joanh@mhuxh.UUCP (10/18/83)
In my opinion football is a dumb game. Grown-up men running around after a piece of pigskin and getting themselves hurt unneccarily. Especially when they play in the mud. This is mud wrestling at its best. These men are getting paid top dollar to play like children and Monday night T.V. is spoiled y this dumb game. The real dummies are the ones who pay good money to watch this game. Sorry to offend anyone by posting this net.sport, but I am tired of Monday night T.V., Channel 7 being tied up.
mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford) (10/19/83)
Wait a minute, something's wrong here!! Is Ms. Helgesen just trying to see how many 'flames' she can generate?? Is Joan planning to thoroughly amuse herself by reading all the flaming responses to her opinion of Monday Night Football??? I want to believe that Ms. Helgesen is of sound mind and that she has a warped sense of humor. That would explain her 'complaints' about her Monday nite TV viewing being ruined by MNF. Certainly no one would say something like that unless they were just kidding around?? I mean, MNF has been around for about 13 years!! Those 'mud-wrestling' men comments are funny, too. I think Joan might be a good stand-up comic without much effort. Of course, the lines about 'grown men chasing a piece of pigskin' need updating, but all in all the lady is good!! Ha ha, ho ho...stop it, my sides are aching!! Hey Joan, how about some bits on golf...ya know, like about grown men chasing little balls around and hitting them with a stick and trying to make them roll into a hole in the ground?? Did ya hear the one about the grown men throwing a chunk of horsehide around, and some men trying to hit this piece of horsehide and the other men stand around and try to catch the horsehide??? I'll be watching Late Night with David Letterman, please post to net.sport the date of your debut. Also any more humorous pieces about sports; please post them, too. Us 'dummies' love those sports jokes!! Mike Clifford ihuxb!mcal
walsh@ihuxi.UUCP (B. Walsh) (10/19/83)
What's wrong with watching grown men play with pigskin? I think it's fun to watch. Especially if they're as entertaining as the Bears with Ditka on the sidelines. Besides, the junk on ABC is REALLY mindrot. I can't believe anyone would rather watch such drivel as Three's Company or Happy Days. At least football doesn't reduce the brain to mush.
wally@cornell.UUCP (Wally Dietrich) (10/19/83)
Well Joahn, I'm sorry you don't like the sport, but a lot of us do. Maybe if you learned the rules and strategy you would like it better. It's funny, but I think that after people watch football for a while (a few games, not a few minutes), they get interested. Another way to get interested is to pick a team you want to root for (your alma mater, or home-town team?) and follow them. After a while, you may start enjoying the game.