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I know you've talked **** about baseball on this forum many times. Or was that just you trolling and me not realizing it?
Anyone Lose Some Interest in Certain Sports Over Time?
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I know you've talked **** about baseball on this forum many times. Or was that just you trolling and me not realizing it?
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Yup the start of the football season doesn't excite me too much. ESPN kills the NFL for me, too much coverage over analyzing every topic all year round. What's the point of having NFL live throughout the off season? I usually start really getting into it for the thanksgiving games.
MLB impossible to follow the whole season idc who your team is. Way too many games and some games are crazy long.
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Lost a lot of interest in CFB and CBB once I became older than college players/went to college 
Would watch/read up on college sports all day growing up.
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Funny you mention this, I literally had the exact opposite reaction, as I got older the more interest I have in college sports. I still prefer pros, but I have more respect for college sports than I used to.Lost a lot of interest in CFB and CBB once I became older than college players/went to college
Would watch/read up on college sports all day growing up.
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But really as I get older I've lost interest in a lot of things that don't matter. Especially if it takes up 3hrs of my day. Sitting staring at the TV. Year round my kids are at it. Basketball, baseball, softball, gymnastics, taekwondo. Id rather watch them play
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Think there's a lot of factors that'll affect everyone that can contribute to this.
For me:
NBA - I still keep up with it but honestly from when season starts in late Oct-early November through February, I'm just now like who cares . And while you could say it's always been this way to a degree; the sport is too predictable for me. Suppose in a way it's good in that the best teams are gonna win and come out on top but def makes it anti-climatic for me. Also, the whole disparity between the West and East that has only gotten bigger over the last 6-8 years IMO has made it more unwatchable for me.
Edit: also how it's damn near impossible for a team to build a team from ground up now unless they start making progress in little to no time. Now it's like after 3-4 years of coming up short, franchise player demands a trade. Just contributes more to the disparity between teams in league.
NCAA Basketball - I've def lost interest over this in recent years. Being several years removed from college now
it's taken some of the excitement away along with how every player is a one and done for sure now so there's too much turnover for me to keep up with. I still fill out like 15 NCAA brackets every March though even though I couldn't tell you a dang thing about any of the teams or players 
. Miss that time period when I was 19-21 and seeing guys my age and same HS graduation year like D-Rose, Harden and KD balling out. Was something cool about that I can't quite explain.
For me:
NBA - I still keep up with it but honestly from when season starts in late Oct-early November through February, I'm just now like who cares
. And while you could say it's always been this way to a degree; the sport is too predictable for me. Suppose in a way it's good in that the best teams are gonna win and come out on top but def makes it anti-climatic for me. Also, the whole disparity between the West and East that has only gotten bigger over the last 6-8 years IMO has made it more unwatchable for me.Edit: also how it's damn near impossible for a team to build a team from ground up now unless they start making progress in little to no time. Now it's like after 3-4 years of coming up short, franchise player demands a trade. Just contributes more to the disparity between teams in league.
NCAA Basketball - I've def lost interest over this in recent years. Being several years removed from college now
it's taken some of the excitement away along with how every player is a one and done for sure now so there's too much turnover for me to keep up with. I still fill out like 15 NCAA brackets every March though even though I couldn't tell you a dang thing about any of the teams or players . Miss that time period when I was 19-21 and seeing guys my age and same HS graduation year like D-Rose, Harden and KD balling out. Was something cool about that I can't quite explain.
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I use to be into soccer a long time ago, but I found it difficult to keep up with the leagues overseas and the MLS was nowhere near as big as it was back then 98-2002. I think if NYCFC was around then I wouldve been able to keep up with it and motivated me to stay on top of the sport.
At this point, I find it mundane. I cant sit through a match anymore.
Baketball is my first love, but over the past 10yrs I've had a lot of interest in hockey. Such a great sport, the more I see games in person the more I like it.
At this point, I find it mundane. I cant sit through a match anymore.
Baketball is my first love, but over the past 10yrs I've had a lot of interest in hockey. Such a great sport, the more I see games in person the more I like it.
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Yup def college basketball...
i used to live for big east basketball on tuesday nights bruhs...
i dont know why but i used to love those etan thomas/jason hart Cuse teams... then hakeem warrick and Melo and Mcnamara came and it was a wrap
maybe because I was young I dunno but now watching college hoops im just not at all impressed until march madness, i could get 6-8 min a game right now for some of these sorry teams haha and they overcoach so damn much. ball movement is great but im not tryna see you hoist shots with 2 seconds left on the shot clock all damn night.
i used to live for big east basketball on tuesday nights bruhs...
i dont know why but i used to love those etan thomas/jason hart Cuse teams... then hakeem warrick and Melo and Mcnamara came and it was a wrap
maybe because I was young I dunno but now watching college hoops im just not at all impressed until march madness, i could get 6-8 min a game right now for some of these sorry teams haha and they overcoach so damn much. ball movement is great but im not tryna see you hoist shots with 2 seconds left on the shot clock all damn night.
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Football. College and NFL. And High School Basketball.
I used to watch damn near every game, even stream random ones, etc etc. Last year, I didn't watch the Sunday night, Monday Night, or Thursday night games much. Only game I'm legit interested is the Ravens. I won't miss a game. Will also be tuning in to see Jameis rise to power.
With college football, I used to follow recruiting heavy. Now, I'm out the loop on incoming players, preseason rankings, Heisman front runners and dark horses...and just a general interest in the game. I think some of it has to do with watching how the media tried to crucify Jameis, and also seeing kickers miss 35 yard field goals and system quarterbacks looking better than they actually are. The SEC dominance also played a part in me losing interested. The new Playoffs have me tuned in though.
