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Old 11-22-2010, 10:25 PM
 
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I am far more upset at the way you describe football. Sweaty obese men? Get real. They are ATHLETES of the highest caliber!

Football is America's sport and its HUGE in Pittsburgh! I agree that it's depressing after the Super Bowl when there's months on end without football. How can anyone live in Pittsburgh and call the Steelers ''obese, sweaty, men''. Good gawd, they've played in seven Super Bowls and won SIX Super Bowls!!! Show some respect!
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Old 11-23-2010, 03:46 AM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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I am far more upset at the way you describe football. Sweaty obese men? Get real. They are ATHLETES of the highest caliber!

Football is America's sport and its HUGE in Pittsburgh! I agree that it's depressing after the Super Bowl when there's months on end without football. How can anyone live in Pittsburgh and call the Steelers ''obese, sweaty, men''. Good gawd, they've played in seven Super Bowls and won SIX Super Bowls!!! Show some respect!
Wow. The way you revere professional athletes and elevate them onto such a lofty pedestal is exactly what is wrong with our nation's priorities. This is why there are high schools in Pennsylvania where football games are attended by thousands while anything relevant to the arts is barely supported.
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Old 11-23-2010, 04:11 AM
 
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Wow. The way you revere professional athletes and elevate them onto such a lofty pedestal is exactly what is wrong with our nation's priorities. This is why there are high schools in Pennsylvania where football games are attended by thousands while anything relevant to the arts is barely supported.
I'm not a big football follower but talk about a complete overreaction - and I'm afraid you & I are in the minority as a good percentage of Americans follow football avidly. I would think millions of Americans would argue with you about that statement about the "nation's priorities". Football's a big passtime in America, like it or not.

You also better get used to lots of football talk in Pittsburgh this time of the year. If not, I suspect you'll be hating a lot of conversations going on - especially on the weekends!

Having said that, there are SOME athletes in football as in any sport who have perfected their craft that you have to give respect to. Also, doubt any football player meets the definition of "obese". They have big frames and most are pretty muscular. If they were truly "obese" they'd have a heart attack on the field!

I don't know - when I grew up near Pennsylvania at least in Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia suburbs I remember friends' music concerts and plays being very well attended and support by parents and students alike. Maybe it is different where you grew up in Pennsylvania. Sure, the sports were very popular too. Same with where I grew up on the NJ side when I was in high school.
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Old 11-23-2010, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Wow. The way you revere professional athletes and elevate them onto such a lofty pedestal is exactly what is wrong with our nation's priorities. This is why there are high schools in Pennsylvania where football games are attended by thousands while anything relevant to the arts is barely supported.
You know, it's possible for a nation to support the arts and like sports.

BTW, I'm guessing most if not all of those "obese sweaty men" would hand you your own ass in a decathlon. Even if you're not a fan of what they do for a living, don't disrespect the athleticism it takes to do it at their level.
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Old 11-23-2010, 01:46 PM
 
Location: SS Slopes
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I was being mildly facetious about the lack of anything to talk about after the Super Bowl besides weather... just a little joke, let's not frighten the OP now. It's not like she's stepping into Odessa, TX. If anything, the NFL obsession has given up ground to a blossoming NHL obsession
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Old 11-23-2010, 02:04 PM
 
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I'm not a big football follower but talk about a complete overreaction - and I'm afraid you & I are in the minority as a good percentage of Americans follow football avidly. I would think millions of Americans would argue with you about that statement about the "nation's priorities". Football's a big passtime in America, like it or not.

You also better get used to lots of football talk in Pittsburgh this time of the year. If not, I suspect you'll be hating a lot of conversations going on - especially on the weekends!

Having said that, there are SOME athletes in football as in any sport who have perfected their craft that you have to give respect to. Also, doubt any football player meets the definition of "obese". They have big frames and most are pretty muscular. If they were truly "obese" they'd have a heart attack on the field!

I don't know - when I grew up near Pennsylvania at least in Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia suburbs I remember friends' music concerts and plays being very well attended and support by parents and students alike. Maybe it is different where you grew up in Pennsylvania. Sure, the sports were very popular too. Same with where I grew up on the NJ side when I was in high school.
Every place is different, I can only say in my little corner of Western PA, many more ppl attended the weekly high school football games than ever did the plays/concerts/etc.
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Old 11-23-2010, 07:16 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Every place is different, I can only say in my little corner of Western PA, many more ppl attended the weekly high school football games than ever did the plays/concerts/etc.
Ditto.
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Old 11-23-2010, 08:29 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Every place is different, I can only say in my little corner of Western PA, many more ppl attended the weekly high school football games than ever did the plays/concerts/etc.
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Ditto.
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Old 11-23-2010, 10:07 PM
 
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Every place is different, I can only say in my little corner of Western PA, many more ppl attended the weekly high school football games than ever did the plays/concerts/etc.
I agree, more people in the US like football than they do the theater. Isn't it great that we live in a country where we all have so many choices and options? Isn't it a shame that some people can't handle that, and must criticize other people who enjoy things that they don't enjoy? Oh well, we can't all be happy and live and let live.
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Old 11-24-2010, 03:44 AM
 
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I agree, more people in the US like football than they do the theater. Isn't it great that we live in a country where we all have so many choices and options? Isn't it a shame that some people can't handle that, and must criticize other people who enjoy things that they don't enjoy? Oh well, we can't all be happy and live and let live.
Indeed, I don't think American society is going to fall apart for this. To each his own, and it doesn't bother me that many people are glued to the TV on football weekends when I'm not, and talk about it a lot Mondays at work.

This idea of criticizing people for what they like, be it sports, or living in suburban single family homes, is just not right. We've heard on here how people living in far flung suburbs are being "selfish" and causing problems for future generations!
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