OT: Your adjustment to life without sports?
Haven’t watched ESPN in months. Haven’t watched anything sports related in awhile either.
If the upcoming season winds up not happening I would say my interest level might suffer severely. I’ve taken up new hobbies and interests that have held my attention solidly throughout the quarantine.
Curious to hear others.
Running, hiking, meditating, yoga, reading, spending more time cooking, playing video games.
Is there a good book (or blog or website I guess) that you'd recommend for meditation? When I researched it long ago, it seemed Transcendental Meditation was the most beneficial method, but to get involved took money and classes. You had to be given a mantra, for example. Again that was so long ago, I don't even know if that method is around anymore. I will research again, but thought since you mentioned it I would ask.
I'd like to do something that's self-directed.
My newest hobby has been alcoholism.
Honestly, just getting outside as much as possible.
Stock Trading. Now I just gamble on Robinhood and Coinbase.
If we have no sports, so be it. I have much larger concerns like my son who is an ER doc at a major university hospital. Parental concerns about his health gives my wife and me lots of perspective.
I do a five miler every morning and of late have found lots of lakes and parks in SE Michigan to visit and just hang out.
We are bored but if that's the worse thing that happens while practicing social distancing, I'm ok with that. My fandom won't wane.
Golfing twice a week, sometimes more. Watching the pga every Sunday.
Jogging every two or three days to make up for the gyms in Wayne county still being closed.
Doing lots of odd jobs around the house. Installed my first shark bite the other day. Feel like an expert plumber now.
As far as my consumption of sports media, I'll read any football content of substance on here, mnb, and ttb. I watch pat McAfee on YouTube every few days. I scroll Twitter a ton. I've dialed back my podcasts a ton. I used to listen to about four or five football pods a day but there's a little too much focus on cancel culture, mask shaming, and scenarios about testing and cancelling games. I've also chosen to unfollow or mute most personalities that push those agendas too much. I will say locked on wolverines has been the one pod I've consistently stuck with. I've already mentioned my appreciation for Isaiah's even-keeled outlook on things. Just wish he put out the pods more consistently during the week but his schedule seems to be pretty crazy.
Lol at masks being an agenda
He's the Mineral King of the Pandemic
Both your intense feelings about it sure do indicate that it's pretty politically charged.
You think I'm some solo rogue that feels this way? I'm not alone. Go out in public and see for yourself.
How can it be politically charged when it’s recommended worldwide? The people who refuse to wear them in public are the reason lockdowns are being reinstated.
https://twitter.com/Dreasworld4ever/status/1277781465670070273?s=19
Found a thread today from someone who claims to be from OSHA (no blue checkmark or anything though). Thought it was a nice fresh perspective on the whole thing.
I'm sure it won't change your mind, nor will you change mine, and more importantly, those reading this thread probably don't want another fucking covid fight.
dude, this has been making the rounds. this person doesn't even claim to be from OSHA, they simply claim to be OSHA certified which involves a couple hours of instruction and $120 fee (almost every contractors / independent home services provider is required to be OSHA certified). It's like watching an anti-money laundering video at work. There is no authority conferred whatsoever.
But if you want to be a person that believes some unsubstantiated nonsense that literally is opposed to an overwhelming expert consensus simply because it's convenient for you, go ahead. Seems like that's the "in" thing to do these days.
Other than the credential argument, can you convince me to disbelieve their claims on the three types of masks?
I see there was no response here.
People of mgoblog: ad hominems are not arguments.
The thread provided an interview with Fauci, who definitively said people should not be wearing masks. There was another link to a story on the US surgeon general, who also definitively stated that "They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus".
I believe the counterargument, at least for Fauci, is that 1) they said don't wear masks early because they wanted to save them for health care workers, and 2) new research has come out that supports masks. He now supports them "unequivocally".
