much destroyed any sport that used to be worth watching.

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Jun 30, 2021, 4:25 PM

As my grand children would, seriously? What does feel like it used to. Rather that offend anyone and call attention to any movement, I will simply say the world of 2021 is not what it was even 5 years ago. In my old state, I will mention one thing and say things started going downhill way back when the no fail, get a ribbon for participating, self esteem bs started. People, there are losers in games.

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Jun 30, 2021, 4:35 PM

I tend to agree and the problem has only snowballed from there. I don't watch professional sports for a reason and fear that the NIL is only going to make college sports even worse, without the added political narratives that are intertwined within the landscape these days.

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No.***


Jun 30, 2021, 4:25 PM



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Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore


Jun 30, 2021, 4:38 PM

Just enjoy watching your teams and don't worry about the rest of it.

I choose to ignore it. I could not be less interested in what any pro or college athlete thinks of anything. Same for actors and musicians, who I also enjoy watching and listening to. That's why I don't watch much of the pregame stuff - I don't care what they think of anything.

Dial in at kickoff and enjoy the games.

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Jun 30, 2021, 4:38 PM

Of course.

Sports are intended to be a distraction to "get away from it all". Nobody tunes in to hear about Marxist social-justice non-sense. That being said, I watched Clemson get beat by OSU in the playoffs last year, that was it. So far in 2021, I've watched 2 PGA tournaments and I'm not even a golf fan. I haven't watched NFL, MLB, NASCAR, NCAA, etc...in over a year.

I'll tune into Clemson vs. UGA to see what happens, but I'm not holding my breath. I keep busy, and surprisingly Clemson Football is the only thing I've missed.

We have bigger issues to worry about than sports in our country anyways. I for one am glad I know where everyone stands. :)

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do you have better tickets then me?


Jun 30, 2021, 4:38 PM

Later then, looser

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Athletes need to take a lesson...


Jun 30, 2021, 4:44 PM

from the group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks who made the mistake of thinking that anyone gave a rats a$$ about their political views, a mistake that nearly destroyed their career.

By and large, no one gives a d@mn what these people say or think. Most people just want to see/hear them perform.

Just shut-up and play

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I think people do give a rat's a$$, and that's exactly what


Jun 30, 2021, 7:17 PM

almost ruined their career. It wasn't the fact that they voiced their opinion, it's what that opinion was. Their target audience, the people who had been buying their music just strongly disagreed with their views. They cared very much. Lee Greenwood performed at the inuagurations of Reagan, both Bushes, and Trump, and his fans loved it.

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As far as the players


Jun 30, 2021, 4:47 PM

and their actions/protests are concerned, they’re under no obligation to deliver entertainment in a way that makes you comfortable. It looks like you’re doing the right thing and following the “don’t like it, don’t watch” principle. Hopefully more who agree with your positions on these issues will follow your example. From another perspective, this is a good way to weed out certain people.

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That’s a brilliant approach…


Jun 30, 2021, 6:07 PM

for a business that relies on ticket sales, ratings and market share to succeed.

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I’m not in the sports business.


Jun 30, 2021, 6:37 PM

Nor was I speaking for anyone who is.

But you raise an interesting point. I suppose it comes down to whether an individual chooses to stand for their beliefs and risk losing money, or to abandon (or at least suppress) their principles in exchange for money. Both options say a hell of a lot about a person and an organization.

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Jul 1, 2021, 6:16 AM

Don't most people, if not abandon, at least suppress principles for money? No one is allowed to say anything they want or wear anything they choose in their workplace. That seems to be at least part of the issue for Kaepernick. He can believe and protest anything he wants. His employer, and yours, can put rules on that while on the clock.

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How about a little cheese with that whine...don't like it


Jun 30, 2021, 4:52 PM

don't watch. It's really that simple.

