You know what's bullshit...

[SportsGuy92]

It hurts them all the time for not buying new books.

New school books are very expensive, as in $100 or more each, so sports teams aren't they only things that are expensive for schools to maintain.

Yes, textbooks are expensive.

So, some schools have resorted to firing math teachers to hire more PE coaches, and also, so they can spend more money on sports.

That's because it's still cheaper to put up new basketball hoops and by new football uniforms and helmets than it is to buy new equipment for a chemistry or physics lab.

But in the long run, society is going to pay a much higher price when more and more people go uneducated and end up living in poverty.

Oh! That's right! They should become football players! DUH!!!

Quit stereotyping all athletes as being dumb, at any high school in America I would be willing to bet that athletes have a higher average GPA than non-athletes. And for the few athletes who are truly dumb, sports gives them a reason to work hard to stay elligible to compete.

[Sergey]

Quit stereotyping all athletes as being dumb, at any high school in America I would be willing to bet that athletes have a higher average GPA than non-athletes. And for the few athletes who are truly dumb, sports gives them a reason to work hard to stay elligible to compete.

I don't believe you. They are all morons. Look at Samdaman.

[SportsGuy92]

Why do you suppose there is such animosity between you and Sergey?

He said this.



"I like video games too, and I have nothing against people who are into sci-fi, anime, etc., I just find it ridiculous that anyone would think those are more worthwhile activities to play or watch than sports."

Sergey: I took this statement back and rephrased it, because I felt it didn't correctly express my views on what I was commenting on.

Earl: As far as the animosity towards Sergey, this is because he makes statements about sports and athletes that are outright lies and way off base from reality. At least people like you, greencom, and Millhouse always argue intelligently and try to make valid points. Even Fat Man exaggerates a lot, but he has gone through a lot of personal suffering in his life at the hands of people who happened to be connected to sports. His comments about Pat Tillman are what really set me off. If he is an American, I would like to ask him to GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS COUNTRY YOU FUCKING BASTARD. If he is not, I'd like to say to him that I understand why foreigners sometimes dislike America, but please show some respect for the dead.

[SportsGuy92]

Quit stereotyping all athletes as being dumb, at any high school in America I would be willing to bet that athletes have a higher average GPA than non-athletes. And for the few athletes who are truly dumb, sports gives them a reason to work hard to stay elligible to compete.

I don't believe you. They are all morons. Look at Samdaman.

Samdaman is an extreme example, and not to be taken seriously. Aren't you in high school? Think about the athletes and the non-athletes, and decide who you think is a smarter group.

[Sergey]

Why do you suppose there is such animosity between you and Sergey?

He said this.



"I like video games too, and I have nothing against people who are into sci-fi, anime, etc., I just find it ridiculous that anyone would think those are more worthwhile activities to play or watch than sports."

Sergey: I took this statement back and rephrased it, because I felt it didn't correctly express my views on what I was commenting on.

Earl: As far as the animosity towards Sergey, this is because he makes statements about sports and athletes that are outright lies and way off base from reality. At least people like you, greencom, and Millhouse always argue intelligently and try to make valid points. Even Fat Man exaggerates a lot, but he has gone through a lot of personal suffering in his life at the hands of people who happened to be connected to sports. His comments about Pat Tillman are what really set me off. If he is an American, I would like to ask him to GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS COUNTRY YOU FUCKING BASTARD. If he is not, I'd like to say to him that I understand why foreigners sometimes dislike America, but please show some respect for the dead.

Because you know the ludicrous amount of stupidity in that sentence.

You call gamers people who sit on their asses playing games. What did you expect? At least gamers aren't like desk jockies. Earl, Greencom, Millhouse, and Fat Man do make accurate comments. My comment on Pat Tillman, oh I don't care for him, let me respond to the part your caps got stuck on: GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS FORUM YOU FUCKING BASTARD! And if you won't you can't complain about my extremely troll like rants.

[Sergey]

Quit stereotyping all athletes as being dumb, at any high school in America I would be willing to bet that athletes have a higher average GPA than non-athletes. And for the few athletes who are truly dumb, sports gives them a reason to work hard to stay elligible to compete.

I don't believe you. They are all morons. Look at Samdaman.

Samdaman is an extreme example, and not to be taken seriously. Aren't you in high school? Think about the athletes and the non-athletes, and decide who you think is a smarter group.

He's in fact the typical example, and is very common. Yes. Non-athletes, apparently.

[Earl]

Samdaman is not meant to be taken seriously? Give me a break! You've got to be kidding! He tried to destroy this website, SportsGuy92. Ray and Skul would be glad to tell you all about it. I'd be very surprised if he's not a bully. His comments are filled with nothing but hatred. How can you say otherwise? I bet the nerds he bullies at his high school take him very seriously. I learned to fear such guys myself when I was in high school. Undeniably you're a nice guy; but like so many others, you seem to have a "hear no evil," "see no evil," "speak no evil" attitude about the dark side of sports.