The idea is that if a person has the virus, a mask of any type will "catch" some of their dispersal from coughing, breathing, or talking. And that could go a long way to preventing the spread.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html
There are questions even here though. In the above link, the CDC claims a mask may help prevent you from touching your face. In the surgeon general interview, he cites a study that claims exactly the opposite of that. And I do agree with you that most mask shamers aren't concerned about public health, but rather looking for their "moran" moment.
First guy to bring up a politically charged point in the thread tells us others don’t want to see another fight... that’s rich.
If you don’t want to wear a mask stay home.
Others would like to get to work and not see the economy damaged any more than it already is. Oh and see there immune compromised and older friends and family alive after all of this.
It's hard to call it politically charged when pretty much every medical expert out there, if not all of them, is telling you its to your benefit to wear one, and perhaps more importantly, to the benefit of the people around you.
What's making it politically charged (or perhaps more than it should be) is our leadership going out there trying to discredit those medical experts by saying the virus is dying out. And when said leaders refuse to wear masks for petty, childish reasons like wanting to look tough or not wanting to give the MSM the satisfaction of seeing them wear the mask. I know ten year olds with more maturity than that.
We have a large contingent of people in America who, when it comes to COVID, will only listen to what they want to hear vs. what they need to hear. No, this isn't some airborne stage 4 lung cancer that's going to kill you the minute you step outside if you're not wearing a mask, but its scientifically proven that masks help protect you and the people around you. If you opt to not wear one, out of some misguided sense of personal freedoms or civil liberties, or you're just trying to stick it to the MSM, then I just assume you really don't care about what happens to anyone other than yourself.
You know what happens when you assume?
Save button is malfunctioning.
Mask wearing is an agenda.
And agenda to save lives while also keeping the economy open. Seems like a no brainer to me.
I used to listen to about four or five football pods a day but there's a little too much focus on cancel culture...I've also chosen to unfollow or mute most personalities that push those agendas too much.
CANCEL CULTURE !!1!!
I demand that all statues or mascots referencing said podcasts be removed immediately.
And another one...I think I need to close and restart my chrome browser because I only hit the save button once, I swear.
My interest in watching sports has decreased since I've had kids and watching and playing sports consumed the majority of my time from my teenage years into my mid twenties. I'd guess I spend about as much time on here reading about Michigan athletics as I do watching live sporting events. It's almost liberating at a point but I think it's more about priorities. I'd rather spend the day outside with the family than tied to a television for 3 hours. To your question I'm pretty sure the last few months have put me in a place where whatever interest I had in sporting events outside of Michigan athletics will be as close to 0 as possible with major golf tournaments and the olympics being the exceptions.
I've re-discovered several old-fashioned, "unplugged" activities. A lot of walks. I read a lot more. I've been reminded how much I used to enjoy crossword puzzles. The MGoGirlfriend and I drove to one of the Hines Drive parks a couple of weeks ago, took our chairs and a couple of beers, and just sat in the shade and enjoyed the weather and each other's company. It wasn't even close to boring - it was tranquil.
Besides, by this point in the summer, the Tigers would be well out of it, so there wouldn't be much to watch anyway. The real test will come when football season gets here. If there are no games to watch, that's going to be a lot harder.
Agreed that summer is a sports desert for Michiganders when the Tigers are this bad. And with the Pistons and Wings being terrible also, there's basically nothing from the end of March Madness until start of football season.
Losing the Big Ten tournament and NCAA tournament hurt, but I feel like there's been little additional impact on what my sports watching would have otherwise been.
I've even enjoyed having European soccer extend into the summer and excited about a big name FA Cup semi-final field in July.
With the tigers wings and pistons being non-competitive the last few summers I'm used to spending more time outside with my kids. I don't know how well I'll do without football, especially when the weather changes.
Playing semi-pro football. ?♂️
I dropped to just football and hockey back in my early 30s. With the Wings not particularly competitive, nor much fun to watch, this year, I've not missed anything of substance. Hopefully we'll get football this fall. If the Lions or U of M declines to play this year I'll be ok as long as it isn't both.
I'm glad I'm not like I was when I was younger and had year round interests.
