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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Aug 3, 2016 10:14:12 GMT -5
What are some of yours? Be it watching, playing or even the fans.
I hate going to a game and seeing a jersey of a team not playing in the game that I'm seeing. Like unless you're a fan of a player that moved on and are wearing his jersey why? I know you're a fan of the sport because we're at a game why not play along and pick a side instead of shouting "I'm neutral no investment here". Same with wearing same town different sport. Just bothers me for a second when I see it
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Post by tenshi on Aug 3, 2016 12:21:52 GMT -5
Sometimes the idea of the championship of a mainstream league in the United States being called a "world" championship gets to me, especially when most of the teams are from the US with a handful of Canadian teams being thrown for variety's sake.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Aug 3, 2016 16:00:36 GMT -5
This could be just a local (Jays) broadcast thing, but when there might be a challenge on a play, SHOW THE REPLAY. I don't care about watching the manager talk to the umpire or the bench coach being on the phone with somebody upstairs looking at the replay. I wanna see the replay!
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Post by arrogantmodel on Aug 3, 2016 16:06:55 GMT -5
What are some of yours? Be it watching, playing or even the fans. I hate going to a game and seeing a jersey of a team not playing in the game that I'm seeing. Like unless you're a fan of a player that moved on and are wearing his jersey why? I know you're a fan of the sport because we're at a game why not play along and pick a side instead of shouting "I'm neutral no investment here". Same with wearing same town different sport. Just bothers me for a second when I see it Yes! This annoys me. I don't get going to a Pirates- Cubs game and seeing Yankee, Diamondback, and Dodger hats. They're not here!
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Post by Nickybojelais on Aug 3, 2016 16:48:57 GMT -5
My biggest peeve is seeing players spit. Worst offenders are football(soccer) and Baseball players. I wish the tv producers would actually stop showing close ups of the players because it is absolutely revolting to watch them constantly spit when the camera is on them.
I've played sports all my life and virtually never felt the need to do this. Sadly there seems to be more golfers doing this on the course too, especially Bubba Watson!
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Aug 3, 2016 17:11:20 GMT -5
Sometimes the idea of the championship of a mainstream league in the United States being called a "world" championship gets to me, especially when most of the teams are from the US with a handful of Canadian teams being thrown for variety's sake. It gets to me all the time. Things I hate in football: When a Defender "shields the ball out of play". It's not good defending, it's physically preventing a player from kicking a loose ball, therefore it's obstruction and a foul. I could list several things about inconsistency amongst officials but I'd be here all day. But one that really gets me is when the authorities won't take action on something because an official saw it and dealt with it already on the pitch. For example, one week, a player bit an opponent, the Referee saw it and issued a yellow card. A few months later a different player bit an opponent during a match, the Officials didn't see it. He was given a ten match ban. Yes, I'm obviously talking about Luis Suarez and yes, I'm a Liverpool fan. However, I'm not defending his actions nor am I saying he shouldn't have been banned (it's not as if he hadn't done it before and would do it again), I just don't like how the same thing warrants one player not even being removed from the field at all, yet for another player, it's a ten match ban. And something about sports in general that really pisses me off is when someone who often goes to matches thinks he is better than someone who can't go as often as they'd like. For a start, not everyone can afford to go and watch a game as frequently as others. There are also people who physically cannot go and watch a game for whatever reason, does that make them "not a true fan"? Some people spend hundreds of pounds on team kits, clothing, souvenirs and other stuff which goes directly into the club in some way. Sure, they're not actually there cheering on their team in person but they're supporting their team in their way. Does it mean they're "not a real fan"? Does it f***.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Aug 3, 2016 19:40:16 GMT -5
And something about sports in general that really pisses me off is when someone who often goes to matches thinks he is better than someone who can't go as often as they'd like. For a start, not everyone can afford to go and watch a game as frequently as others. There are also people who physically cannot go and watch a game for whatever reason, does that make them "not a true fan"? Some people spend hundreds of pounds on team kits, clothing, souvenirs and other stuff which goes directly into the club in some way. Sure, they're not actually there cheering on their team in person but they're supporting their team in their way. Does it mean they're "not a real fan"? Does it f***. Absolutely. It's such an elitist attitude I live away from my hometown and work every other Saturday, so unfortunately don't get to see my team play in person as much as I'd like. But I went to every home game between 1989-2004 until I relocated, and I can tell you that my fandom is no less now than it was back when I had a season ticket and attended every week. And thanks to TV and the Internet I get to see my team play just as much as the so called "real fans" do, so ultimately we are doing the same thing, except I'm not paying hundreds of pounds more for the privilege of seeing it in person!
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Post by BRV on Aug 3, 2016 19:48:12 GMT -5
The phrase "GOAT" is quite possibly the dumbest thing we as a sporting society have allowed to happen. Just say someone is "the greatest of all-time," or "the greatest". Even referring to Muhammad Ali or Wayne Gretzky, people who have had nicknames with the word "great" bestowed upon them, with the phrase "GOAT" is insulting and insufferable.
Have we really become that collectively lazy and stupid that saying or typing the word "greatest" has just become that damn taxing?
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Aug 3, 2016 20:15:59 GMT -5
Milking 'free kicks' or 'penalties'.
The worst part is when a player does it and umpire/referee does not fall for it and allows the play to continue.. The player will get up and with his arms in the air going 'What the hell, man!?' to the official instead of trying to play on.
