BI Survey: 18-24 year old Westerners hate sports

[Discuss Thrower]

[threebag]

[JoeyChuckles]

Steroids in the French water?

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by JoeyChuckles

Steroids in the French water?

And yet they can't win a war on their own, but they can out run their enemies on retreat.

[Hammock Parties]

American sports are too violent and too masculine for the modern progressive.

[Pablo]

Too busy playing vidja games.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Too busy playing vidja games.

Looks like this data came from some shit sampling issues, but I wonder if the Great Recession curtailed interest in sporting events.

9-15 years old is prime time for developing hobbies and interests and if your folks couldn't afford tickets or even cable TV, you were probably more likely to find cheaper pastimes.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Looks like this data came from some shit sampling issues, but I wonder if the Great Recession curtailed interest in sporting events.

9-15 years old is prime time for developing hobbies and interests and if your folks couldn't afford tickets or even cable TV, you were probably more likely to find cheaper pastimes.

There was no Sunday Ticket when I was a kid.

I developed my passion reading back issues of SI, collecting football cards and watching the local broadcasts.

*shrug*

Kids today probably too interested in their phones and shit.

[nceagle_11]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

There was no Sunday Ticket when I was a kid.

I developed my passion reading back issues of SI, collecting football cards and watching the local broadcasts.

*shrug*

Kids today probably too interested in their phones and shit.

I'd bet your interest was was pushed much more by playing sandlot football in your neighborhood or football at recess in school.

Today, kids spend most of their time in their house or playing with a select friend or two on a "play date" instead of getting out and playing some ball with their friends. A paranoia about how "dangerous" it is for kids to run around the neighborhood alone in today's culture has spread even though it's not true. And kids aren't allowed to play rough in recess anymore, not to mention that my son's "recess" is 15 minutes.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by nceagle_11

I'd bet your interest was was pushed much more by playing sandlot football in your neighborhood or football at recess in school.

You think being the fat kid who once threw a pick six the only time he got to play QB drove my interest? No, not really.

I think I read every back issue of SI at my jr high cover to cover, though. Good luck getting kids to do THAT today.

[threebag]

Nice catch on the autocorrect that got ya.

[Hammock Parties]

The NFL especially just isn't diverse enough. It's not fair!

We need some white cornerbacks, hispanic quarterbacks, female head coaches and transgender GMs if the NFL is going to win the modern progressive audience.

Also, cheerleaders should be done away with entirely. It's an occupation and encourages sexism and misogyny. And it's homophobic. Where are the male cheerleaders for crying out loud?

[notorious]

Pussies.

[Bugeater]

I didn't really watch much sports at that age. That's when you should be busy trying to get laid as much as possible.

[mdstu]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

I didn't really watch much sports at that age. That's when you should be busy trying to get laid as much as possible.

Same here. I watched sports during those years, but normally only in social scenarios. MNF and whatnot. I sure as hell didn't stay in on Sat and Sun to watch sports. I was out chasing tail and hanging with friends.

My die hard sports habits probably started around age 25 or later.