Chemo wrote:
>
> On Apr 9, 10:06 am, "Freedom Man" > wrote:
> > Football is a dumb, brutal sport. Baseball is a thousand times better, but
> > ALL sports are overcommercialized and overhyped.
> >
> > The reasons?
> >
> > 1) PROFIT.
> >
> > 2) A "bread and circuses" distraction from the serious economic and
> > political problems we all face. The corporate and government powers want us
> > to hide our heads in the sand and ignore their crimes. Obsessions with
> > sports are encouraged as they keep peoples' minds off what their criminal
> > government is doing and the lies the sponsors are telling.
>
> Baseball is almost as boring as watching paint dry.

It's ok if you enjoy watching grown men spitting constantly.