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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #30 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 01:16:05 AM »
Oh I do, plenty for comedic, suspense and drama values just to name a few. How is it that football ranks that high? Without trying to sound like I obviously don't enjoy watching football, what makes it so enjoying for you?

Maybe the surprise of not knowing what play is going to be done next?
Maybe being able to shout at the ref/coach for doing the wrong thing?

You know what players are good to begin with, you have an expectation of what team will do what as far as how far they'll make it.

Not at all. That's the beauty of any sport. You don't know who will win. There may be a favorite, but come game time, favorites don't matter anymore.  Upsets happen all the time. Most of the time, a game can change rather quickly. There are a ton of different strategies to use. There is a lot of brains involved in sports. It is not just how good the players are, but how they are managed and the plays that are called. You never know what could happen next. There is always that big play or goal that gets everyone excited. There is the fact that your team is representing YOUR city/state. I could go on and on but my point is that there are plenty of things that make watching sport's games great.

If you really think about it, sports cover a lot of movie genres as well. There is always some drama between rivals, after huge wins or after a crushing loss. Players often bring comedy into sports. There is always suspense in every game. Sports cover a lot of the bases.

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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #31 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 01:24:56 AM »
Not at all. That's the beauty of any sport. You don't know who will win. There may be a favorite, but come game time, favorites don't matter anymore.  Upsets happen all the time. Most of the time, a game can change rather quickly. There are a ton of different strategies to use. There is a lot of brains involved in sports. It is not just how good the players are, but how they are managed and the plays that are called. You never know what could happen next. There is always that big play or goal that gets everyone excited. There is the fact that your team is representing YOUR city/state. I could go on and on but my point is that there are plenty of things that make watching sport's games great.

If you really think about it, sports cover a lot of movie genres as well. There is always some drama between rivals, after huge wins or after a crushing loss. Players often bring comedy into sports. There is always suspense in every game. Sports cover a lot of the bases.

Especially baseball...ha...ahahhaahahha ok bad joke aside.

The world series is going on an the giants are in it...they represent my home state. But they in no way shape or form represent me. I have nothing to do with how they play or why so they cannot represent me. Nor do I really care.
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #32 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 01:48:56 AM »
There is the fact that your team is representing YOUR city/state.

This is probably the most meaningless thing. A LOT of students move to go to a certain college.
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #33 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 01:54:51 AM »
And be honest here. Do any of you have some thing that you love so much that even though it causes you pain every single time you do it, you still want to do it? I'm not talking just little scrapes and bruises, but sprains, breaks, concussions and the like. Real injury's not little piddly crap.
This is probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard. It was dumb enough before you had to clarify that you didn't mean little injuries but "real injury's".
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #34 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 02:04:00 AM »
Ok would you classify a paper cut as a real injury?
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #35 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 02:19:58 AM »
The only sport I watch is the fifa world cup, which isn't a sport but a tournament.

If I'm watching a sport, it's probably watching everyone play when I'm waiting for my turn to play baksetball at the local park or gym.

If I go to a sporting game, I dont watch the game because I don't care to observe other people playing. I'd much rather play myself. Because I cannot do that, I'm at the sporting event to dick around with friends or scoring free food or something else yummy.



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« Reply #36 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 08:03:18 AM »
In the 21th century, humanity has learned that defining something they like to do as Art will give it a certain boost in its importance, presentation and fashion.

And then they ask us, active crafters, where Art is. I may not be the best guy to answer to that as I disagree with a lot of concepts Art has endorsed, more distinctively, the concept of being an artist.

In my eyes, Art lies in everything we do, even in the things that hurt us, that kill us (i.e:. bullets), that feed us...that constitute our Human Race.
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #37 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 09:44:27 AM »
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #38 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 11:05:26 AM »
This is probably the most meaningless thing. A LOT of students move to go to a certain college.

I wouldn't say a lot. Most students go to college in-state because out of state costs twice as much as in-state. I am also not just talking about college sports, but professional sports too. The Detroit Lions represent Detroit, and in turn, Michigan in the Nation Football League.

Watching sports is no different than watching movies or TV shows.

The world series is going on an the giants are in it...they represent my home state. But they in no way shape or form represent me. I have nothing to do with how they play or why so they cannot represent me. Nor do I really care.

I never said you HAVE to care, but a lot of people do. Millions of people in the U.S. alone watch football every weekend. There has to be SOMETHING that attracts them to watch and cheer for a team.

also, Giants will win in 6.
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #39 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 11:27:32 AM »
I wouldn't say a lot. Most students go to college in-state because out of state costs twice as much as in-state. I am also not just talking about college sports, but professional sports too. The Detroit Lions represent Detroit, and in turn, Michigan in the Nation Football League.

Watching sports is no different than watching movies or TV shows.

I never said you HAVE to care, but a lot of people do. Millions of people in the U.S. alone watch football every weekend. There has to be SOMETHING that attracts them to watch and cheer for a team.

also, Giants will win in 6.

Billions of people are religious.....
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #40 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 11:40:51 AM »
Billions of people are religious.....

Please don't tell me that you just compared religion to sports. *facepalm*

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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #41 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 11:44:14 AM »
Please don't tell me that you just compared religion to sports. *facepalm*

Just because lots of people do some thing doesn't make it right. That's my point. And I can see you are too closed minded to understand my points so I'm done with this thread. And that's not an insult, billions of people are close minded.
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #42 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 11:55:49 AM »
Just because lots of people do some thing doesn't make it right. That's my point. And I can see you are too close minded to understand my points so I'm done with this thread. And that's not an insult, billions of people are close minded.

I'm close minded when you can't even accept that people enjoy watching sports? I never said you needed to like sports, I only stated the reasons why people like it. How the hell is that being close minded? You're a complete idiot, plain and simple.
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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #43 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 12:02:48 PM »

You're a complete idiot, plain and simple.



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Re: Football & Skateboarding: Watching or Doing?
« Reply #44 on: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 12:05:13 PM »
I'm close minded when you can't even accept that people enjoy watching sports? I never said you needed to like sports, I only stated the reasons why people like it. How the hell is that being close minded? You're a complete idiot, plain and simple.

I accept it fine. I understand that people watch sports and enjoy it. I just could never do it. And its a sign of a closed minded person to stoop to insults.
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