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refmon
01/12/22 6:06:36 PM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/sports/video-games-nfl-gamers-gen-z.html

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Son Of Spam
01/14/22 6:48:02 AM
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The major sports leagues are really shooting themselves in the foot locking so many of their games behind a cable TV paywall. Meanwhile most esports are free to stream legally. Who wants to be a fan of a team that you can only see a few games of a season?

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MFBKBass5
01/14/22 6:52:43 AM
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Most sports are lame and our obsession with them is just a waste of brain space.

plus the NFL should not exist, as well as the entirety of American football in general.

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Slayerblade11
01/14/22 6:54:28 AM
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Sports are the best way for kids to learn social skills, teamwork and getting fit though
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Son Of Spam
01/14/22 7:00:28 AM
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MFBKBass5 posted...
plus the NFL should not exist, as well as the entirety of American football in general.

I think football is going to die out once they figure out how to diagnose CTE in living people.

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Nukazie
01/14/22 7:05:39 AM
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i never really liked physical sports though i like some of them in video games

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Damn_Underscore
01/14/22 7:40:37 AM
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MFBKBass5 posted...
Most sports are lame and our obsession with them is just a waste of brain space.

plus the NFL should not exist, as well as the entirety of American football in general.

What is this post.

Sportsball bad is one of the worst takes


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nfearurspecimn
01/14/22 7:42:38 AM
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Sports isn't bad, but why invest so much of yourself emotionally in something that is entirely out of your control? Just seems foolish to me.

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GrandConjuraton
01/14/22 8:12:29 AM
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MFBKBass5 posted...
Most sports are lame and our obsession with them is just a waste of brain space.

plus the NFL should not exist, as well as the entirety of American football in general.


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Damn_Underscore
01/14/22 8:15:35 AM
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nfearurspecimn posted...
Sports isn't bad, but why invest so much of yourself emotionally in something that is entirely out of your control? Just seems foolish to me.

Replace sports with video games, movies, TV shows, anything really.

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TheOtherMike
01/14/22 8:18:38 AM
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MFBKBass5 posted...
Most sports are lame and our obsession with them is just a waste of brain space.

plus the NFL should not exist, as well as the entirety of American football in general.

Facts.
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K181
01/14/22 8:33:16 AM
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So 73% of zoomers like or are open to sports?

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TheApexPredator
01/14/22 8:36:23 AM
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MFBKBass5 posted...
Most sports are lame and our obsession with them is just a waste of brain space.

A person who isn't interested in video games could say the same thing about those too.

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EndOfDiscOne
01/14/22 8:40:20 AM
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I've found that sports are like religion. Spend enough time away from it, and it all seems ridiculous when you come back to it. Our obsession with sports is too much imo.

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BeesKnees
01/14/22 8:40:53 AM
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dislike sports or dislike watching sports?

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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
01/14/22 8:49:16 AM
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I honestly don't know what to make of that number because I don't know what percent of other generations "dislike sports" and the article is behind a paywall.

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MacadamianNut3
01/14/22 8:50:36 AM
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I love football since I played a ton of sports while growing up, but I'm gonna go all Tiger Mom mode if I have a kid and they want to play football with all of the injuries

I'd rather have their brain turn to mush from watching degenerate anime

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Son Of Spam
01/14/22 9:34:35 AM
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Another problem with youth sports is it's gotten expensive. Lots of parents these days send their kids to sports camps and invest in high quality equipment for them. It's hard for kids who can't afford that to compete.

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nfearurspecimn
01/14/22 9:36:16 AM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
Replace sports with video games, movies, TV shows, anything really.
those things are rides with highs and lows, but you might be stuck with a crappy team in sports and only get the bummed out lows

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gamer167
01/14/22 9:37:57 AM
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Gen Z a bunch of soyboys confirmed
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Shadowplay
01/14/22 9:38:12 AM
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The obsession with sports isn't really any different than the obsession with other forms of entertainment.

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StarDestroyer
01/14/22 9:38:20 AM
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Son Of Spam posted...
The major sports leagues are really shooting themselves in the foot locking so many of their games behind a cable TV paywall. Meanwhile most esports are free to stream legally. Who wants to be a fan of a team that you can only see a few games of a season?

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ScazarMeltex
01/14/22 9:43:39 AM
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Son Of Spam posted...
The major sports leagues are really shooting themselves in the foot locking so many of their games behind a cable TV paywall. Meanwhile most esports are free to stream legally. Who wants to be a fan of a team that you can only see a few games of a season?
Yeah I grew up being able to watch Blues and Cardinals games on on our local channel 11. Putting it behind the cable paywall just made sure I stopped caring.

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EndOfDiscOne
01/14/22 9:57:02 AM
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Shadowplay posted...
The obsession with sports isn't really any different than the obsession with other forms of entertainment.
Depends if it's passive or active entertainment. People really care whether some rich, ego-inflated athletes win or lose a game. Riots can form after championship games, and I don't see that happening with most other forms of entertainment.