Incidentally, how long do you think any of us would last at a sports website if we expressed our views there? We would be banned in short order. Yes, Polite24 was banned under the surname Detroitsportsfan08; but he was allowed to return. You will be able to express your views here as long as you like. So, in that regard we are more tolerant than any sports website. And you certainly have shown more courage than all of the one-shot artists who have dumped their single load here and then left in a great hurry.

Yes, I agree with your comments about Pat Tillman. I hear you. Sergey's hatred of athletes has blinded him so much that he can't see past the fact that Tillman was a football player. He is the only one currently posting who has done this, though.

I have groaned inwardly when Fat Man has made exaggerated comments and negative stereotypes. You object to Fat Man stereotyping athletes as being dumb, but do you ever get upset with your teammates who stereotype nonathletic guys at your school as fags? I'd much rather be stereotyped as being dumb instead of being stereotyped as a fag.

You object to Fat Man stereotyping, then you turn around and make your own negative stereotype and say that athletes are smarter than nonathletes. Great! (I'm not extolling one group over the other, and I haven't believed in the "dumb jock" stereotype since I was in junior high.) You have said previously that you want to understand why we are not sports fans. One reason why is because so many athletes and coaches are so arrogant. They say that athletes are superior to nonathletes, and that nonathletes are inferior to athletes because athletes are just a better class of people. All they care about is sports, sports, sports, sports. They don't respect the accomplishments of nonathletes. They're just nerds and wimps, you know. Just like all of my P.E. teachers and coaches and my former judo instructor. We nonathletes get sick and tired of being told how inferior we supposedly are, but I continue to hear it all the time. I've heard it for most of my 59 years. I heard it constantly as I was growing up. As for me, I believe that merit has to do with the individual, not what group he happens to belong to.

But you're right. Nonathletes are inferior to athletes. After all, Gerald Ford once said that a country's athletes are its natural leaders; and you know he had to be right. The athletes at all of our high schools truly are the cream of the crop. Not a single one of them (including Samdaman) is a jerk. Certainly not a thug. No doubt about it. That's why the football team is automatically elevated to the top of the social hierarchy at just about every high school in this country. That's the way it should be! Nonathletic boys are just a bunch of sissies, fags, queers, and wimps who have nothing to offer to the world. They should all commit suicide. I would suggest each one of them drive his father's car into the garage and keep the engine running, lower the garage door, roll the car windows down, and take a little nap. Who needs them?

All the bullies at high schools are nonathletes; athletes are morally superior. After all, football builds character. I mean, it must be true because I've been hearing people say that it does ever since I was a young boy. Wisdom of the ages, you know. All male homosexuals are nonathletes. If every boy were an athlete, homosexuality would disappear in a single generation. Just think of it! All rapes committed on college and university campuses are committed by nonathletes. Kathy Redmond (Google search, please) was lying when she said she was raped by the Cornhuskers football player Christian Peter. (What a name for a rapist!) Really it was a nonathlete who did it. Athletes are always morally courageous in all situations; nonathletic boys who can't throw a baseball or don't know how to throw a football are cowards. The only whites who courageously spoke out against racial discrimination under Jim Crow laws were athletes and coaches; the pencil-necked geeks were hiding underneath their beds. They never show any courage. Raoul Wallenberg's (another Google search) half-sister must have been lying when she said that her extremely courageous brother hated competitive team sports. Why, that can't be right. Wallenberg wouldn't have had the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the Nazis and Stalin's secret police if he had been just a bookish man. He had to have been an athlete. Only an athlete would have that kind of courage. Why, bookish men are effeminate! Intellectual men are effete! Sociology Professor Patricia Cayo Sexton says so in her brilliant masterpiece The Feminized Male. She convincingly proves that most social problems are caused by nonathletic men. More recently she's told us to watch out for scientists because they are pencil-necked geeks. Truly these are words to live by. You should read her book! It certainly explained a lot to me.

[Sergey]

Oh I'm blind? What about all those other soldiers? Do they matter? No it's all Pat Tillman this, Pat Tillman that! WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO NEXT MAKE HIM A SHRINE?!

[Earl]

Of course, all the other soldiers matter, Sergey. You've just got to remember that one reason (perhaps not the only one, granted) why Tillman has received so much publicity is because he was a celebrity. If he had been an actor, the reaction from the media would have been the same. That's just the way we are. The media is celebrity-driven.

[Sergey]

SportsGuy92 has to STFU about this.

[Earl]

Sergey, pardon your humble fellow forum member; but as I'm a middle-aged duffer, I haven't kept up with the times. Could you please tell me what "STFU" stands for.

[Earl]

Oops! Never mind! I just used my brain (what little of it is still left) and figured out what "STFU" stands for (which is a complete sentence and a certain command). Heh.

[Sergey]

Shut the fuck up?

[Earl]

Yeah.

Speaking of rhetoric, perhaps I went overboard in my lengthy post above addressed to SportsGuy92; but I made my point.

[Ray]

Yeah! That was a heroic rant!

You think he got the message?