by Brian P. Foley, The College Baseball Blog
I sit down to watch the midday Channel 7 News in Boston on Tuesday and the top story on the newscast was David Ortiz's torn sheath in his wrist. Are you kidding me?
The news media in the Boston market has become more interested in a sports star's health then telling their viewers about real news like the double murder that took place in the middle of the city on the prior night. Are sports more important then delivering the real news? Shouldn't we be caring more about cancer research or dealing with the war in Iraq where our young men and women are getting killed every day?
I tend to think that sports is just another avenue of entertainment just like the movies or a play but the main difference is the outcome is not decided until the game is over. Do you view sports as an entertainment entity or something else? Tell me in the comments below.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Posted at 12:03 PM ET
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I think that so many guys let sports be the center of their world. Not taking notice to the life that is going on around them. They begin to take the people in their lives for granted thinking that they will always be there, even when they consider sports so much more important. Sports is just another form on entertainment that is also going on. I feel like there is never a time when some sports event is not going on. The players get paid so much money, and for what?? To be idolized, to hit a ball, or catch a ball? People wonder why Americans are so fat, well instead of playing the sport for fun themselves, they sit on the couch and eat while watching the sport. Or go to the sports bar and drink beers and eat all night while again watching the sport instead of being active. I guess one could say that the movie actors get paid too much for the type of entertainment they do, but I guess since I love that form of entertainment I view it differently, because I am an actress...and if you think about it mostly anyone can do it.
I've been in a relationship where the guys life revolved around sports. He was obsessed. He could tell you anything you wanted to know about it. When he got home that is the first thing that was on tv, in fact when he would turn off the tv it had to be on a sports channel. When he went online he always checked espn and ever other sprots thing you could think of. During football season, it was insane. Football everywhere.
Anyways, my point is, guys are way to into sports. I'm not saying there aren't girls who love the sports, but they more than likely know when to give it a rest. If a guy isn't watching sports then he is talking about sports. If he is talking about it then he is dreaming of playing of them. It's a vicious cycle. I'm not trying to be the gf that is "i need attention 24/7" because I'm def not that kinda gf. I need my time alone just as m much as the next person, but when I don't have an interest in sports and then all i hear and watch are sports, it can drive a person up a wall.
so yeah sports is just another avenue of entertainment that gets too much credit. And way too much money.
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