Why I love college football but don't care for basketball

[Crimson1967]

Can’t believe it’s been almost 20 years since someone repeated in the NFL.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Can’t believe it’s been almost 20 years since someone repeated in the NFL.

Too much turnover has to be one of the driving reasons repeat champs are so rare.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Can’t believe it’s been almost 20 years since someone repeated in the NFL.

We will hit 20 and then some and I say that as a Chiefs fan.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Once again - in the end - a "college b-ball blue blood" wins, and the details will be lost to history even in the minds of who saw it.

The reality is that a Cinderella underdog simply isn't going to increase your TV ratings - so tell everyone who uses the "we need different teams in the playoffs" to go get bent.

 

[HighlandOak]

B2b does not make a dynasty

I agree. Need a bit more success than that to be a dynasty. That could be just a longer flash of lightning in a bottle.

 

[Crimson1967]

There shouldn't be.

The WNBA exists because the NBA is willing to lose millions of dollars on it every year.

 

[HighlandOak]

The WNBA exists because the NBA is willing to lose millions of dollars on it every year.

Exactly my point.

 

[Crimson1967]

If the NBA is willing to lose 10-12 million dollars a year in exchange for the positive PR from running a women’s league (or avoiding the negative PR from pulling the plug), that’s on them. Not coming out of my pocket so I don’t care.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Can’t believe it’s been almost 20 years since someone repeated in the NFL.

New England could have had a three-peat if they'd just, well, played Malcolm Butler against Philly, LOL!!!

Or at least had a minimally competent DEFENSE.

 

[BamaMoon]

If the NBA is willing to lose 10-12 million dollars a year in exchange for the positive PR from running a women’s league (or avoiding the negative PR from pulling the plug), that’s on them. Not coming out of my pocket so I don’t care.

I realize this is getting close to non-sports, but what's the point of holding up "women" in this way if it's really a sham??? Isn't that really doing women an injustice???

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I realize this is getting close to non-sports, but what's the point of holding up "women" in this way if it's really a sham??? Isn't that really doing women an injustice???

Gee, I'm guessing you've never been married if you don't understand the degree to which women like their lives subsidized by men....

And feminism only "means it" for the stuff they like.
Ever notice none of them march up and down demanding 18-year old women register for Selective Service?

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Selma got the last word on leaning over the political line on the football board. Back to our regularly scheduled program, please!

 

[seebell]

How about banning Selma for a few weeks?

 

[twofbyc]

Not true, I played baseball when I was a kid and was a pretty massive Braves fan until the 94-95 strike, after which I never regained interest. We used to jet over to Atlanta anytime we could to catch a game while I was at Bama. I was a big baseball fan when I was younger, but the strike really took the shine off the sport for me and I never could regain interest.

In fact, the way I stopped enjoying baseball should be a warning to the CFB decision-makers - the path the game is currently on is not one I will not likely follow indefinitely. They require eyeballs to get the advertisers to fund the massive deals conferences like the B1G and SEC are getting now, and they're diluting the sport to the point that some of us will eventually just change channels. And we might not come back.

Exact same here - MLB went into the dumpster for me after the strike. I’ll sometimes watch the college World Series if Bama or USA is in it, if it’s on when I can watch.
CFB is turning pro (don’t care about basketball ball anymore for reasons previously mentioned), and I will be turning it off in the not too distant future, if it keeps going down this road.
I don’t really see an exit ramp.

 

[CrimSonami]

My top five.

1 - COLLEGE Football but it's becoming decreasingly important.
2 - COLLEGE Basketball but it's becoming increasingly important.
3 - NFL
4 - MLB
5 - Other