If we’re gonna play this game, and we’re gonna start getting paid, kind of seems like a scholarship should become a contract.
I don’t disagree. But it’s kinda like when Linked in Chevron hits you up with a DM to steal you away from 76.
I’m not going to cut off thy nose to spite thy face and say it’s all ruined and later guys. I’ll keep watching until I don’t but the future doesn’t sound very intriguing.
Pretty much where I'm at. I didn't drop the NFL with a big going away party or a massive statement. I slowly lost interest and then one day woke up and found myself as that guy who finds out about NFL shit two months after the fact (if even then, if even ever) and often from some weird woman who is obsessed about it. I don't even have a lot of male friends who really give a shit about it anymore. I didn't go away mad. I just went away. Same will happen with cfb too I suspect.
This was me.
I was the NFL coomsomer that they dreamed of, but it was a declining product for years before I stopped. The presentation of the sport is for wine dog moms in Pats glitter hats, the rules have made the game soft, analytics and suck for Luck type game-planning is all over the place, "bidness" decisions by players and coaches alike, more commercials and stalling analysts that no nothing than actual football talk, massive spike of entitled players, and the local team feeling more and more disconnected from community.
The final nail was the destruction of the last little bit of escapism value it had left with the injection of politics. I was just trying to watch a game after a rough 60+ hr week at work and it hit me that I wasn't enjoying it anymore and would rather be mowing the lawn... So I mowed the lawn in 90+ degree heat and humidity and found it more enjoyable.
The crazy thing is my quiet departure was not alone; my fantasy league over a decade old was ended with little protest, the friend group that got together to watch the NFL now watches the UFC, I dont know anyone who actually pays for NFL/Redzone TV packages anymore, my DFIL on the couch cancelled his Seahawk tickets (20 years) because he was "tired of giving money to people who keep calling him racist" and hasn't watched a game since, the fantasy fad in family or work leagues is dead, and the two friends that used to text about draftkings and fanduel weekly tips have moved on to crypto.
I miss the nostalgia of watching NFL games and caring with others but I dont miss the current NFL.
I cant help but feel it will be the same for college "amateur" football soon too.
NOC, didn't ask, disagree, cool story, hardy har har.