I agree there is an undercurrent of broken families that could affect interest in baseball. Having said that, does baseball have to be passed on to father and son? If so, what makes baseball different than football in that regard?
Personally I love the end zone prancing in the NFL. I can’t imagine that the ability to prance is the difference between choosing sport A and sport B for a kid. Especially when so few have the talent and drive to make to the point where you might have something to prance about.
Different strokes and all, but I can’t stand the prancing posturing and chest pounding after a 300lb behemoth falls on a loose ball. There is no self policing in the NFL. A million replay angles, the penalty system and modern officiating combined with each game meaning so much makes it impossible, at least in recent years. And I guess I like sports where the cool players can self police the mouth breathers who are really into executing fruity self-congratulatory posturing after even the most mundane of plays. Same thing with the NBA, chest pounding after a near 7 footer dunks with no defender within 20 feet of him is ridiculous.
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