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Re: How about a little cheese with that whine...don't like it


Jun 30, 2021, 5:05 PM

I believe that I have already stated that I have moved a great deal away from sports? Your crass comment is not needed and adds absolutely nothing to the conversation as a whole. But thanks anyways.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:01 PM

My frustration is that now, more than ever, we can piece meal our tv programming. We can pay for extra sports packages and less political news channels. However, with politics crossing into the sports world, it almost negates the newfound freedom we have of customizing our entertainment.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:05 PM

I'm with you. I'm currently working on an op-ed that will be an open letter to Dan Radakovich regarding Clemson's relationship with Nike ... and Nike's relationship with China. Nike's CEO said just last week that “Nike is a brand that is of China and for China,” and I'm urging Radakovich to 1) educate/inform the student-athletes with respect to China's human rights violations, i.e. internment, torture and genocide of 1 million Muslim Uyghurs; 2) acknowledge and repudiate Nike's use of "slave labor" (provided by the Uyghurs) to make Clemson's shoes, gloves and other equipment; and 3) paint messages, like "Free the Uyghurs," along the sidelines and in the end zones, and print helmet stickers with a circle and diagonal slash over the Nike "swoosh." Sound familiar? Social justice is social justice, right? Or is it OK if you're the one benefiting from the "blood money" at the expense of others who are oppressed? Of course, he won't do sh*t, but I'll float the piece to all the local and national outlets, and see who publishes it ... to highlight the double standard.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:09 PM

I sincerely hope I get the chance to read that piece. I wish you the best of luck with writing it and hope that it does not become silenced like similar pieces have in the past. Nike is just one of the many companies that I will not do businesses with these days because of their stance on certain subjects and the complete disregard for not only the American People, but those who produce their products in outsourced countries. If we are ever to regain some sliver of human decency, we will have to vote with our money as a unified group to show that we will no longer support their corrupt morals and business ventures.

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Jun 30, 2021, 11:23 PM

I bought a couple pair of Nike running shoes and neither pair lasted more two months. Nike isn't worth a shiat. Period. Screw Nike!

Go Tigers!!!

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:46 PM [ in reply to Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore ]

The players love the shoe contracts from Nike that wouldn't exist without China. China is going to do the same with or without Nike obviously. Moreover, China is a cash cow for the NBA. Just about every major company in the US that gets things manufactured deals with China, auto, clothing, pharmaceuticals, electronics, etc etc, anyway. China is making a lot of Americans rich.

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Jun 30, 2021, 8:25 PM [ in reply to Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore ]

Post like this is what he is talking about. Just enjoy the games, and let the big boys fight the garbage.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:13 PM

No, not really. I see what you mean. The only thing comparable to the annoyance of “wokeness” is the annoyance of “anti-wokeness.”

I think your problem is not due your “anti-wokeness” but due to commercials. Cell phones and streaming services have shortened our attention spans. I love all sports, but I find it hard to watch live sports due to commercials. I even find myself using DVR to record the first quarter of Tiger games against cupcake opponents so I can fast forward through most of the commercials. Watching an NBA game live is hell. I always change the channel when it goes to commercial and forget to change it back. It’s much easier to watch Netflix than TV.

I think that is your real problem. Politics is on much more than sports. I can’t even take a doo-doo in the bathroom of a Circle K without reading “Trump is ghey” or “Impeach Biden” scribbled in barely legible letters. Division is real, brother. Pick your side and hate the other. It’s what makes us human.

Yeah, but it’s mostly just commercials, and you being ornery.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:17 PM

I do appreciate your response, but I personally have never had an issue with commercials during a live sporting event or my attention span. I do not mind commercials as it provides an opportune break to hit the bathroom, grab a beer, a new plate or food, or catch up on other games that might be going on at the same time. I really only take issue with the narratives that are being pushed during the pre-game and throughout the game by the commentators and even athletes at times. I am highly involved in political information on both sides of the aisle on a daily basis. I just prefer to not have them invade the time that I deliberately spend watching a game to evade them.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:27 PM

I don't even notice the social justice issues, nor do I care about it. It doesn't change anything for me. That said, I love college football as much or more than I have ever in my life. I can't wait to see the fans back in the stands and the stadiums rocking. What has somewhat ruined college basketball for me is the one and done and the transfer portal situation. Mainly the one and done though. College basketball has never been the same. I couldn't care less about social justice issues. Once the game starts it's the same as always.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:28 PM

It truly has turned into Bizarro World over the past 1.5+ years. I have lost interest in all pro sports, but I am clinging to college sports with the hope it doesn't get any worse. I'm afraid for this moment in history, the far far left is winning the day. It has happened before, and it will again. Just ride it out and hope some good comes out of whatever is going on. Personally I can't keep up with it.
Go Tigers and beat Georgia!!!

