So tonight and this weekend was different.

Softball Bat · Post by **Softball Bat** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:05 am

The three major leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL) all put out a product now that is inferior to what it was when I was growing up (and in my 20's).
Division I football and basketball is also inferior.

Some people may wave that take off as being merely the take of a bitter old blue-hair, but it is -----> true.

None of those products are going to reverse and get better, either.

There are a handful of reasons why it is so, but I won't waste time and energy citing them.

Softball Bat · Post by **Softball Bat** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:56 am

I went to a Brooklyn Nets game a few years ago and the whole thing was brain damage.

The game (which sucked) was like mere background music for the carnival that was going on in the arena all night.

Clown show.

Not IN.

HMMMMMM · Post by **HMMMMMM** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:14 pm

Make sure you kid the neighbors' kids off of your lawn.

Pretty awesome listening to people whine about athletes whining.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:16 pm

Congrats to Spray on discovering a life, or something.

Joe in PB · Post by **Joe in PB** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:05 pm

After the Falcons collapse in the SB, it was predictable they would be sucking ass this season. Seattle never revovered from Pete Carrol's aneurysm at the GL for the championship. Atl would be better off trading choke artist Matt Ryan he'll never win anything.

Agree with pops on sports in general being inferior to years past. When I was growing up all I did was play baseball, basketball, & football. These days you don't even see kids outside, let alone playing sports, & building a foundation by learning fundementals.

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Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:13 pm

Papa Willie wrote:Last week, I got myself too fucking angry over football. While Auburn was sucking utter cock & losing at LSU, I didn't throw a shit fit, but I did take a bite out of my cell phone. Literally.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:52 pm

People don't actually have a problem with sports and politics intersecting, they only have a problem with it when it's politics they don't agree with.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:08 pm

I started losing interest in the NFL a couple of years ago for multiple reasons. The whole deal with the Chargers moving pretty much sealed it for me. I think I maybe watched 3 or 4 games all last season. None so far this season and probably won't watch any. I just don't GARA anymore.

BTPCFB is still cool though.

HMMMMMM · Post by **HMMMMMM** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:33 pm

The people who use terms like "snowflake" are the same people who got so upset by people taking a knee that they stopped watching a sport they loved for decades.

bigredretard · Post by **bigredretard** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:43 pm

HMMMMMM wrote:The people who use terms like "snowflake" are the same people who got so upset by people taking a knee that they stopped watching a sport they loved for decades.

Go back to doing what you do best. Sucking dick.

bigredretard · Post by **bigredretard** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:02 pm

HMMMMMM wrote:The people who use terms like "snowflake" are the same people who got so upset by people taking a knee that they stopped watching a sport they loved for decades.

Snowflake is a term used for faggots like you who are so easily run from a message board.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:25 pm

Softball Bat wrote:The three major leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL) all put out a product now that is inferior to what it was when I was growing up (and in my 20's).
Division I football and basketball is also inferior.

Some people may wave that take off as being merely the take of a bitter old blue-hair, but it is -----> true.

Yeah having bigger faster stronger athletes who make fewer mistakes makes the game worse. Ponderous.

Seriously go back and watch some of those early 70 Super Bowls. Those guys could not compete in this league. There's nobody these days who can compete in the NFL after selling insurance for the entire offseason. Same goes for baseball, hockey and basketball. The players come out of college pro-ready. DeShaun Watson is not only competing as a rookie quarterback, he is dominating his competition. Did Stabler do that? Namath? Johnny U?

HMMMMMM · Post by **HMMMMMM** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:40 pm

BSmack wrote:
Softball Bat wrote:The three major leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL) all put out a product now that is inferior to what it was when I was growing up (and in my 20's).
Division I football and basketball is also inferior.

Some people may wave that take off as being merely the take of a bitter old blue-hair, but it is -----> true.
Yeah having bigger faster stronger athletes who make fewer mistakes makes the game worse. Ponderous.

Seriously go back and watch some of those early 70 Super Bowls. Those guys could not compete in this league. There's nobody these days who can compete in the NFL after selling insurance for the entire offseason. Same goes for baseball, hockey and basketball. The players come out of college pro-ready. DeShaun Watson is not only competing as a rookie quarterback, he is dominating his competition. Did Stabler do that? Namath? Johnny U?

Go back to the "classic" NBA games between Lakers and Celtics. It's like they are playing on sand.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:48 pm

HMMMMMM wrote:
BSmack wrote:
Softball Bat wrote:The three major leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL) all put out a product now that is inferior to what it was when I was growing up (and in my 20's).
Division I football and basketball is also inferior.

Some people may wave that take off as being merely the take of a bitter old blue-hair, but it is -----> true.
Yeah having bigger faster stronger athletes who make fewer mistakes makes the game worse. Ponderous.

