I disagree. Like all pro sports, it is designed to suck off energy from men. It is a purely passive endeavor, one of the last spaces where tribal feelings are allowed, and all energy from that goes poof without any relevance to the real world. It is part of the feminization project and hence should be rejected, like baseball, soccer or whatever. BTW, just because the rest of the world does not give a shite about NFL but watches „soccer“ does not make the latter globalist. It is all the same BS. The NFL tries hard to export to other countries, Europe in particular, as part of the globohomo GAE.
Doing the sport yourself is different, but watching no.
I love the Amish. IMHO they show us what the right gets wrong. They also hate organized sports. Are they intellectuals? Au contraire!
Or as some other Luddite once said:
The conservatives whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values.
If you play football, enjoy playing. Who doesnt enjoy tossing around a ball or swinging a stick. Men love sticks! If you enjoy watching gorillas play football on a screen, it's just too beta for me. The Rome coliseum was never televised and if it was it would have been just as fake and gay as the National leagues.
It’s not the football I mind. It’s the six hours of midwit commentary surrounding the football that makes me want to put an ice pick in my forebrain. Shut the fuck up and tell me what down it is.
Great write up. I was originally caught up in the Bread and Circuses turn off but there is something about elite athletes at the top of their game preforming incredible plays that is beautiful and satisfying to watch, especially when they show replays from all different angles.
you left out how the domestic abusers are held up as hero’s, quietly shifted from team to team on multi-million dollar contracts. or how regular duis are not only a part of the player experience, but also the front office. or how about how murderers are let off scott free, excepting the case of aaron hernandez, who finally saw his due.
I am unclear why you suggest it is only the 'right' that doesn't like the circuses. Personal experience says if anything, there would be more from the 'left'.
Well, you may have a point. But you see, I never grew up with sports. Sports was something you did in school to develop yourself physically, before you became an adult. In intellectual circles few people care sports, and that’s across left and right. And Substack is the zone of intellectuals.
The thought of putting down the Derrida or Conrad sitting on my desk to watch a sports game is unthinkable to me. Perhaps it does seem low class, but perhaps it’s just a.. different class. Many of us are drawn to the right because we want to walk our own path. If I find out a book is required reading in school, I don’t want to read it anymore. Is there a latent sense of superiority over the masses? Perhaps. Sports is... it is the emblem of a wasted life. Less agency.. Just hearing off-hand sports conversations at work depresses me.
I feel a desire to break out of the stifling conformity of this world, to create something new. Watching sports.. watching Netflix.. eating fried chicken... I will never do it.
I’m a lifelong pro football fan. It’s a great game for watch, but its new trappings are what grind my gears. The embrace of gambling, globalization, and DEI. I begrudgingly watch because I try to tune out the other shit.
Only at most a casual observer, patience is hard during commercials.
I've had the privilege of playing in a fantasy league with a pretty smart commissioner. We have long concluded that a time manager, especially for some coaches, is beyond wise. It would result in at least 1 win per season (depending on the coach, some are horrendous) is my guess.
Coaches at all levels probably also punt more often than they should. Might want to check out coach Kevin Kelley, the coach that never punts.
Definitely war/tribal things happening on the football field. If you think so in the NFL, it is nothing compared to some college football, SEC specifically, but some other places too:
I disagree. Like all pro sports, it is designed to suck off energy from men. It is a purely passive endeavor, one of the last spaces where tribal feelings are allowed, and all energy from that goes poof without any relevance to the real world. It is part of the feminization project and hence should be rejected, like baseball, soccer or whatever. BTW, just because the rest of the world does not give a shite about NFL but watches „soccer“ does not make the latter globalist. It is all the same BS. The NFL tries hard to export to other countries, Europe in particular, as part of the globohomo GAE.
Doing the sport yourself is different, but watching no.
This article is homosexual and a misunderstanding of rome
See charlemagnes article for a correction
Why in the world would you love something that hates you?
I love the Amish. IMHO they show us what the right gets wrong. They also hate organized sports. Are they intellectuals? Au contraire!
Or as some other Luddite once said:
The conservatives whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values.
If you play football, enjoy playing. Who doesnt enjoy tossing around a ball or swinging a stick. Men love sticks! If you enjoy watching gorillas play football on a screen, it's just too beta for me. The Rome coliseum was never televised and if it was it would have been just as fake and gay as the National leagues.
It’s not the football I mind. It’s the six hours of midwit commentary surrounding the football that makes me want to put an ice pick in my forebrain. Shut the fuck up and tell me what down it is.
Now THIS is weapons-grade copium.
Great write up. I was originally caught up in the Bread and Circuses turn off but there is something about elite athletes at the top of their game preforming incredible plays that is beautiful and satisfying to watch, especially when they show replays from all different angles.
you left out how the domestic abusers are held up as hero’s, quietly shifted from team to team on multi-million dollar contracts. or how regular duis are not only a part of the player experience, but also the front office. or how about how murderers are let off scott free, excepting the case of aaron hernandez, who finally saw his due.
I am unclear why you suggest it is only the 'right' that doesn't like the circuses. Personal experience says if anything, there would be more from the 'left'.
Well, you may have a point. But you see, I never grew up with sports. Sports was something you did in school to develop yourself physically, before you became an adult. In intellectual circles few people care sports, and that’s across left and right. And Substack is the zone of intellectuals.
The thought of putting down the Derrida or Conrad sitting on my desk to watch a sports game is unthinkable to me. Perhaps it does seem low class, but perhaps it’s just a.. different class. Many of us are drawn to the right because we want to walk our own path. If I find out a book is required reading in school, I don’t want to read it anymore. Is there a latent sense of superiority over the masses? Perhaps. Sports is... it is the emblem of a wasted life. Less agency.. Just hearing off-hand sports conversations at work depresses me.
I feel a desire to break out of the stifling conformity of this world, to create something new. Watching sports.. watching Netflix.. eating fried chicken... I will never do it.
Ditch the man-cave, bring back the STUDY
I’m a lifelong pro football fan. It’s a great game for watch, but its new trappings are what grind my gears. The embrace of gambling, globalization, and DEI. I begrudgingly watch because I try to tune out the other shit.
„Catch the game last night?“
Is the defining sentence that kills all original human thought
The “End Racism” end zones ended it for me. WTF NFL?
It is a different Era now. People are struggling just to survive.
Only at most a casual observer, patience is hard during commercials.
I've had the privilege of playing in a fantasy league with a pretty smart commissioner. We have long concluded that a time manager, especially for some coaches, is beyond wise. It would result in at least 1 win per season (depending on the coach, some are horrendous) is my guess.
Coaches at all levels probably also punt more often than they should. Might want to check out coach Kevin Kelley, the coach that never punts.
Definitely war/tribal things happening on the football field. If you think so in the NFL, it is nothing compared to some college football, SEC specifically, but some other places too:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/737969-college-football-7-teams-that-are-more-popular-than-their-nfl-counterparts