Interesting Would you be willing...

[RandygoCuse]

Saw a video yesterday and they asked would you give up watching all post-season sports for 30 million dollars. I said yes pretty quickly. However, they added a caveat that you could never know what happened in the post season either and I admit the question became more difficult. What are your thoughts people?

 

[phreddie]

It's logically inconsistent. My first reaction would be sure, I'll give up "watching"; radio and interwebs it is! But how is that "You'll never know the results" gonna work? Unpossible.

 

[Orangezoo]

My thoughts are that hoops season needs to start today. This sounds like a Seinfeld episode or something that gets asked when having a few too many gummies or brownies….

 

[bnoro]

Yes. Who cares about sports when you have 30m?

 

[Eric15]

Eh, probably not. We don't have anywhere in the stratosphere of $30 million, but we have enough to live comfortably. The flow of the annual sports calendar is so embedded in my life, that suddenly not having it would be too much of a shock to my system. I would rather watch sports playoffs with my middle-class friends and loved ones and chicken wing dip than sit around on a yacht somewhere drinking champagne.

If Syracuse was playing for a national title in football or basketball, which I've invested a lifetime of emotional energy towards, literally my entire social network would be watching that game. What am I going to do, fly to the Seychelles and die of FOMO while this is going on?

 

[oldpinepoint]

Yea this isn’t problem at all.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Easy peezee. I would be too busy golfing and seeing the world. There is a 6 month cruise I have had my eye on. Long term goal.

 

[UnknownOrange]

better question is what do the folks who don't watch sports for free now do with their weekends

exercise? learn a new skill? travel to places other than random football stadiums? yuck

 

[bballbeadle]

I am too close to my expiration date. Syracuse sports to the end, baby!

 

[Lord Ashby]

Yes definately. I forget all the outcomes anyways.

 

[Starman]

Yes. For $30 mil, I'll move somewhere warm enough that I don't need basketball to get through the winter, lol.

 

[cusefan88]

Yes. Who cares about sports when you have 30m?

Yessir. Travel and see the world. Read a book! Sip drinks on the beach. Plenty to do.

 

[dasher]

O( course. I will miss watching sports but with 30 million, I will find other things to do.

 

[Cusefan0307]

No. Large portion of my social circle revolves around SU sports. I am and will be fine financially. I don't need 30 million.

 

[Brooky03]

Do I get the $30M upfront?

Good luck finding me or your $30M lol.

 

[M2MPrinciples]

Yes. For $30 mil, I'll move somewhere warm enough that I don't need basketball to get through the winter, lol.

I think I would too. Not quite the same, but I took a year off from fantasy sports and was surprised at how liberating it felt to not have to keep up with transactions, draft prep, start-sit decisions and injuries, to say nothing of checking scores on gamedays. I haven’t gone back and don’t have any plans to. My friends and I share other interests so it’s not like this is our only way of staying connected.

There would be times when it would suck to not share in a deep playoff run or feel detached from something your hometown or alma mater is wrapped up in but I think I’d deal.

 

[Todoubled23]

Nothing else to say but

 

[BigNastyJon]

chit id give up everything for 30M

 

[jr4750]

Don’t fault those who would take it at all, but I used to really enjoy watching SU sports. (Been harder lately) It was something that made me immensely happy, alongside my family and a few other select things. Money for me doesn’t do that.

 

[tbonezone]

i wouldn't object to some sort of SEVERANCE erasure implant after watching some of our games.

 

[Eric15]

chit id give up everything for 30M

Every Adult Superstore in Central New York would be on cloud nine after finding out there is $30 million in BigNastyJohn's pocket.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

No. Large portion of my social circle revolves around SU sports. I am and will be fine financially. I don't need 30 million.

Same. Plus my wife would literally kill me if I couldn't watch sports. We love spending time with each other and going to different events, but we would end up with too much "we" time.

And if I wanted to watch TV, I would probably put Jeopardy on TV. For reasons unbeknownst to me, she automatically goes into another room. Other shows I would probably watch alone would be Storage Wars and Impractical Jokers. And we would end up having our own storage wars.

Status Quo is very much, Happy wife, Happy life.

 

[DoctahLexus]

Gotta play it safe and take the money. Every year we blow it and miss the playoffs or get bounced early you would be going "I gave up 30 mil for this crap???!!!" Would be 10x the stress.

 

[CuseFan]

nope - $30M is not enough. too much of my world exists around sports today, pro and college.
$100M then maybe.

 

[phil77]

Reading - you can watch all the sports you want, just not the postseason? Sure easy small thing to give up for my family to get 30 million.