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badzracing · 10-10-2008, 08:38 PM

The last time I watched hockey was a pretty long time ago. Not interested ( like most of the country). I'll stick to football.

I actually enjoy playing hockey. I haven't played in quite some time, though.

Don't take personal offense, guys. Hockey has never and will never be as popular as Football, baseball,or basketball ( from a national viewing standpoint). The "best" players are usually from other countries and therefore much harder to root for than "home-grown" athletes. The NBA is starting to field a pretty big crop of foreign players and coincidentally the tv ratings continue to fall. However, there are still big name, American "stars" left in the NBA and they ARE the league's "best" players. The same is not true of the NFL where 99.9% of the athletes are American, attended high school here, played college ball here, and into the pros here. That's why it truly is America's past time.

10-10-2008, 08:38 PM	#41
badzracing Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: south jersey Posts: 418 iTrader: (2)	The last time I watched hockey was a pretty long time ago. Not interested ( like most of the country). I'll stick to football. I actually enjoy playing hockey. I haven't played in quite some time, though. Don't take personal offense, guys. Hockey has never and will never be as popular as Football, baseball,or basketball ( from a national viewing standpoint). The "best" players are usually from other countries and therefore much harder to root for than "home-grown" athletes. The NBA is starting to field a pretty big crop of foreign players and coincidentally the tv ratings continue to fall. However, there are still big name, American "stars" left in the NBA and they ARE the league's "best" players. The same is not true of the NFL where 99.9% of the athletes are American, attended high school here, played college ball here, and into the pros here. That's why it truly is America's past time.