I’m going to rant. I’m going to rant not because I think that we have too many people who think they know better about sports, but because yelling at the TV and acting like you know more than the people being paid to perform is becoming a pastime. Maybe it has long been one and I didn’t catch on until I realized how central that action–the action of talking shit–was to how my kids enjoy sports. So, here we go:
I can’t watch basketball with my kids. Football is barely tolerable with half of them but basketball is unwatchable. Why? I’m tired of the shit talk and analysis and abusive commentary on every single call or missed call by an official. This is a reflection of the culture. We expect refs to be perfect, but beyond that we expect things to be called/go exactly the way we think they should. This extends to video games. I’ve watched one of my boys yell at the screen while playing NBA 2K, because he thought the ref blew a call. To me, that’s wild. That’s beyond reason. And if it isn’t the ref, it’s the way the game is coded. There is always some complaint or some excuse that a fan will have if the pendulum isn’t swinging in their favor.
Frankly, it’s making me hate the sports-media universe. I just want to watch the game. I’m not immune. Unfortunately, I’m the kind of person who easily gets bogged down in the environment and does what the environment does, so I really try not to be around it less, in spite of being the parent, I do the same dumb crap they do. Maybe that is why I prefer being on the opposing sideline or off alone in a corner during live games. It keeps me aware of my tendencies.
Some Thoughts:
- Defrag started. made it through one tiny spiral notebook…
- And I finally made a list.