do obnoxious couch potatoes fuel a huge waste of our national treasury.?

Question

The money circulates to conmen and beasts. they displace more important things. Basketball is the second most wasteful activity in our great nation. Waste and terrible role models for children are put on an expensive pedestal. it disgusts me. how about you?

Football-- the anchor that helps drag down our national economy. Petition to replace it with more pbs.

Answer 1

No.
Incumbent CAREER Senators and Representatives waste our national treasury.

Money circulates to everyone....although, some put it back into circulation faster than others.

Basketball is the second most FELONIOUS activity in our great nation.

Terrible role models for children are put on expensive pedestals because they will sit on nothing else...and really....we don't want to be sitting NEXT to them, do we?

Answer 2

OK, I'll ignore the utter simplicity of your argument (economic arguments aren't easily summed up in a few sentences) and let you know a few things.
Did you know that individual players, player organizations, teams and leagues donate huge amounts of money, time and notoriety to a multitude of charitable organizations? Many players even start their own.
Have you also considered the economic backgrounds of many of the players? For some, their contracts help them pull their immediate and extended family members out of a life of poverty. Their younger relatives can now get an education and have hope because they won't have to grow up poor and in a ghetto.
Do you honestly think that these players wouldn't re-invest some of their money in other businesses or start their own businesses? They do. Not all of their money goes into cases of Cristal and a fleet of Bentleys.
You, I and all of us non-professional athletes (like 99.99 percent of the population, that is) can all work for 30, 40 or even 50 years of our lives and accumulate enough assets to retire. The average professional sports career is something like 2 years long. Don't think of the Brett Favres or Shaqs of the sports world. A real sports fan knows that there are many, many guys who play less then 2 years and that the 10 year careers are rare. So these players really only have less than a decade to make most of the money for the rest of their lives, as these days many of them have to sacrifice their education to get to the pro leagues.
Have you ever seen an ex-pro player when their in their 50s? Some of the physical problems that they have are horrendous. They all pay a tremendous price, health-wise, to play their games. They should be rewarded for their sacrifice.
Last, but not least, why didn't you mention actors, some of whom make well over $15 million a movie and many are known to have substance abuse problems, as well as other problems (cough, Lohan, cough). How about musicians? Is 50 Cent a good role model? He's made millions and millions of dollars. I could go on (CEOs, investment people, etc) but I think my point is clear.

Answer 3

wow trying to bring our great country down. football is the anchor and it's their for a reason encourage kids to be active and actually help them get involved with something rather then doing nothing all day. basketball does the same thing it gets the kids off the couch and outside i agree with the first post. go do it

Answer 4

Personally I like watching football, don't care much for basketball, but it's my choice if I want to watch football or not. Last time I checked we live in a free country, and we are free to make our own choices.

Answer 5

I believe potatoes can be used for fuel, yes. I'm sure I saw the doc put a few in the flux capacator.

Answer 6

This is not the USSR.

It's supply and demand.

I love football. Keep it coming.

Answer 7

Yep. Like you, I am in a hate damn near everything mood this new year. Not sure why.

Answer 8

I completely disagree and I think you should pull that stick out of your ****.

Answer 9

What does this have to do with football???