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Old 04-09-2008, 12:09 AM   #21
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Spoken like a true Dan Brown fan. The masses are asses. Actually, if that's your measurement basketball is far more popular than football worldwide, as is baseball and of course the mega-popular sport worldwide, soccer. Like sloppy joes and root beer football is only popular in the United States, and especially in backwaters.

This is sort of amusing. I assume when you say Basketball is more popular you base this on the fact that it is played by more people worldwide. Most fo these people are not the white collar wine-sippers you hang out with, of course, although most of the other season ticket holders at your beloved Sonics games likely are those type of people. You underscore this fact by your snarky comment about football being popular in backwaters, an elitist put down if I have ever heard one. So we have the moneyed class loving a game played largely by those that do not belong to their class, unless they make it to the highest echelon.

I'm with Sizzle; I'd also like to see you lace it up for a series on the line.
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Old 04-09-2008, 12:11 AM   #22
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Spoken like a true Dan Brown fan. The masses are asses. Actually, if that's your measurement basketball is far more popular than football worldwide, as is baseball and of course the mega-popular sport worldwide, soccer. Like sloppy joes and root beer football is only popular in the United States, and especially in backwaters.
The same argument could be made against basketball. It has more international appeal than American football, but it is a minor sport in most countries outside the US.

Hey, we love basketball too, but "1000x better than football"? Come on...
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Old 04-09-2008, 12:14 AM   #23
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This is sort of amusing. I assume when you say Basketball is more popular you base this on the fact that it is played by more people worldwide. Most fo these people are not the white collar wine-sippers you hang out with, of course, although most of the other season ticket holders at your beloved Sonics games likely are those type of people. You underscore this fact by your snarky comment about football being popular in backwaters, an elitist put down if I have ever heard one. So we have the moneyed class loving a game played largely by those that do not belong to their class, unless they make it to the highest echelon.

I'm with Sizzle; I'd also like to see you lace it up for a series on the line.
Based on what I've seen of Seahawks fans, pro football fans spend a greater share of their disposable income on season tickets than any other sport. It's a rough crowd.
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Old 04-09-2008, 12:53 AM   #24
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Based on what I've seen of Seahawks fans, pro football fans spend a greater share of their disposable income on season tickets than any other sport. It's a rough crowd.
I've noticed this too. Hardcore NFL fans are a step or two above Hell's Angels.
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I've noticed this too. Hardcore NFL fans are a step or two above Hell's Angels.
No kidding. It's like a tattoo convention at Seahawks stadium.
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Old 04-09-2008, 01:00 AM   #26
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No kidding. It's like a tattoo convention at Seahawks stadium.

This is a concession of the accuracy of my observation.
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Old 04-09-2008, 01:41 AM   #27
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Based on what I've seen of Seahawks fans, pro football fans spend a greater share of their disposable income on season tickets than any other sport. It's a rough crowd.
Let me remind you how you started this thread:

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DI basketball is 1000x greater than DI football.
Don't divert the topic to pro football. That's a different animal.
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Old 04-09-2008, 07:08 PM   #28
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Let me remind you how you started this thread:



Don't divert the topic to pro football. That's a different animal.
What's great is Ute fans don't have to choose because they don't have a lop sided tradition. Utes have been to the BCS as well as Final Fours.

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Old 04-09-2008, 07:23 PM   #29
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DI basketball is 1000x greater than DI football. One thousand times. I think of the Las Vegas Bowl, "bowl season," National Championship game contestants by designation, etc., compared to this masterpiece after March Madness and I want to puke. Vomit.
Amazing part to me is that Football would be the crowning jewel BUT FOR the bowl system.
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Amazing part to me is that Football would be the crowning jewel BUT FOR the bowl system.
Excellent point.
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