This is really difficult. My dad, dead now over 25 years, was such a huge Steelers fan and it rubbed off on us kids. Watching the games on sundays always took my back to the times we spent watching away games at home (he and his crew had season tickets so home games was just mom and us kids).
Such good memories, but dad was a patriot who lied about his age to join the navy at 15 after Pearl Harbor. He served on the USS Franklin and almost didn’t make it back. The majority of his friends, and my uncle, never did.
I won’t be watching the NFL unless they get their shit together, but it’s a real loss.
Pretty similar story. Still remember the Bradshaw/Hanratty debates. They have told us they don't want us anymore. Quitting is one of the easier things i have done.
Pro sports (especially football) are a replacement for actual combat and violence in the form of entertainment. A catharsis if you will. It is a form of pretend tribalism that is actually supposed to bring us more together as a united country ie not be preachy or political but rather a pure competition among the best of the best. Fans are simply buying into that experience (for whatever person reason) as a way to share in the experience.
That is the messed up part of the social justice shoehorning in sports. It's like they are all saying "fuck the middle class audience, we get paid by the elites and big multinational corporations not average American fans." Almost like they are showing what a big scam the whole thing is and how little it has to do with competition and real sport.
This is really difficult. My dad, dead now over 25 years, was such a huge Steelers fan and it rubbed off on us kids. Watching the games on sundays always took my back to the times we spent watching away games at home (he and his crew had season tickets so home games was just mom and us kids).
Such good memories, but dad was a patriot who lied about his age to join the navy at 15 after Pearl Harbor. He served on the USS Franklin and almost didn’t make it back. The majority of his friends, and my uncle, never did.
I won’t be watching the NFL unless they get their shit together, but it’s a real loss.
Pretty similar story. Still remember the Bradshaw/Hanratty debates. They have told us they don't want us anymore. Quitting is one of the easier things i have done.
Pro sports (especially football) are a replacement for actual combat and violence in the form of entertainment. A catharsis if you will. It is a form of pretend tribalism that is actually supposed to bring us more together as a united country ie not be preachy or political but rather a pure competition among the best of the best. Fans are simply buying into that experience (for whatever person reason) as a way to share in the experience.
That is the messed up part of the social justice shoehorning in sports. It's like they are all saying "fuck the middle class audience, we get paid by the elites and big multinational corporations not average American fans." Almost like they are showing what a big scam the whole thing is and how little it has to do with competition and real sport.
Give em a call tomorrow.
The Steelers you watched with your dad are not the same as the Steelers of today.
No doubt about that. They were STEELERS, not just guys looking for the biggest contract.
Memories are memories. NFL cucking doesn't affect memories.
imagine thinking professional sports is a huge loss.
Depends where and when you grew up. Football is a religion in Pittsburgh.