http://www.travelersmug.com/2008/10/09/bias-sports-and-politics/ : Many things change... Coffee remains the same Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.travelersmug.com/2008/10/09/bias-sports-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-2315 Monkey Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:22:37 +0000 http://www.travelersmug.com/?p=371#comment-2315 I definitely see your view. If I'm going to watch a game, I want to watch THE GAME. Just like you said, people go to sporting events for a sort of distraction from all the other crap going on in the world. A couple of hours of getting away and being entertained or irritated, depending on how the game is going...but bottom line, away from the barrage of daily life. I wouldn't care if it was a politician I supported, don't use the time I took and the money I paid to come to the game and inundate me with a very blatant political agenda. There's a time and place, and that's just not either. I definitely see your view. If I’m going to watch a game, I want to watch THE GAME. Just like you said, people go to sporting events for a sort of distraction from all the other crap going on in the world. A couple of hours of getting away and being entertained or irritated, depending on how the game is going…but bottom line, away from the barrage of daily life. I wouldn’t care if it was a politician I supported, don’t use the time I took and the money I paid to come to the game and inundate me with a very blatant political agenda. There’s a time and place, and that’s just not either.

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