It's funny, the only sport I am interested in at all anymore is MLS. The salaries are low. The players are there because they want to be. They take a very active roll with the leagues around here.
DC United!!! Although I will say I am saddened by L.A.s action re: Beckham. Looks like they are even going in the same direction. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:22 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: either they dont care about their image... > > > gMoney wrote: > > that's because sports f***ing rock, and the rest of that shit you > mentioned > > is pre-packaged bullshit. > > > > Hmmm.....i think you struck a nerve :) > > > > That's what I do! Although I'm not sure what the "pre-packaged" > comment means ... > > But, yeah, the sentiment about "sports rocking" is the point - if > you're way into sports, you probably have expensive cable/Sat > channels, jerseys and/or other paraphernalia, and probably go to > games. So let's go to the big board ... > > Sports that you view (vs. play) > -------------------------------------------- > Monthly sports costs: let's say $50 for cable/sat costs = $6000/yr > Yearly costs: say $500 on crap; $1500 on games, food, fantasy crap, > etc. > > So that's $8000 per year on something to view which is purely > discretionary entertainment; that is, sports viewing serves no other > purpose than for viewing vs., say, buying a fancy car which also > provides transportation (or a house for that matter). > > That's pretty expensive and I can't think of any type of entertainment > that costs as much and who's yearly inflation is higher. > > Is that bad or good? Probably neutral, but interesting nonetheless. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241176 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
