Question : who here has a problem with fanaticism and football?
Don’t get me wrong. Football is very entertaining and fun to play. I have great memories of those thanksgiving day games out in the front yard with family. But, do you think the amount of devotion to football (specifically the NFL) is just a little overboard and these attentions are misplaced. For example: My cousin is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. Growing up, I remember his room. It looked like Jerry Jones vomited everywhere in that room! With framed posters on the walls. A ceiling fan that had blue fan blades with silver stared tips and a globe that was a cowboys motiff. Of course the lamp, curtains, and bed spread were all cowboys. This was the first time I ever considered there may be a sickness here. What do any NFL teams do for us personally other than provide entertainment? What’s hilarious is the amount of money people will throw down to support their team and that team and owner has no idea who in the hell they are.I don’t remeber Jerry Jones ever having dinner over at my cousin’s house. I’ve never understood the need either to wear a 100% authentic NFL jersey or team shirt to a game to show your support. Isn’t the millions these players get paid support enough to play well? What’s more, why do people feel compelled to by all this merchandise? They throw down, what $ 100 for a jersey (and that money makes it’s why to the owner(s) of the team) and wear it proudly around where everyone can see you are a fan of such-and-such team. Essentially, you’re paying the owners to advertise for them. What a brilliant marketing scheme. Like leaving the dealer tag on your new vehicle to advertise free for the car dealer. How about the millions compaies pay the NFL to use the logo to become an “official sponsor of the NFL”. You don’t have to have any hard approval. All you need is the dough to be an official sponsor. All the money they spend they just turn around and make it back on us the consumer. Gatorade really has gotten expensive since the 70′s. How about what the NFL gives back? Don’t throw out the United Way as an example. Look up how the United Way got started. It was developed by Pete Rozelle to get the players involved in the community and thereby promote the NFL itself. Think of the tax write-offs also. I shouldn’t just single out the NFL. I could write pages of a brutal hatred for NASCAR and the NBA. But really, I see no difference between a diehard nascar fan and a NFL fan. It’s such an arbitrary activity that has no true bearing on important matters. I wish people might use their extra time (and the money they’d spend on merchandise) to perhaps help our military veterans. Oh, there’s so much more but I’ll leave it at that. Yes, and i know it’s what ever the individual wants that makes him happy. If paying over $ 100 for a team jersey makes a person happy then i gues let them be happy. I’ll choose not to support the NFL or anything like it untill I see they support my team of me.
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Answer by Ninja Gunnar
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