I hate even if the foul is there and the official misses it. Just friggen play to the whistle.
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Post by Push R Truth on Aug 3, 2016 20:38:12 GMT -5
Milking 'free kicks' or 'penalties'. The worst part is when a player does it and umpire/referee does not fall for it and allows the play to continue.. The player will get up and with his arms in the air going 'What the hell, man!?' to the official instead of trying to play on. I hate even if the foul is there and the official misses it. Just friggen play to the whistle. Oh man I agree. You see this about every 2 minutes in basketball, on both the college and NBA level. Guy throws both hands in the air bitching for a foul while the other team takes advantage of him basically taking himself out of the next play. The other thing that drives me friggin bonkers is when Major League Baseball players don't run to first base. Come on bro, it's 90 feet. Run.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 4, 2016 10:38:46 GMT -5
The way they try to stage manage crowds. Some knob yelling on a microphone, music after goals, before the game, clappers, just about everything. Hate it.
Electronic advertising. They're distracting by design and depending on where your seat is can make it hard to see what's going on, they mess with my eyes when it's dark, look horrible flickering in replays and I think sooner or later they'll cause a player a serious injury as they don't collapse like the old style ones. Shockingly I pay to watch football not to see a f***ing dog waddle the pitch. We should never have allowed them to take hold. Advertising in general actually, when it's built into the f***ing steps at Wembley you know it's gone too far.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2016 10:48:28 GMT -5
Timeouts in NBA playoff games in the closing minutes. The final 2 minutes can take over half an hour. Jeez, I still remember how long those Detroit/San Antonio games took to finish. The phrase "GOAT" is quite possibly the dumbest thing we as a sporting society have allowed to happen. Just say someone is "the greatest of all-time," or "the greatest". Even referring to Muhammad Ali or Wayne Gretzky, people who have had nicknames with the word "great" bestowed upon them, with the phrase "GOAT" is insulting and insufferable. Have we really become that collectively lazy and stupid that saying or typing the word "greatest" has just become that damn taxing? Also, "goat" used to be referred to for players who choked in big moments.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2016 12:06:53 GMT -5
The way they try to stage manage crowds. Some knob yelling on a microphone, music after goals, before the game, clappers, just about everything. Hate it. US Cellular Field should just stop this crap. Makes the place sound even more empty telling everybody to clap and 15,000 sounds more like 15.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Aug 4, 2016 12:22:52 GMT -5
Oh God, I can't believe I forgot this one...
Corporations taking the vast amount of tickets for big games. Wembley Stadium holds 90,000 people and for big games like the FA Cup final, just under half of those are given to various sponsors and companies. Leaving the actual supporters to split the other half between the two teams involved. Giving some tickets to sponsors is one thing but that amount is ridiculous. What makes it worse is that they give these corporations the best tickets and these people piss off at half-time for their prawn sandwiches and don't bother rushing back to their seats for the second half kick-off. So on TV, all you see is a load of empty seats at the beginning of each half.
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Post by The_Don_Mecha on Aug 4, 2016 13:30:27 GMT -5
In American football, the lack of the All-22 camera angle. This is the default mode in most football games and it helps to better understand the game of football (although it does rely on having superior depth perception)
In basketball, the flop foul when a shooter pump fakes and jumps into the opponent. Shouldn't it be an offensive foul?
In baseball (MLB in particular), the fact that teams play 162(!) games and don't play every team. The NBA does it. The NHL does it. Why not MLB? Also, the fact that there is a play in game to get into the playoffs (either wild card or division title). So why play the regular season then? And apparently don't apply tiebreakers? So dumb.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 4, 2016 13:51:33 GMT -5
Touchdown/extra point
Commercial
Kickoff
Commercial
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Post by Red Impact on Aug 4, 2016 18:03:36 GMT -5
Icing the kicker in American football
It backfires as often as it works, and all it does is drag something on insufferably longer than it needs to be.
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Post by armbar on Aug 4, 2016 19:43:07 GMT -5
Sometimes the idea of the championship of a mainstream league in the United States being called a "world" championship gets to me, especially when most of the teams are from the US with a handful of Canadian teams being thrown for variety's sake. It gets to me all the time. Things I hate in football: When a Defender "shields the ball out of play". It's not good defending, it's physically preventing a player from kicking a loose ball, therefore it's obstruction and a foul. The basic idea by FIFA on this thing is that the shielding player is in fact in possession of the ball, despite not having touched the ball beforehand. So it's not technically preventing the opponent from kicking a loose ball, but rather keeping the opponent away from a ball that is in your control.
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Post by Heeltown, USA on Aug 4, 2016 22:36:35 GMT -5
Sometimes the idea of the championship of a mainstream league in the United States being called a "world" championship gets to me, especially when most of the teams are from the US with a handful of Canadian teams being thrown for variety's sake. I get this point of view, it's how I felt as a kid, but getting older made me realize that the United States based leagues really are the top level of sports, hence the moniker world champions. And Hockey gets bonus points for being humble, the winning team declared only Stanley Cup Champions. Ya, MLS doesnt declare a world champion either, but thats not humility, its just realistic. This is America, we know the rest of the world has the top talent in the sport and even then, we on a national level could care less if we did.
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Post by No One on Aug 4, 2016 23:39:54 GMT -5
When they interview someone while a game is going on and it takes up 3/4ths of the TV screen while the game itself is relegated to a small corner.
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