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:41 PM

I agree. My wife couldn’t be happier. My honey do list has been getting destroyed since the only sports I watch nowadays are Clemson football games.

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Jun 30, 2021, 5:44 PM

Same here. Watched less last season, not because of COVID, just not interested. Of course, will be even less this season. It’s over for me! Bad thing is, at 70 years old, I can only do yard work for so long.

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Jun 30, 2021, 6:18 PM

I think something that makes professional sports harder to get into than it used to be, is that the players make so much and they bounce around from team to team, so it is kind of hard to feel for them when they lose. They feel like hired mercenaries with no loyalty when it comes to pro sports. I will love pulling for TL in Jax though..

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I know what you mean, but I haven't tuned out yet.


Jun 30, 2021, 7:22 PM

I still love Clemson football too much. I'm still fighting against the BLM wall of bullshat as well, and I have some hope truth and sanity will eventually prevail, so I'm not ready to turn away yet.

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Jun 30, 2021, 7:56 PM

No Big Willy here. Just boo-hoo.

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Jun 30, 2021, 8:58 PM

Yes, it's terrible that black people want equal opportunity in this world and are making you uncomfortable in your barca lounge of white privilege in order to gain it.

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Jun 30, 2021, 9:33 PM

Without delving into the identity politics game that you are trying to bait me into with your comment. I will say this, there are many others avenues that would be infinitely more successful to get a message across and heard other than collegiate sports. Also that is quite bold to assume of you that I have "white privilege" as you call it. Are there any other nonsensical buzz words that you care to throw at me in an attempt to character shame, since you have no real argument of substance to present? Carry on.

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Jun 30, 2021, 9:35 PM [ in reply to Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore ]

I agree. I try and tan as much as possible to look less white. Even considered taking eye black and smearing it on my face to finish the look. White people are the worst.

#downwiththehonkies

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Jun 30, 2021, 9:38 PM

I choked a little bit while reading that because I was laughing so hard. Well done sir, well done.

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Jun 30, 2021, 10:46 PM [ in reply to Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore ]

That’s a special post there, ?? + 1

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Jun 30, 2021, 9:03 PM

I don't have anything to do with anything remotely related to ESPN or NBC, other than when the Tigers are on one of their NETWORKS or ACCN or a tournament I want to watch is on the Golf Channel. They are biased, and racist, and total liberals. I really don't ever watch an NFL GAME, NBA game, or very little baseball. I hate the commentators on the Golf Channel, because no matter what's happening, they have to bring up "Tiger Woods", and something he did, such as the Tiger Stinger! The Tiger Stinger is a low, played back in your stance fairway wood (metal), that Jack Nicklaus was hitting before Earl Woods ever thought about Tiger. When Woods is in a tournament, REGARDLESS of the network, we have to see every shot he hits, even if he's dead last, when the leaders are putting for shots that count. NO, sports, like TV show, don't seem like sports anymore. What the hell do I care what LeBron James, who couldn't get a job flipping hamburgers, if he couldn't play Basketball, thinks about politics! And I'm about ready to give up on ALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL as well.

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Jun 30, 2021, 9:15 PM

I'm a dirty liberal and even I am getting tired of some of the antics going on these days in sports.

