Who gives a rats ass about NFL's 'deflate-gate'

[99th_Monkey]

Geesh, it's been "headliner news" on both CNN and MSNBC now for how
many days? .. and it goes on and on and on .. it's now 13 minus into 4pm
"news" on these two channels, and they are still parsing this complete non-story.



Sports is sports, not "news" IMHO. It would be like leading the sport channel
hour with 13 minutes of what's going on in the stock market, or ME wars.

Kind of makes me wonder what the hell's REALLY going on that they SHOULD be
talking about, like RW schemes to get the Balimore prosecutor to recuse herself,

[KamaAina]

1. or the TPP,

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026657577

[99th_Monkey]

3. Exactly ! thank you. nt

[randys1]

2. Remember CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS about steroids in baseball?

You can steal a billion dollars like Rick Scott or two presidential elections like the Bush Crime Family, but take a little dope and hit a baseball, and it is news.

BONDS NEEDS TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME

[joeybee12]

4. When the news stations go live every time a Khardashian farts...

Does this coverage of this non-issue surprise anyone?

[hrmjustin]

5. Yes it is news.

[PeaceNikki]

6. Quite a few people are really into sports. Others are into politics. Some both.

Some people neither.

Meh.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Some of us find sports to be a relaxing break from politics

Then we get back into heated discussions.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. I do. About sports that is. This "deflate-gate" thing? A joke.

Not everyone is you, dear.

[99th_Monkey]

13. Not to gore you ox or anything ..

but isn't that what all those sports channels are for on cable TeeVee?

[Coventina]

8. I'm not a football fan, but I care from the standpoint that cheaters should never prosper.

Also, many sports fans try to say sports is a metaphor for life.

If that's the case, then it's even more important that cheaters not prosper.

[99th_Monkey]

12. How about cheaters prospering or not prospering on Wall St. or Capital Hill?

I'm of the opinion that American sports is 99% bread &
circuses ... rather like in the movie The Hunger Games.

[Coventina]

17. I don't disagree, but in as much that sports matters....then cheating in sports matters.

I wish it were otherwise, and I do my part by not focusing on sports and instead focus my time and energy on what I feel "really matters".

[Sheldon Cooper]

19. I think it's fine to be pissed about more than one thing at a time.

Luckily, I can multi-task.

[99th_Monkey]

22. true dat re: being pissed about more than one thing

but by the time I get pissed about TPP, rolling oil-train bombs, Gitmo, NSA paying on us 24/7, Citizens United, The Koch Bros, cops shooting unarmed black males at-will, endless ME wars, et. al. I have absolutely NO time or energy left-over to get pissed about the fucking air pressure in NFL balls. I'm already multi-tasking plenty believe me.

[Fred Sanders]

9. Political news shows can buy some more time so as not to cover the massive GOP corruption?

[LiberalElite]

10. Thank you.

[cwydro]

11. Not I. nt

[spanone]

14. lot's of folks....that's america!

[Iggo]

16. I find it VERY entertaining!!

[ileus]

18. It's baseball season now...

[MicaelS]

20. The NFL is BIG business.

It didn't get to be that way in a vacuum. The answer is a LOT of people give a rat's ass.

If there were corruption in a major business in the country would you not want to know? Or would you shrug it off with a "Who gives a rats ass about corporation XYZ ......."?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/08/20/the-nfls-most-valuable-teams/

The average NFL team is currently worth $1.43 billion, the highest value in the 17 years Forbes has tracked professional football team finances. The $1.43 billion average is 23% more than a year ago, the biggest year-over-year increase since 1999.

Forbes’ team values are enterprise values (equity plus net debt) and are calculated using multiples of revenue that reflect each team’s current stadium economics (with adjustments for pending new stadiums and renovations). For teams that own their stadiums, we include the revenue the team gets from the stadium (net of applicable debt payments), but not the market value of the real estate.

The NFL is by far the most popular sport on television and media right fees underpin the league’s sweeping increase in team values. Thanks to new broadcasting deals with NBC, ESPN, CBS and Fox that begin with the 2014 season, evenly-split revenue will increase to $250 million over the next four years. In addition, the league’s one-year Thursday Night Football deal with CBS will add $275 million in revenue to the league this season. And the NFL’s deal with DirecTV–which recently began to offer streaming options–is expected to increase substantially from its current $1 billion a year fee to the league given the importance of the NFL to the value of the satellite television provider.

[99th_Monkey]

23. IF "there were corruption in a major business in the country...?"

Really? IF?




Actually, on edit, you do have a point, in that NFL is "a business", so I'll give you that.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

21. By answering the OP, I guess it means I care just a little.

But only enough to state that I don't give a damn.