i think you can read that comment in different ways, make no doubt about it, PK Subban was brought in because he can help a team win. I used to hate him because he killed my Hurricanes. But yes it is sort of beneficial that he is sort of Cam Newtonish/Russell Westbrook like with his outlandishness sometimes, and the Devils will be seen more on social media due to his g/f's followings as much as his. Ultimately winning and entertainment sort of go hand in hand though. I'll use the Hurricanes again, after wins this year they started doing team celebrations at mid ice to get the crowd more intrigued post game..it rubbed alot of old timers wrong, but the fans ate it up to the point its going to be on the next NHL game. Granted they care about money too, but i really feel like hockey would be the sport you would see the most passion for actually the game...very few hockey players make "business decisions" when it comes to injury.
I even said in the Jakeem Grant big year thread where he said it was his bag year, to me it just seems weird that it is so weird to hear what seems like every other player now just saying bags or money. I dont think i've ever heard a single owner come out publicly and say "I drafted kyler murray cause hes going to put fans in the seat, help us be a more entertaining squad, and help me securr more bags" It just sounds ignorant, we know the owners are all about the bottom line, yes some owners do care about their legacy when it comes to their actual teams and are fan boys, i look at the likes of Cuban and Jones. I even thought about cancelling sunday ticket this year with the first wave of offseason changes, then when we got fitz, i was like "hell might keep it, we might lose a lot but the losing will be more exciting than some of our wins in the past. So yes hoping to see the team win, but just the fact that you never know what the hell will happen with him at QB is intrigueing...then we got Rosen and it kind of excited me for the future..so cha ching.
I really dont see anything wrong with people being obsessed finatics, if you want to get your favorite teams tattoo, awesome, whats the difference in that and getting a tattoo of a cartoon character, if you want to cuss and throw stuff at the tv, or rage vent on a team forum after a loss and blame such and such for half assing something, i see nothing delusional about that, its your passion. and to think players dont care about winning, oh they do big time. in the current days where its not taboo for players to talk about all they care about is money, we've heard how many times from players "players on winning teams get paid" If Jakeem Grant (still using him just as example) goes the **** off for 175 yards and 3 td's in a loss in week 17 for a 6-10 team after having a mediocre season, compared to Grant going for those same numbers in the super bowl or conference championship game, even with equal reg season numbers, his value just went up ALOT, including a few other players for the fins values go up.
As far as the games being scripted or rigged, i was called a fool once on here because i said that it is probably passed down preferential treatment for some teams, but at the same time, another poster called me out on it "In all of history of all the games, how come noone has ever come out as a whisteblower and said, "I was told to enforce more penalties in this game" sure the commisioners of the leagues and the sports have enough revenue they could have anyone killed they liked and get away with it, but over history there wouldve been at least one leak