Seriously go back and watch some of those early 70 Super Bowls. Those guys could not compete in this league. There's nobody these days who can compete in the NFL after selling insurance for the entire offseason. Same goes for baseball, hockey and basketball. The players come out of college pro-ready. DeShaun Watson is not only competing as a rookie quarterback, he is dominating his competition. Did Stabler do that? Namath? Johnny U?
Go back to the "classic" NBA games between Lakers and Celtics. It's like they are playing on sand.

Yeah and those shorts looked pretty ridiculous too.

MsCJ · Post by **MsCJ** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:13 pm

You misspelled dead sexy.

Joe in PB · Post by **Joe in PB** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:29 pm

I think the NBA has suffered the most in terms of degraded play. Magic, Michael, Bird, etc could actually shoot, use the backboard, and run plays. These days it's 50% or more 3 pointers. Yawn, as over half brick......contributing to a more boring game flow.

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Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:38 pm

Joe in PB wrote:contributing to a more boring game flow.

Yet scoring is way up, compared to those "glory days."

To me, baseball has changed the most. Today, Altuve is the rare exception -- used to be every shortstop was an athletic version of Moving Sale. Now, every player at every position is a monster. The pitching has become so good, that players don't solely attempt to get on base -- with the dominant pitching, hitters wait for a mistake, and swing for the fences. Strikeouts used to be a mark of shame -- now, it's a badge of honor, as long as the RBI numbers are in proportion.

HMMMMMM · Post by **HMMMMMM** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:40 pm

Joe in PB wrote:I think the NBA has suffered the most in terms of degraded play. Magic, Michael, Bird, etc could actually shoot, use the backboard, and run plays. These days it's 50% or more 3 pointers. Yawn, as over half brick......contributing to a more boring game flow.

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I'll let you pick an all star team from the 80s, I'll take the Warriors.

I like my chances.

Joe in PB · Post by **Joe in PB** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:13 pm

I'll take Magic, MJ, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dennis Rodman, off the bench Pippen, Barkley, Worthy, Isiah, Kareem, in their 80's form.

The only shots GS would get off would be 3s.

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HMMMMMM · Post by **HMMMMMM** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:21 pm

Joe in PB wrote:I'll take Magic, MJ, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dennis Rodman, off the bench Pippen, Barkley, Worthy, Isiah, Kareem, in their 80's form.

The only shots GS would get off would be 3s.

That's probably all they would need.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:09 pm

Are we playing by 80's rules, or 10's rules. That would determine the winner... period.

Bucmonkey · Post by **Bucmonkey** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:31 pm

Getting old sucks bro...

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:54 pm

Exactly. Put Joe Dumars and Michael Jordan on Curry and Thompson, the masters of hand-checking, and the new guys wouldn't get a 3 off. Play by today's rules, and they'd each drop 40 on their predecessors.'

Put Bill Laimbeer at center, and Durant would go to the hole exactly once, under 80's rules (or perhaps even by today's rules -- Bill would take the suspension).

And in this silly hypothetical, who is guarding LeBron? Anyone o that list would be deer-in-the-headlights, under any rules.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:56 pm

Dinsdale wrote:
And in this silly hypothetical, who is guarding LeBron? Anyone o that list would be deer-in-the-headlights, under any rules.

Karl Malone

Joe in PB · Post by **Joe in PB** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:16 pm

Bwa

You asked me who could handle today's Golden State Warriors, now all I see is a bunch of, if my aunt had balls, bullshit.

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Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:40 pm

Mikey wrote:
Karl Malone

That would be fun to watch -- LeBron going for 60. Mailman didn't have anything close to enough lateral speed to even think about guarding Bron.

Joe in PB wrote:Bwa

You asked me who could handle today's Golden State Warriors, now all I see is a bunch of, if my aunt had balls, bullshit.

Once again, the hypothetical is worthless without the parameter of which way the time machine is going.

If the 80's guys are going to the future, the Warriors put out a beatdown of epic proportion.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:50 pm

Split the difference.
Use the 2000 rules.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:13 pm

I believe the no hand-checking rule came in 1999.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:18 pm

Which one?
They changed it 3 times in five years.
Which is why I picked a date in the middle of the changes.
You are not very good at this.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:08 pm

Moving Sale wrote:Which one?
They changed it 3 times in five years.
Which is why I picked a date in the middle of the changes.
You are not very good at this.

I actually follow the NBA quite closely. You don't.

I don't recall multiple changes to the hand checking rules above the extended free throw line. They changed the post rules multiple times (which are still inconsistently enforced, and make little difference).

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:12 pm

Part of the problem is how major league sports have incorporated the “too big to fail” philosophy into their method of play. Instead of banks or auto manufacturers that cannot be allowed to go under due to their supposed necessity to our economy, sports leagues have their own version of that modus operandi. Teams have individuals who are paid so much money that a hard tackle or a high and inside fastball would take these fan attractions/ticket sellers out of the lineup for the next week. This has led to a whole slew of prima donna athletes that perform the diva act and demand special treatment. We see them implore to the refs how a ticky-tack foul or a finger in the face mask kept them from the triple double or touchdown they deserve.