High School ball is hard to watch these days b/c of all the d-sucking Paul Biancardi and them do. A highly ranked player can turn the ball over, and he'll spin it to try and make it look like it's not a weakness. Also, I hate seeing teams play zone.
I used to watch damn near every game, even stream random ones, etc etc. Last year, I didn't watch the Sunday night, Monday Night, or Thursday night games much. Only game I'm legit interested is the Ravens. I won't miss a game. Will also be tuning in to see Jameis rise to power.
With college football, I used to follow recruiting heavy. Now, I'm out the loop on incoming players, preseason rankings, Heisman front runners and dark horses...and just a general interest in the game. I think some of it has to do with watching how the media tried to crucify Jameis, and also seeing kickers miss 35 yard field goals and system quarterbacks looking better than they actually are. The SEC dominance also played a part in me losing interested. The new Playoffs have me tuned in though.
High School ball is hard to watch these days b/c of all the d-sucking Paul Biancardi and them do. A highly ranked player can turn the ball over, and he'll spin it to try and make it look like it's not a weakness. Also, I hate seeing teams play zone.
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Used to be a diehard NBA fan. Now I couldn't care less until the playoffs.
I don't really love what the League has become. Great players still abound, but the **** is way too soft now. It's basically a circus now.
I don't really love what the League has become. Great players still abound, but the **** is way too soft now. It's basically a circus now.
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I think I'm still keeping up the same interest I always have.
I definitely watched more college basketball when I was in school and my roommates would always have a game on.. but I just never followed it as much as a lot of people. I typically will always catch the big matchups and games and then once the conference tournaments start-up, that's when I'm there.
MLB and NHL are still pretty much only the playoffs. I'll follow the Yankees during the season, but without being able to watch them regularly and because they play so many damn games, I don't make an effort to watch games. Same with the NHL, if I lived in NY and could easily watch the Rangers/Islanders play, then I'd be more of a fan.
I'm a big NFL/CFB fan, but I wouldn't say I'm a diehard that can list every player on every team. I love the sports and watch the games every week, but I don't follow the recruiting for NCAA at all and I pretty much tune out the NFL offseason entirely. Once the Super Bowl ends, I don't really care about anything until the draft and free agency, but once that's done, I shut my brain down again. Just too much coverage, so I ignore it. The other thing is, the past couple years I've been working a lot on the weekends, so I end up missing most of the games anyway, which cuts down on my interest a bit.
NBA is still top for me. I've gotten a bit of fatigue since the season seems to take so long, but I'm still just as interested as ever.
I definitely watched more college basketball when I was in school and my roommates would always have a game on.. but I just never followed it as much as a lot of people. I typically will always catch the big matchups and games and then once the conference tournaments start-up, that's when I'm there.
MLB and NHL are still pretty much only the playoffs. I'll follow the Yankees during the season, but without being able to watch them regularly and because they play so many damn games, I don't make an effort to watch games. Same with the NHL, if I lived in NY and could easily watch the Rangers/Islanders play, then I'd be more of a fan.
I'm a big NFL/CFB fan, but I wouldn't say I'm a diehard that can list every player on every team. I love the sports and watch the games every week, but I don't follow the recruiting for NCAA at all and I pretty much tune out the NFL offseason entirely. Once the Super Bowl ends, I don't really care about anything until the draft and free agency, but once that's done, I shut my brain down again. Just too much coverage, so I ignore it. The other thing is, the past couple years I've been working a lot on the weekends, so I end up missing most of the games anyway, which cuts down on my interest a bit.
NBA is still top for me. I've gotten a bit of fatigue since the season seems to take so long, but I'm still just as interested as ever.
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Coaches made the game stale as hell. Hopefully these rule changes make the games exciting again
Coaches made the game stale as hell. Hopefully these rule changes make the games exciting again
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30 second shot clock this year right?
The women have been playing with 30 second shot clocks for a long time. I used to get pissed watching teams pass the ball around the perimeter trying to shift the zone with no real purpose, only to take a terrible shot with 5 sec left on the shot clock
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30 sec shot clock
reduced timeouts
and they widened the arc underneath the basket
reduced timeouts
and they widened the arc underneath the basket
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Exactly.
Used to LOVE the NBA. I was a big Kings fan with J Will, C Webb, Bobby Jackson, Peja, Christie, Bibby, etc.
The league is stupid now. Soft as a pillow (probably softer) and it's just not interesting anymore.
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I really like the expanded answers in here, I should do one as well.
It's my favorite sport that has my favorite team (though they're all really #1 in my heart), but I can't stand to watch MLB and the A's anymore. I'm sick of the inherent disadvantage of being outspent by everyone else and I'm tired of being bullied by the Frisco Giants in trying to find a proper place for a stadium outside of Oakland (I'd prefer the team stays in Oakland, just so that's clear). What business is it of the Giants if the A's want to move to San Jose? Why is the Bay Area the only market where it's not equally shared between the teams that occupy it? The Giants are lobbying behind the scenes and flexing their muscle to force the A's out of the Bay Area altogether and to keep it to themselves. I can't stand by a product that would allow this to happen.
So until further notice I won't be tuning in to baseball news.
It's my favorite sport that has my favorite team (though they're all really #1 in my heart), but I can't stand to watch MLB and the A's anymore. I'm sick of the inherent disadvantage of being outspent by everyone else and I'm tired of being bullied by the Frisco Giants in trying to find a proper place for a stadium outside of Oakland (I'd prefer the team stays in Oakland, just so that's clear). What business is it of the Giants if the A's want to move to San Jose? Why is the Bay Area the only market where it's not equally shared between the teams that occupy it? The Giants are lobbying behind the scenes and flexing their muscle to force the A's out of the Bay Area altogether and to keep it to themselves. I can't stand by a product that would allow this to happen.
So until further notice I won't be tuning in to baseball news.
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