Bagels wrote:
yes, actually I do view myself as above a sports fan that goes to ESPN.com. I'd like to think that you are too, but I'm not sure. I view CSFMB as a whole as people who are much more interested in sports (in general) as the average person
here's a homework assignment: go look at some various articles on ESPN.com and look at the comments posted. These are the type of people that are responding to the polls. further, who the hell responds to a poll ? or a text question on a broadcast? maybe if you were 11 years old. sure, 10,000 is a lot of people but it represents what, maybe .0000000001% of fans? can you vote twice in the poll? could you vote as much as you want? it's not just ESPN, I don't put much value in any kind of poll because the data can be easily manipulated and sample sizes are usually pretty small. lastly, lets say the I think ESPN polls are the greatest thing ever. Cool. So opinion is split 50/50. so what's your conclusion? that some people like Lebron and some don't? why don't you tell us your own opinion and discuss it rather than regurgitating some useless polls stats
Your logic is flawed. I will address it as well as I can.
To start off, I do view myself as a more knowledgeable sports fan than most. I do not base this on what sites I visit. I look at ESPN, blogs, message boards, etc... The people who comment on these sites are allowed to have opinions, whether they are far-fetched or shared by the masses, just as much as you and I are. Take now, for example, CNN.com. Have you ever seen the bile that is the comments section on that site? Are now ALL people who go to CNN.com morons? Is it guilt by association? Are suddenly all articles, polls, and content in general on CNN.com invalid?
A poll question presented on a website is answered by many people. Texts on broadcasts not so much I'd imagine. Don't we have polls on this site? Don't we have idiots like whistler responding to them? Does that negate your opinion? My opinion? The results of the poll? No it doesn't.
Also, I'm known fairly well around these parts for giving my opinion, and giving it often. However, in some
rare cases (more than you think), I do not have an opinion. LeBron James...how does he affect me in my day to day life? Does he change how I view sports or the team I root for? Nope, not at all, in any fashion. He is a fucking basketball player with (!!!) opinions of his own, and he has no problem making those known as well. Big fucking deal. Is he a villain because of this? I don't think so. Do I have a problem with people viewing him as a villain? Nope.
However, I do like knowing that just about as many people view him as a villain than don't. It's interesting.
Just like you lumping all people who use ESPN.com together because x amount of people on there are idiots.
I once saw a black person steal something.
Thank God I'm a bit more logical than you or you'd call me racist.
if it doesn't matter to you than why even bother posting in this section? you're going on and on and ain't sayin' nothing'