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Cecil Terwilliger · 07-25-2021, 10:06 PM

You can also love a sport and not follow the off-season transactions. CBA, salary cap, trade bait, arbitration, RFA, NTC/NMCs and all that crap are only interesting to a very small subset of sports fans. All that armchair GM stuff really.

I know several extremely knowledgeable and dedicated sports fans who only care about on ice/field results. They’ll maybe see blockbusters but otherwise don’t care.

For example, I know a couple of fans who have no idea so many flames fans are butthurt over Adam Fox. The guy legit wasn’t on their radar until he won the Norris. The fact he was traded by us gets a shoulder shrug. Oh well, we landed Lindholm and Hannifin instead. No big deal.

Actually this applies to me for every sport I follow except the NHL and F1. All others I’m completely indifferent to all but the blockbuster headlines. My interests are purely in the sport itself and almost none of the business/player movement. CFB, CFL, soccer, NFL, MLB. I’ll peek at the off-season threads but generally I don’t care at all.

07-25-2021, 10:06 PM	#301
Cecil Terwilliger That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Springfield Penitentiary Exp:	You can also love a sport and not follow the off-season transactions. CBA, salary cap, trade bait, arbitration, RFA, NTC/NMCs and all that crap are only interesting to a very small subset of sports fans. All that armchair GM stuff really. I know several extremely knowledgeable and dedicated sports fans who only care about on ice/field results. They’ll maybe see blockbusters but otherwise don’t care. For example, I know a couple of fans who have no idea so many flames fans are butthurt over Adam Fox. The guy legit wasn’t on their radar until he won the Norris. The fact he was traded by us gets a shoulder shrug. Oh well, we landed Lindholm and Hannifin instead. No big deal. Actually this applies to me for every sport I follow except the NHL and F1. All others I’m completely indifferent to all but the blockbuster headlines. My interests are purely in the sport itself and almost none of the business/player movement. CFB, CFL, soccer, NFL, MLB. I’ll peek at the off-season threads but generally I don’t care at all. Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 07-25-2021 at 10:11 PM.