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joejitsu -> RE: General Vikes Talk (4/8/2020 10:10:35 AM)
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I'm not getting along with a second lady sportswriter, now. I've told her that I would prefer that sportswriters be a fan of the team they write about. She countered that then they can't ask the tough questions. I've never heard her ever ask a tough question. (Actually, she's a tv reporter and sometimes sports anchor. I'm probably giving it away who she is, now.) I didn't say that, but I replied that a fan of the team could still ask the tough questions because they care so much for the team that they succeed. But to me, most of all a fan of the team means they are happy when the team does well and I believe we are attracted to happiness. If the team has a tough loss do we really want a dispassionate report as if they didn't care? If it's a national broadcast, then I understand, but a local report?
I think you're being unrealistic.
Most sportswriters and reporters aren't from the state where they gain employment. So even if they still have teams they root for, it's likely not ones in their market.
You're right. She is originally from Massachusetts. In the past she covered the Packers and the Bears. Maybe it would be challenging for some to root for the team in each city, but you know I have experience with that. When I was young I lived all over the United States. I found myself rooting for the local team wherever I went. Of course the Vikings were always number one in my heart.
But still, am I wrong that we are attracted to happiness? I know I am pretty weird, but I have often thought in the past that there is no such thing as a woman who is happy and ugly at the same time. I have never read anywhere someone else saying that. I just must think differently than others. My philosophy is that if I love my wife and keep her happy she will always return beauty to me.
The lady sports reporter gave up with me saying that I just don't get it. (I didn't explain everything I am explaining to you.) You know with Twitter, you can only write a few words and then you have to stop. That's why I like it better here. I do feel a little more free to express myself, although I suppose some things are impossible to explain.
I can only speak for the Twin Cities area, I would say conservatively that a minimum of 80% of the local sports media that cover the Vikings are fans of the team. The only contra that immediately pops to mind is Dan Barreiro, a Chicago bobo who's bitter that he is stuck in "fly over country". What is this lady reporter's name?
That's why I like Paul Allen better than Barreiro. Perhaps some people tune in more for information, but I am one who is looking for information secondarily and joy primarily. Same thing for coming here. I come here because I am looking for happiness first and information second. I come here because I can chat with fans who feel the same way about the Vikings that I do.
Interesting sidebar about Barreiro is that I was familiar with him in Dallas before here. He used to write a column there in the newspaper just like he did here for the Startribune. As you know, he did the column before he was a co-host on the radio with Chad Hartman.
I listen to PA almost every Sunday because I'm usually watching one of my kids play linebacker for the Munster Colts Pop Warner team (Go Colts...). His excitement about the team kind of grows on you as the game goes on, and Pete is there to kind of cool him out when it is needed.
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