I love sports. I love every single sport, whether I am familiar with it, grew up playing it, or merely watch it on television. I mean, I even love sports that I have never even seen on television, as sometimes merely reading about a competition is enough to draw my curiosity (albeit this is a very rare occurrence).
However, since college football has ended - in what may have been the most lackluster championship game ever witnessed during the BCS era - I have found myself struggling during the days when NFL football has not been on to help ease the pain of the college football season's passing. I find this very bizarre, and have never had an issue with it in the past. And, after some soul-searching, I believe I have figured out the reasons for my lack of interest in what is normally one my favorite sports - NBA basketball.
I believe that it started before the lock-out, with all of the Miami Heat nonsense, Laker drama, and the Dallas victory in the playoffs. My interest just started slowly dissipating, and there was not really a name or team that helped to pull it back. Then, the NBA lock-out happened, and the daily coverage about the selfishness of the players (following the earlier NFL nonsense) and owners began to make me cringe. It got to the point where I hated hearing anything at all about the NBA, and I grew quite happy with watching everything else and having no basketball highlights to distract during my daily dose of Sportscenter.
Now that college basketball and NBA basketball have come to the forefront of the television and news worlds again, I cannot help but wonder at my apathy. Is my love of basketball gone? Will the NBA remain in my rearview mirror for the rest of my life? I just don't know.
All I know right now is that I miss college football.
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