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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5118121, member: 405"]
Well, that doesn't work without a basis for a rooting interest, in my opinion.

"Sport for the sake of sport" reminds me of an e-Football show I saw on TV a few times last year.  It was like someone playing Madden football, but all the teams and players were made anonymous.

So, you have 2 football gamers "announcing" a game where you don't who any of the players are, let alone, who are the good ones, what are the standings, the rivalries, what are their backstories, etc.

It makes it kind of pointless to me, like watching basketball played in another country.  Sure, it's kind of entertaining if you're there, but would you ever make time to watch this on TV?  Why, right?

If you like e-Sports that much, you can just go play Madden against your friend, or against other people online.  I just don't get it.

College sports is going that way with the reinvention of every team's roster every year.  There is more continuity on teams in the pros than there is in college now.  That hurts the product.

You don't build lasting memories of players if they only stay for a year or two, and leave just as they're starting to get good.  Add in NIL, and that's where we're at now.

Geographic and historical rivalries continue to diminish, with every conference move.

College sports is barely watchable if it isn't your team.
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