I would actually watch sports if they had an unrestricted league. Steroids,
cocaine, whatever. Peak power and violence

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020, 7:29 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

> I always wonder about professional sports, we are constantly told our team
> can win if they want it bad enough, if they just get motivated.  It's all a
> mind game, not skill and training and luck.  You'd think NFL players would
> already be at peak motivation for every game, the carrots and sticks are
> huge.
>
> I don't know if this is just BS the sports announcers feed us fans, or if
> they are really saying the players should take more drugs like in North
> Dallas Forty.  No matter what, half the teams are going to lose every week,
> but we believe the losers just lacked the will to win.
>
> Really, an NFL quarterback misses a pass or a kicker misses a field goal
> because he wasn't sufficiently motivated?  Could I outrun Usain Bolt if I
> was suitably motivated, like if you offered me a huge pile of cash or a
> bear was chasing me?  No amount of motivation will save me, the bear is
> gonna eat me.
>
>
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> I’m personally in the camp of “I’ll do a job because it’s my job and I
> enjoy it, that’s why I’m here”.
>
> As long as I’m making a decent wage, dangling carrots in front of me will
> do absolutely nothing because I’m already working as hard as I can.
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