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Jun 30, 2021, 9:51 PM

We won’t miss you. People who complain about politics in sports are usually only complaining because they don’t share the same views as the players. I’ve read some of your previous posts, and some posts you’ve recommended, and venture to guess that you wouldn’t be so troubled if the views expressed in sports today were further right of center on the political spectrum. Obviously you’re free to watch what you want but a big part of the problem with our society today is that many people will only listen to the entertainers (they’re not journalists) who bend the “news” to their end of the spectrum. MSNBC is just as much to blame as Fox News in this area. Division and discord from both ends of the spectrum drives energized viewers and swells ratings. The entertainment companies on each end of the spectrum have taken advantage of our division and even enhanced it in order to profit; and we’re just eating it up. News flash not all conservatives are racist, not all liberals are marxist, not everyone in the party you hate is AOC or Matt Gaetz; and the color of your hat does not determine how much you love this country.

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Jun 30, 2021, 10:51 PM

God will change everything & the Greatest Revival is just around the corner. It always gets darkest right before the sun comes up!

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We keep getting better & better everyday, in every way!
“The only disability is a bad Attitude” Dabo Swinney!!
Let’s Go Tigers!


While I consider all sports important to their


Jul 1, 2021, 5:13 AM

participants and fans, I decided years ago to narrow mine to the fall football season, primarily collegiate football.

It's been 56 years since I entered Clemson, so I've seen major changes to the game, adjusting myself to them.

Hence, I'm doing the same now and am eager about our upcoming season. Some would call it "rolling with the tide." (no references toward Bama, of course

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Same for me…


Jul 1, 2021, 7:47 AM

I used to get into all sports, but the older I have gotten, and with 2 kids, wife, and dog, keeping up with all that is just too much. I still casually follow some teams, but Clemson football is the only sport I truly follow now.

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Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore


Jul 1, 2021, 5:55 AM

anytime that ACC "social justice" commercial comes on it gets muted.. anytime anyone brings up "social justice" or it cuts to a little story it gets muted and of course... if beth mowins comes on it gets muted.

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"I love this place, I've got a spot already picked out where I want 'em to put me when I die - up there on that ole hill near the stadium. I want to be there so I can hear all them people cheering my Tigers on Saturdays; then I won't have to go Heaven; I'll already be there."- Frank Howard


Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore


Jul 1, 2021, 9:16 AM

I always find irony in the people who complain about non-sports related topics being discussed during sporting events, and then instead of going to a football forum to discuss football they decide to post about a non-sports related topic. It seems we end up with at least one of these posts everyday so it makes me truly wonder just how much these people hate thinking, hearing, and talking about these subjects.

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Re: Sports don't feel like sports anymore


Jul 1, 2021, 3:43 PM

I am a Clemson grad with 2 degrees from Tigernation. I have season tickets to Clemson and the Cleveland Browns. Other than 2020 I have not missed a home game for either team since 1980. Flying between stadiums many times on the same weekend. With that said the comparison and change of the home game experience has changed a lot. The College game now lasts in many cases over 4 hours. The NFL game about 3 hours. I have excellent seats for both stadiums but the College game costs much more due to the mandatory donations required. I have 9 Browns games this year that cost less total than 6 very weak Clemson home games. Stadium improvements at Clemson have not made the stadium better for the average fan. The restrooms on the lower level are a disgrace. I have to ride a school bus to get to the stadium. When I started a nice easy walk from the area near the track. Most of the games are blowouts by half time due to the poor quality home schedule. Our top home opponent this year was moved to a neutral sites for $$. Not caring about fans or loyalty.

Politics have entered both venues. It would be nice to honor someone other than military and large donators at Clemson games. We have a great Education department for example but never have teacher appreciation day. The Browns have military appreciation activities but also honor Teachers and nurses each season along with other groups.

My major point is that while Clemson has done very well in totality in Football the last 12 years the game day experience has degraded every year. More money required and less offered to those attending. My NFL game day experience has improved with great food-good restrooms, seats with backs and up to date stats throughout out the game. I can get in and out of the stadium and not ride a school bus.

So my point is the latest changes to NCAA that many think will hurt the game have not cared that the game experience has been hurt the last 20 years in tiger town.

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Still feels/lookslike sports to me.


Jul 1, 2021, 4:02 PM

One and donee have made hoops less interesting but overall feels the same to me.

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