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Kuuko
01/14/22 10:02:06 AM
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WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...
I honestly don't know what to make of that number because I don't know what percent of other generations "dislike sports" and the article is behind a paywall.
Here's the fuller quote in context from the article:

Only 23 percent of Generation Z said they were passionate sports fans, compared with the 42 percent of millennials (defined as 26 to 41), 33 percent of Generation X (42 to 57) and 31 percent of baby boomers (57 to 76) who identified themselves as passionate. More striking was that 27 percent of Gen Zers said they disliked sports altogether, compared with just 7 percent of millennials, 5 percent of Gen Xers and 6 percent of boomers.

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Ratchetrockon
01/14/22 10:05:48 AM
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Ive met people around my age that were into esports and talked about it among eachother like people talk about diff sports teams. I didnt realize it had gotten that popular dude wtf so it was an eye opening experience for me.

I really shouldn't have been that surprised though. During highschool LoL was huge and a few people in my school were part of a team. They got to miss several days of school because they went to Tokyo to compete against other teams (they did horribly iirc).

Would be nice to see a poll that also counts digital sports as sports. I do think Gen Z are just as into competive scenes like previous gens.

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The_Yahtz09
01/14/22 10:09:18 AM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
What is this post.

Sportsball bad is one of the worst takes
It wasn't a "Sportsball bad" comment. It was a "US football permanently injures and kills people, so we shouldn't play it" comment.

EndOfDiscOne posted...
Depends if it's passive or active entertainment. People really care whether some rich, ego-inflated athletes win or lose a game. Riots can form after championship games, and I don't see that happening with most other forms of entertainment.
Rick and Morty fans. There aren't enough bad ones to start riots, but their behavior is abhorrent. Pretty much every content creator or person with a modicum of fame or celebrity receive death threats. One of the big differences is sport fans have a much easier time congregating into large groups. Crowds always make worse decisions than individuals.

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Damn_Underscore
01/14/22 10:15:56 AM
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American football is the best sport. Just get rid of hits to the head. Some people dont like the zero tolerance policy for targeting in college football but players should be dissuaded from going for the head at all.

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VigorouslySwish
01/14/22 10:23:34 AM
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Ive been saying for a while now, sports are going to die way down over the next 20 years. There is just simply much better forms of entertainment these days. In the future, most sports fans will just be gambling addicts.

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Ratchetrockon
01/14/22 10:28:30 AM
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VigorouslySwish posted...
Ive been saying for a while now, sports are going to die way down over the next 20 years. There is just simply much better forms of entertainment these days. In the future, most sports fans will just be gambling addicts.
I dont think international football popularity will die down anytime soon to the point where all fans are just gambling addicts.


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Background_Guy
01/14/22 10:29:50 AM
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Does this include E-SPORTS???
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Shablagoo
01/14/22 10:30:32 AM
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K181 posted...
So 73% of zoomers like or are open to sports?

This. I hardly find the 27% number surprising in fact I would have guessed the overall pop. has more people disinterested in sports.

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Ratchetrockon
01/14/22 10:33:01 AM
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Background_Guy posted...
Does this include E-SPORTS???
Article mentions e sports but seems to separate it from sports

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VigorouslySwish
01/14/22 10:54:29 AM
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Ratchetrockon posted...
I dont think international football popularity will die down anytime soon to the point where all fans are just gambling addicts.

sports will remain immensely popular in poorer nations that can't afford these newfangled technowhimzy forms of entertainment

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bigblu89
01/14/22 10:59:53 AM
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nfearurspecimn posted...
Sports isn't bad, but why invest so much of yourself emotionally in something that is entirely out of your control? Just seems foolish to me.
Then I assume you don't watch TV, Movies, listen to music, etc.?

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Letron_James
01/14/22 11:27:58 AM
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Not everyone is rich enough to afford a playstation etc. A ball costs usually under 20 bucks for a decent basketball/football.

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1337toothbrush
01/14/22 11:30:21 AM
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Dislike *playing* sports or dislike *watching* sports? I never liked watching sports, but I love playing sports. I certainly wouldn't pay to watch sports, that's for sure.

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Jabodie
01/14/22 11:33:12 AM
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As long as they get exercise somehow.

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SMAP-
01/14/22 11:35:33 AM
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Love playing them, get bored pretty easily by watching them and wish so many social gatherings werent based around that

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ExtremeLuchador
01/14/22 11:37:30 AM
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Refs rigging games, spoiled crybaby athletes, billionaire owners getting taxpayer dollars for luxury sports arenas.

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CoorsLight
01/14/22 11:38:59 AM
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I've always liked sports but I've definitely become more of a hater in recent years. They're just heartless corporations like any other institution in America. I also find it kinda cringe to wear jerseys and stuff, I used to think it was fine, but I'm not trying to make sports my personality. They make it harder and harder to watch the games legitimately. They're so stuffed with stoppages like commercials and pointless replay reviews. Football and hockey are giving people brain damage. And it's all really meaningless when you think about it but people go apeshit over it
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YellowSUV
01/14/22 12:02:56 PM
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Not Zoomers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEVdca9U9LM

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