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Re:Cultivated Disinterest in Professional Sports by Glyptodon on Friday January 30, 2015 @04:59PM (#8974739)
I'd say sports as an activity are good, but sports as a culture are often bad, it's just the most people don't draw a distinction.

Just look at tailgating -- at any university you can witness loads of adults setting a great example for their children by getting dead drunk en mass in front of them at every Saturday home game.

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Re:Cultivated Disinterest in Professional Sports by Glyptodon on Saturday January 31, 2015 @04:24AM (#8976299)
I'm surprised at the vote swings on this one. Do people think there's nothing wrong with getting drunk in front of 5 to 11 year old children multiple weekends a year? Because I have witnessed this in my city each fall and find it troubling.

It's also a weird double standard when a lot of college campuses don't allow booze except for football tailgating.

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