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ballyhoo

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1. They should just end the NFL. It is not about sports anymore. I stopped watching

Reply to freeplessinseattle (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 02:00 PM

Sep 2014

all sports after the first baseball strike, and will never watch them again. Someone (I can't find it) did a measurement of the time the media spent talking about sports related items and non-sports related item--both related to sports for the last two weeks during the Rice episode. There was twice as much talk about Rice than Sports. So let's just stop the NFL.

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Carolina Panthers Deactivate Greg Hardy Amid Domestic Violence Controversy [View all] freeplessinseattle Sep 2014 OP

They should just end the NFL. It is not about sports anymore. I stopped watching ballyhoo Sep 2014 #1

I'm sorry you haz a sad:( freeplessinseattle Sep 2014 #2

Sad life? I have had anything but-- ballyhoo Sep 2014 #5

Keep up the positive attitude, you'll make it thru football season just fine;) eom freeplessinseattle Sep 2014 #9

No football season for me for 20 years now. But you have fun. ballyhoo Sep 2014 #10

So why are your panties all in a twist about not enough football talk? eom freeplessinseattle Sep 2014 #11

It's the proportion of non-football talk to football talk. I don't ballyhoo Sep 2014 #12

wow, did I ever hit the nail on the head! Perfection=non violence & brutality is simply imperfect? freeplessinseattle Sep 2014 #14

Better late than never I guess groundloop Sep 2014 #3

Gee, nice to see they finally got around to it. calimary Sep 2014 #4

States should do the same for their police departments. Sunlei Sep 2014 #6

Great cartoon from Lee Judge (KC Star): lastlib Sep 2014 #7

"Deactivate". Kelvin Mace Sep 2014 #8

Either that or a Dalek. kentauros Sep 2014 #13