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<blockquote data-quote="Old South Stands" data-source="post: 834399" data-attributes="member: 1036"><p>I quit watching professional sports years ago and don't even watch NHL games. The only thing I'd continued to watch in recent years was college football and some international/college hockey. But college football is increasingly becoming the very thing I hate about most professional sports. My dad, a Tech grad himself, always said sports was modern-day 'bread and circuses' and made fun of me for watching football when I'd come over to his house. And on a certain level, I think he's right. I'd gradually lost interest in Tech football at one point but was reinvigorated with the hiring of Paul Johnson. I followed his teams very closely each of those seasons and in the process came to appreciate option football. My lack of interest is now threefold... 1) My dislike of the general trajectory taken by big-time TV sports as a whole; 2) The mandates being forced on today's college students, althletes included. I don't care to support a system that does that to students. Going to games or watching them on TV is supporting that system; 3) Tech was a huge part of my life, going back to grade school. I first became a Tech fan during the Pepper Rodgers era. When he passed away, it was almost like an era ended for me. Coinciding roughly with Paul Johnson's exit, it felt like a good time to put it all in the past and move on to new things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old South Stands, post: 834399, member: 1036"] I quit watching professional sports years ago and don't even watch NHL games. The only thing I'd continued to watch in recent years was college football and some international/college hockey. But college football is increasingly becoming the very thing I hate about most professional sports. My dad, a Tech grad himself, always said sports was modern-day 'bread and circuses' and made fun of me for watching football when I'd come over to his house. And on a certain level, I think he's right. I'd gradually lost interest in Tech football at one point but was reinvigorated with the hiring of Paul Johnson. I followed his teams very closely each of those seasons and in the process came to appreciate option football. My lack of interest is now threefold... 1) My dislike of the general trajectory taken by big-time TV sports as a whole; 2) The mandates being forced on today's college students, althletes included. I don't care to support a system that does that to students. Going to games or watching them on TV is supporting that system; 3) Tech was a huge part of my life, going back to grade school. I first became a Tech fan during the Pepper Rodgers era. When he passed away, it was almost like an era ended for me. Coinciding roughly with Paul Johnson's exit, it felt like a good time to put it all in the past and move on to new things. [/QUOTE]
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