death of a sportsfan
i've loved sports my entire life. however, unlike a lot of my friends who also love sports, i have never really been hooked on watching them on tv. don't get me wrong, i used to love watching games on the tube, but i wasn't addicted. perhaps that is one reason that i found it so easy to let them go.
sure, i still love to catch a baseball/basketball/football game on a saturday/sunday afternoon, but i long ago gave up on ever again seeing a game on tv that actually mattered to me. a tarheel game, the dallas cowboys, or the washington nationals would be fun to watch. instead i get to see games that no one cares about. if i want to see a game that actually means something - i have to pay for it. and that's just not going to happen.
cable companies and satellite providers now offer sports "packages", which will allow you to see just about any game you want - for a price. here are the figures for the sportsaholic who gets his/her feed from directv.
nfl package = $229
nba package = $109
mlb package = $159
college basketball = $159 (doesn't include ncaa tournament)
ncaa tournament = $59
college football = $159 (doesn't include bowl games)
bowl games = $59
nhl = $109
mls = $109
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total for all sports = $1092
monthly directv ($60 x 12) = $720
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total cost to watch sports = $1812 per year
if you want to watch boxing, add in about $50 per fight night, and "professional" wrestling (how can something that's entirely fake be called professional???) will cost you another $50/night. it's easy to see how true "sports fans" could spend $1800/year (above the $720 for the cable/directv connection) in subscription fees. that's $150/month, or a new set of really good golf clubs every year.
i'm sure plenty of folks pay to watch sports on tv - how else could teams afford to pay mediocre players over $1,000,000/year and really good players $25,000,000/year (or has someone beats a-rod's record contract?) - but i won't be one of them. instead, i'll be in the driveway working on my 3-pointer . . . i always liked playing more than watching anyway.
sure, i still love to catch a baseball/basketball/football game on a saturday/sunday afternoon, but i long ago gave up on ever again seeing a game on tv that actually mattered to me. a tarheel game, the dallas cowboys, or the washington nationals would be fun to watch. instead i get to see games that no one cares about. if i want to see a game that actually means something - i have to pay for it. and that's just not going to happen.
cable companies and satellite providers now offer sports "packages", which will allow you to see just about any game you want - for a price. here are the figures for the sportsaholic who gets his/her feed from directv.
nfl package = $229
nba package = $109
mlb package = $159
college basketball = $159 (doesn't include ncaa tournament)
ncaa tournament = $59
college football = $159 (doesn't include bowl games)
bowl games = $59
nhl = $109
mls = $109
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total for all sports = $1092
monthly directv ($60 x 12) = $720
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total cost to watch sports = $1812 per year
if you want to watch boxing, add in about $50 per fight night, and "professional" wrestling (how can something that's entirely fake be called professional???) will cost you another $50/night. it's easy to see how true "sports fans" could spend $1800/year (above the $720 for the cable/directv connection) in subscription fees. that's $150/month, or a new set of really good golf clubs every year.
i'm sure plenty of folks pay to watch sports on tv - how else could teams afford to pay mediocre players over $1,000,000/year and really good players $25,000,000/year (or has someone beats a-rod's record contract?) - but i won't be one of them. instead, i'll be in the driveway working on my 3-pointer . . . i always liked playing more than watching anyway.
posted by secretsquirrel | 9:39 PM
2 Comments:
yeah. i am so glad i never really got into sports.
it's seems to be a really expensive vice with very minimal payoff.
well, if you were to channel your fanaticism into, say, getting more people to sign up for every sports package available, the payoff would be pretty fantastic...
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