Has anyone seen the things the Texas players are demanding of the university? Its pretty funny. They actually want a new song to sing besides the Eyes of Texas. They are also wanting 5% of earnings to be donated to BLM. You can't make this stuff up. Really hope OU doesn't start this crap
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Coronavirus is going to seriously hurt a lot of universities and colleges. They might not have much revenue to give soon.
I agree.
There is a strong movement at OU and in Norman that will only grow more emboldened with what they see elsewhere.
Sports have been an escape from politics' but, no longer are they. This is one more reason why more people will stop attending games and stop watching them on TV.
Really amazing how fast this has happened. Whats even more amazing is learning that authorities aren't willing to protect the citizens
Too afraid of being called racists
They lack the moral confidence to stand up for what’s right vs cancel culture
What will make a deference is the end of donations and business with those who have no courage to stand up against the socialist.
This include's our local sports media and university's.
Our traditional tudor style homes were architected by whites men, burn them down.... smh
It’s just going too far and getting way too much emphatic support from leaders.
I get not wanting to sound racist, but why the emphatic support of pure ridiculousness? Why can’t they just keep their mouths shut?
they being the mayors and governors
It’s just going too far and getting way too much emphatic support from leaders.
I get not wanting to sound racist, but why the emphatic support of pure ridiculousness? Why can’t they just keep their mouths shut?
they being the mayors and governors
Baker joins the virtue signaling.
I've often compartmentalized my beliefs in exchange for entertainment but I'll turn off Sooner football if they join the lie. It honestly upsets me to think about it but it's gone too far. It's going to get worse too.
I've often compartmentalized my beliefs in exchange for entertainment but I'll turn off Sooner football if they join the lie. It honestly upsets me to think about it but it's gone too far. It's going to get worse too.
After several decades I will stop buying OU football season tickets and making donation's to OU if they make things any more political than they already have!
If there's a bright side to all of this year's craziness, it may have helped me to prioritize e.g. learning to better distinguish between my needs and wants. For most of my life, I've allowed spectator sports to exert disproportionate influence. In the aftermath of recent months, the NFL has become dead to me (it had been dying for a few years now, in all honesty) and the NBA is close. My withdrawal from MLB is painful and ongoing but I'm learning to live without it. I'm hoping that college football doesn't have to follow suit.
Screw it; I now know there are far more important things to occupy my attention. That realization, albeit belated, is in many ways quite liberating.
Screw it; I now know there are far more important things to occupy my attention. That realization, albeit belated, is in many ways quite liberating.
WP, my life and attitude parallel yours.
My two loves are baseball and college football, but I'm okay if they take what I hope is a year off.....even if I can't attend the OU game at West Point, or even see it on TV. At 71, I have to tell myself not to worry over things I can't control or things that really don't diminish my life overall.
And yes, there are more important things in my life like keeping healthy and staying away from the news, which offers the same crap daily.
Still hoping we get to Bar Harbor Maine in September and that the 14 day quarantine is lifted. If that fails, maybe Gettysburg later on.
There can be a balance. I used to live the life where everything revolved around sport spectating. I got too mad when my teams lost. I said no to too many things because it interfered with a sporting event I wanted to see. I'd drink too much - before, during and after - for said sporting event which wasted even more time than the event itself.
A few years ago, I gave up making it so important. I still love sports and love watching them. I just made myself a promise not to prioritize a sporting event in my life unless it was a tournament, playoffs, championship, etc. The more I allowed myself to miss a game, the more I found myself not getting so mad when they lost.
I still love my sports teams as much as the next, and I can still enjoy watching games and not give up on my teams. It's just not a life priority anymore. Sports enrich my life now instead of owning my life.
Find that balance if you can.
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I wanted to add this too. When I was wrapped up in sports, it made me that crazy fan too. Hate the enemy, boo them, cuss at them, and all that insanity. Worry about the refs, worry about the commissioner's views, the players' off the field activities.
The change I made changed all of that too. Most people like some sort of art. Some like ballet, some like the orchestra, some like static works of art. Sports are my form of art. I don't hate the enemy anymore. I don't care about the refs - well, not to the point of ruining my day. When I watch sports now, I enjoy the art of athletes doing insane things I wish I could. I want my team to win, but damned if I don't love watching anyone on the field or court doing something spectacular.
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I checked UT's athletic department income last year. It was over $200 Million. That means that their athletes are calling for BLM to receive $10 Million from them. I suspect the organizers targeted UTexas first, because of their high profile and the LHN.
But it won't stop there. If UT caves, the dominoes will fall coast to coast. Most departments are in dire straits with the major income reduction coming from the impact of COVID. And there will be substantial reaction from at least some big donors if AD's go in that direction, I'd suspect.
But it won't stop there. If UT caves, the dominoes will fall coast to coast. Most departments are in dire straits with the major income reduction coming from the impact of COVID. And there will be substantial reaction from at least some big donors if AD's go in that direction, I'd suspect.
Bad math by me. Still, it's a million plus. That's kind of bold. BLM does not represent the views of all African Americans.
I have had the same life changing experience, JCon.....and it's really been a rewarding "emancipation" for me. I would have preferred that this "freedom" had been realized by me at a much younger age.
I now see the silliness of the "us versus them" mentality and comparing sports competition to "wars" and "battles". (Isn't there enough divisiveness in the world already without drawing lines in the sand over what college kids do on a Saturday ?)
I can't control what my teams do, the same way that I can't control whatever goes on in the world at large....so I look to what I have on a personal level and embrace what I have in my personal life.
At this time in my life, I'm circling the wagons from that which would clutter and diminish my life.
Football should be an escape from politics.
I'm not willing to support or listen to OU sports if it means that i am making a political statement for the Democratic / Republican / Libertarian / etc. party.
So what! racist crap has been long ignored on campuses as well, I say its about time!!
Yep. I went to the Lakers vs Mavs game out here in Los Angeles last November with my lady. We had some decent seats - only Mav fan around. People were shocked and staring at me when I was clapping for some of the stars during the Lakers starting lineup announcement (Anthony Davis for sure, Lebron no).
You know what happened? I had a bunch of Laker fans around me chat with me during the game about plays, personnel, etc. It was a pleasurable experience. Nobody gave me crap when I clapped for a big Mavs play. I could have gone into that situation contentiously and created a volatile and stressful situation - ruin the day for a bunch of Laker fans having to put up with me, etc.
It was a great day. And the Mavs blewout the Lakers.
