Maybe I'm the exception to the rule for the normal sports fan, but I spend very little on my sports obsessions. I ensure that I have ESPN in my cable package, but that's it...no NFL package or MLB package or any of that. I rarely attend Royals or Chiefs games anymore, though I watch them religiously on basic cable or listen to them for free on the radio.
My obsession is not with the team or its merchandise...its with the sport itself. Thats why, much to my wife's chagrin, I can sit down and watch just about any professional or college sporting event, and thoroughly enjoy myself....doesn't matter who's playing. On 8/23/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:241184 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