I have my son's 15u baseball team to watch. I even watch the practices whenever I can just because I want to. Hopefully my daughter's HS lacrosse will have some kind of action . . . right now they're just practicing.
This is what I miss: watching my kids play. My son wasn't going to play this summer, he was going to train, but he missed his spring season. My daughter missed her spring season, too. I've devoted my springs and summers to baseball/softball for 15 years, and honestly, it's been hard to give it up cold turkey. Yesterday, I even considered secretly watching my son do his daily throwing workout but then I thought better of it. He's 20 and doesn't want his mom watching him throw anymore.
Just wrap a pulse oximeter in tin foil and point it at him while throwing. Problem solved. He won't care if Mom watches, and he'll be thrilled when the gun registers a consistent 96-99 (assuming you're healthy).
I haven’t missed it as much as I thought I would. There are so many interesting changes going on in this world and specifically this country, that make sports seem less important.
With no sports to watch and more free time, I got super into bodyweight fitness during quarantine. Pull-ups, dips, push-ups etc. I feel better and more athletic and my posture and golf game have improved.
I've been watching the various replays on whether it's college football or old Detroit Tigers games. Hopefully, if anything does get canceled the sports channels will have a full slate of replays. I've actually been surprised how ok I have been without it - but I set my expectations low for a return this year.
I haven't watched anything on ESPN except televised games in years, hell more than a decade. Why the hell would you put yourself though that?
As far as sports, this time of year is never a big draw for me anyway. Besides the NHL playoffs, I'm not a huge watcher of the pro sports. It's all CFB and CBB for me. So in that regard I haven't really "missed" anything yet (other than that kind of big thing every March).
Working more and playing tons of golf
My interest in sports has definitely waned in the last several months, but I must say if there is no Michigan football in the fall not sure I will be able to take it. Its been a gameday tradition to tailgate and go to games for almost 30 years.
On the bright side my honey-do list has certainly gotten shorter. In the last several months I have stripped and refinished a desk, Ottoman, coffee table, and footstool. I also managed to finish my mancave basement and spruce up the yard landscaping.
Amazing what you can accomplish when one is not plopped on the couch watching television:)
Go Blue.
I redid my basement too back in april. How'd yours turn out?
Considering suicide...
If this is a cry for help veiled in humor, please, I implore you to talk to someone.
If you're trivializing suicide because sports aren't on TV...well, that's a really disappointing thing to come from "Michigan Medicine" and I'll just leave it at that.
Actually enjoyed some time off and the opportunity to slow down with the family, instead of running to a practice or game every night for the kids. With 3 kids in travel sports, it ran us ragged from time to time. More family time together = better relationships.
That being said, my daughter had her first softball tournament last weekend and my son just had his first soccer tournament scheduled for mid-July. So good to finally be able to watch them play again and do what they love!
Love seeing youth sports back at it!
"Sports"... what's that?
Thankfully, Twitter is a contact sport.
So is a shark rodeo.
Lack of sports finally convinced me to cut the cord. I have loved DirecTV to mainline my sports addiction, mostly because of its DVR capabilities. But no sports convinced me to test life without it. I'll experiment with YouTubeTV in the fall, assuming college football is actually played.
I've grown fond of Euro soccer over the last year, so I'm bummed to miss some of that action. But I'm overall not missing sports too badly. The shock of no March Madness kind of numbed me to everything that has transpired afterwards. I've been devouring books, gaming with my son, and growing a huge ass garden.
I’m not a big baseball fan, so I usually don’t watch much sports in the summer. Watched a bit of golf to see what spectatorless golf is like and I must admit you can actually see the course which is nice.
No football on Sat and Sun this fall will be killer for me. The weather gets colder and I spend less time outside, so football fills the weekends. It will be a bummer not to be able to use my season tickets, but I can live with TV only.
I'm watching a ton of movies and reading a lot of books.
It has been very peaceful. I would be fine if college football is canceled. It would be nice to get a break from the failure we all know is coming.