Baseball used to police their own. Hockey had its’ enforcers. Football was a smashmouth game.

We mocked Europeans because of the effete mannerisms of coddled soccer players who fell down holding their leg, writhing from a hard look received from an opponent. We laughed at men who made their living from figure skating. We snickered at the limp wristed Nancy-boys playing in the Canadian Football League.

Now? We are all Euro-socialists Nerfing our sports down to non-competitive, everyone gets a participation trophy, no one is keeping score to keep from hurting anyone’s feelings state of being. Quarterbacks have an enormous safe space around them and are triggered by a puff of air as the linebacker slides past him. Baseball players throw tantrums when the pitcher throws too close to his head after he flipped his bat last time he was up. Basketball players act like soccer players when backed down in the post. And hockey, that last bastion of manliness, was ruined when hard hits were outlawed and Disney On Ice with pads and sticks became the norm.

The final straw to break the camel’s back? Watching in disgust as the Left and black athletes in particular pissed on the fans and took sports, one of the last refuges from politics, and weaponized it. Never mind that they are paid in the millions of dollars to play a game. Never mind that the national anthem and our flag isn’t a political statement, but is a physical representation of the very freedoms these molly coddled athletes enjoy. The ideals for which these emblems stand for have translated into the very literal riches and opportunities they have earned in their own pursuit of happiness.

Screw professional sports and the people who populate them.

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:18 pm

HMMMMMM wrote:
Joe in PB wrote:I think the NBA has suffered the most in terms of degraded play. Magic, Michael, Bird, etc could actually shoot, use the backboard, and run plays. These days it's 50% or more 3 pointers. Yawn, as over half brick......contributing to a more boring game flow.

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I'll let you pick an all star team from the 80s, I'll take the Warriors.

I like my chances.

Which set of rules? Hand checks? No 3 point line? Old school vs today’s basketball are two entirely different animals.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:25 pm

Rooster wrote: Which set of rules? Hand checks? No 3 point line? Old school vs today’s basketball are two entirely different animals.

Did you even read the thread, dumbass?

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:40 pm

Yeah, but only after jamming my finger down on the “Submit” button. As you can probably tell, I’m an awesome conversationalist at parties— just jump in the middle of a group of people talking and give ‘em my hot take while looking around for another gaggle to bestow my wisdom upon.
/blushes

It’s a gift.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:04 am

Rooster wrote:As you can probably tell, I’m an awesome conversationalist at parties— just jump in the middle of a group of people talking and give ‘em my hot take while looking around for another gaggle to bestow my wisdom upon.

I'm kind of the opposite. I'll find a corner by myself, or with one friend, and drink heavily, and be boisterous.

The adoring throngs tend to find me.

Softball Bat · Post by **Softball Bat** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:16 am

B wrote:Yeah having bigger faster stronger athletes who make fewer mistakes makes the game worse. Ponderous.

Seriously go back and watch some of those early 70 Super Bowls. Those guys could not compete in this league. There's nobody these days who can compete in the NFL after selling insurance for the entire offseason. Same goes for baseball, hockey and basketball. The players come out of college pro-ready. DeShaun Watson is not only competing as a rookie quarterback, he is dominating his competition. Did Stabler do that? Namath? Johnny U?

Does Watson call his own plays on the field?

Namath, Stabler and Johnny U did that.

College players are not as fast and strong as NFLers, and they make more mistakes.
But the college game on the field is more interesting than the NFL game on the field, imo.

As I've said before, you could swap out all the NFL uniforms and let teams play in someone else's uniform and the fans could barely notice the change.
All the teams and all the games look very much the same.

I would like to see QB-Coach electronic communication eliminated.
Let the QBs call the game on the field.

And eliminate replay.
Players make mistakes but we can't allow an official to make a mistake?

pfft...

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:45 am

Softball Bat wrote: And eliminate replay.
Players make mistakes but we can't allow an official to make a mistake?

pfft...

YES. People need to stop praying to the false God and G0d of replay.

Moving Sale · Post by **Moving Sale** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:50 am

So you follow the NBA closer than I do and yet you "believe" THE hand check rule was changed in 1999.
So you are stupid and arrogant about said stupidity.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:55 am

Try again, Shorty.

I was working on memory from almost 20 years ago. You cited the googles.

You suck dick.

Joe in PB · Post by **Joe in PB** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:06 am

Softball Bat wrote: Players make mistakes but we can't allow an official to make a mistake?

pfft...

The problem with replay is it slows down the game, kills momentum and interest, and the refs still make mistakes. Not to mention too may rules are judgment calls, two different refs, two different calls.