Football makes the world make sense

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dexternjack said:
Fishing, vacationing, beach, hiking.........grilling and fireworks. July is great! :flagwave: We know football is right around the corner.
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That's the spirit!! Even though we are anxious for football, there is still a lot to be enjoyed. I always tell my kids, grandkids and others, "Attitude is optional. You get to choose to be happy or miserable."
 
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erod said:
Sanity beckons. Chaos requires. The universe has gone mad, and something needs to put it back on the shelf rightly.

I need me some football.

It's all too much these days. Terror attacks by the dozens, Brexit fallout, Hillary-Trump, BLM and the cops, Zika, second amendment regurgitation....all amplified by the sudden Texas heat. There's no peace of mind to be found, seemingly anywhere. Oh, to be 10 years old and not care a lick again.

No politics, please. Wherever you stand on any of this, the fact is, we're all awash in more of it than we can handle lately. The world and news cycles are moving faster than ever before, and it wears on us constantly. It wasn't like that 25 years ago at all. We live in rapid, violent, dangerous, and uncertain times.

Football isn't the answer to such things, but it's a helluva trivial concoction. Baseball doesn't provide the needed fix. Basketball is a rigged waste of time. Soccer is too far over there and too new to me to pull at my heartstrings. Nope, it's gotta be football.

Football helps make the world make sense again. Never more so than in 2016. Training camp can't get here soon enough.
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.............the ancient Romans with their gladiator games thought the same thing--------a good diversion. too good of a diversion it turns out.
 
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Since I wrote this 11 days ago, we've seen Dallas, Nice, Turkey, and Baton Rouge.

C'mon, football. Get here fast. The world is going to hell.
 
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erod said:
Sanity beckons. Chaos requires. The universe has gone mad, and something needs to put it back on the shelf rightly.

I need me some football.

It's all too much these days. Terror attacks by the dozens, Brexit fallout, Hillary-Trump, BLM and the cops, Zika, second amendment regurgitation....all amplified by the sudden Texas heat. There's no peace of mind to be found, seemingly anywhere. Oh, to be 10 years old and not care a lick again.

No politics, please. Wherever you stand on any of this, the fact is, we're all awash in more of it than we can handle lately. The world and news cycles are moving faster than ever before, and it wears on us constantly. It wasn't like that 25 years ago at all. We live in rapid, violent, dangerous, and uncertain times.

Football isn't the answer to such things, but it's a helluva trivial concoction. Baseball doesn't provide the needed fix. Basketball is a rigged waste of time. Soccer is too far over there and too new to me to pull at my heartstrings. Nope, it's gotta be football. Hurry the hell up.

The beauty of having a sport that you truly care about in a way you can't explain or justify is that it turns the calendar for you and gives you pace to trudge through the repetitions of daily. It has a magical way of inoculating what ills.

Sadly, even the game has been shaken. Most players no longer really care beyond the money, their allegiances to city or teams are mere fodder for the cameras. Rule changes have hurt the game. Overreactions to health issues (as if only football players lose faculties with age) dominate the headlines as politically motivated "sports" guys like Bob Costas and Peter King beat us over the head about what we SHOULD care about.

I remain pretty good at sifting through the backwash and finding the game I still love at the core of it all. It gives me almost the same escape it did as a kid, and it's something I still share with my aging dad. I pray I never lose that ability because it's important to get away.

Football helps make the world make sense again. Never more so than in 2016. Training camp can't get here soon enough.
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Sports is just a different opiate for the masses. When your day to day reality is uncertain and causes anxiety, sports becomes a much simpler alternative to care about and consider. Even when things go bad it's not nearly as confusing and there is always next season.

Escapism has its uses but it can also be a crutch. Be careful, good sir.
 
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erod said:
Since I wrote this 11 days ago, we've seen Dallas, Nice, Turkey, and Baton Rouge.

C'mon, football. Get here fast. The world is going to hell.
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Its the safest time in history to be alive. The world is fine.
 
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Hardline said:
Most of America's problems have come about in the last eight years.
There is a name for it and the is a solution for it but it would get political.

This problem for me has even hurt my love for football.
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Wow. Some of you people amaze me with your comments.
 
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Football contributes richly to my content during football season but to say it "makes the world make sense" is overstating it. There are far too many things in the world that are senseless for football to make it all sensible. I'm really glad that it's available for the excitement, though. It would seem more accurate to me to simply say it makes the world a happier place to be.
 
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