Comments on: Is media obesity tempering our enjoyment of sports? http://www.sportsleader.co.za/adamwakefield/2009/11/05/are-we-getting-fat-from-tv/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:21:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Adam Wakefield http://www.sportsleader.co.za/adamwakefield/2009/11/05/are-we-getting-fat-from-tv/#comment-7037 Adam Wakefield Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:36:34 +0000 http://www.sportsleader.co.za/adamwakefield/2009/11/05/are-we-getting-fat-from-tv/#comment-7037 Thanks for the comment Banana. I agree with your assertion that sport is becoming stale, uniform, boring due to the nature of business stream lining different games for maximum commercial appeal. Baseball = boring to me :P Thanks for the comment Banana. I agree with your assertion that sport is becoming stale, uniform, boring due to the nature of business stream lining different games for maximum commercial appeal.

Baseball = boring to me :P

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]]> By: Banana http://www.sportsleader.co.za/adamwakefield/2009/11/05/are-we-getting-fat-from-tv/#comment-7022 Banana Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:14:47 +0000 http://www.sportsleader.co.za/adamwakefield/2009/11/05/are-we-getting-fat-from-tv/#comment-7022 A mate and I discussed this point while waiting for A champions league game to come on – an hour later now that the clocks have turned back in the UK aaargh the agony of waiting that extra hour… With all the sport that has been on this year, particularly in SA, 220 cricket in SA, ICC Trophy in SA, Lions Tour in SA, Davis Cup in SA, Confed Cup in SA and all on top of the usual sporting action in a sporting mad country… Are we full of sport in 2009? A bit like four pints of Guinness and a Pizza full, and throw in desert and your girlfriend's leftovers too. But in truth, I would rather be fat from too much sport than undernourished, anyday. Viva World Cup 2010… We also debated the following: Could it be that there is no room in the modern game of rugby for having fun with your mates....like all modern professional sports its become a business competing for television rights and fan interest with all other codes... The problem with today's modern athlete, 6.3 inches tall 17 stone is that they are so well conditioned that they become perfect...well drilled in every aspect...tackling stepping etc...there is no room for free thinking so effectively players become like chess pieces at the mercy of their coaches... There is however, room still for the rugby genius, the free thinker, the freakishly quick, the abnormal step or a 60-metre boot (Frans Steyn). Other than these exceptional players, who are far and few between at the moment...rugy has been thrown at the mercy of professionalism...and its not pretty to watch as it begins to breath heavily, like a heavyweight boxer who is red around the solar-plexus and is cut above both eyes, waiting for the sound of the bell in the ninth round. Rugby's very quest for perfection is what is starving it of real life; adventure, freedom, creativity and it cant last... Needless to say neither can the players keep up with the task of filling the role of machine, as their bodies begin to wilt under the pressure of gym sessions, training methods and heavy fixture list. What can be said of the athlete above in the modern game…perhaps can be said for various sports and their quest to gain a spot on tele and lucrative funds… You only need to look at how cricket is changing internationally and locally to ensure that people stay interested. Interestingly on a night when the usual mainstream SA sports were a bit thin, my mate an I lay on the couch, after gym ha ha, and started watching highlights of the Current World Series baseball…our tele is permanently on sports or nature…its just, well the done thing. We couldn’t help but notice how similar cricket is becoming to baseball…lookout for the huge wall at cricket games in future to make catching in the outfield more spectacular. A mate and I discussed this point while waiting for A champions league game to come on – an hour later now that the clocks have turned back in the UK aaargh the agony of waiting that extra hour…
With all the sport that has been on this year, particularly in SA, 220 cricket in SA, ICC Trophy in SA, Lions Tour in SA, Davis Cup in SA, Confed Cup in SA and all on top of the usual sporting action in a sporting mad country…
Are we full of sport in 2009? A bit like four pints of Guinness and a Pizza full, and throw in desert and your girlfriend’s leftovers too. But in truth, I would rather be fat from too much sport than undernourished, anyday.
Viva World Cup 2010…

We also debated the following:

Could it be that there is no room in the modern game of rugby for having fun with your mates….like all modern professional sports its become a business competing for television rights and fan interest with all other codes…
The problem with today’s modern athlete, 6.3 inches tall 17 stone is that they are so well conditioned that they become perfect…well drilled in every aspect…tackling stepping etc…there is no room for free thinking so effectively players become like chess pieces at the mercy of their coaches…
There is however, room still for the rugby genius, the free thinker, the freakishly quick, the abnormal step or a 60-metre boot (Frans Steyn).
Other than these exceptional players, who are far and few between at the moment…rugy has been thrown at the mercy of professionalism…and its not pretty to watch as it begins to breath heavily, like a heavyweight boxer who is red around the solar-plexus and is cut above both eyes, waiting for the sound of the bell in the ninth round.
Rugby’s very quest for perfection is what is starving it of real life; adventure, freedom, creativity and it cant last…
Needless to say neither can the players keep up with the task of filling the role of machine, as their bodies begin to wilt under the pressure of gym sessions, training methods and heavy fixture list.
What can be said of the athlete above in the modern game…perhaps can be said for various sports and their quest to gain a spot on tele and lucrative funds…

You only need to look at how cricket is changing internationally and locally to ensure that people stay interested.
Interestingly on a night when the usual mainstream SA sports were a bit thin, my mate an I lay on the couch, after gym ha ha, and started watching highlights of the Current World Series baseball…our tele is permanently on sports or nature…its just, well the done thing.
We couldn’t help but notice how similar cricket is becoming to baseball…lookout for the huge wall at cricket games in future to make catching in the outfield more spectacular.

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