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Being classy is overrated.
« on: March 23, 2011, 03:30:54 AM »

Offline Rondo9dunx

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Every sports forum you go on you'll get people talking about how thier rival teams players and fans are so classless. It's really the most annoying, feminine thing a guy can say when it comes to sports.


Class is for old guys and losers!


Old guys who have stayed out of trouble and built a reputation for being nice, helpful and endearing people can call themselves classy.

The team that loses a game 7 and shakes the other teams hand, that's classy.

Other than that class has absolutely no place in sports what-so-ever.

If you don't want someone gloating or showboating then beat them, if you cant beat them take it like a man and accept the fact that you just weren't good enough. I love seeing Paul run around MSG after a win, I loved watchin Kobe slap Alvin Gentry on the behind after he torched the suns. I love watching Ray Allen shrug his shoulders when he drains a dagger at the end of a game.

Sports is a man thing. Leave your thin skin at the door.
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Re: Being classy is overrated.
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2011, 04:30:41 AM »

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Yea I don't think class is overrated, it's just that nobody can think clearly because they have strong feelings about what happens in sports, and it results in a lot of exaggeration and bull****.

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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2011, 02:49:42 PM »

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Quote from: Rondo9dunx on March 23, 2011, 03:30:54 AM
Every sports forum you go on you'll get people talking about how thier rival teams players and fans are so classless. It's really the most annoying, feminine thing a guy can say when it comes to sports.

Sports is a man thing. Leave your thin skin at the door.
Been saying a version of this for years.  Every time I do I get called classless, which is fine by me.

I'm more annoyed with calling things feminine since many many of the women I meet these days are tougher than probably the majority of men I meet

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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2011, 03:33:29 PM »

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Excellent post.

Womens baskeball is even more physical and salty then mens basketball. If anyone has ever seen women play sports, its like watching wild animals fight each other in a cage.

Class has no place in sports.

Its one of the reasons I desise golf and cant stand it.
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2011, 03:50:24 PM »

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Uhhh, to each his own, but there's a definitely a way to be competitive and classy at the same time.  They're not mutually exclusive.  There are classy winners, and punk losers (and v/v).  Call it overrated if you like, but being classy has no bearing on winning or losing, any more than taunting, dancing like a fool, or anything else does.  You're either talented and competitive enough or you're not.  There's no definitive recipe. 
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2011, 04:08:49 PM »

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I think there is definitely a difference between on the court and off.  I could care less if you're a jackass on the court ; go all out...you're there to win.

But being classless off the floor when you're compensated the way these professionals is inexcusable. 
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2011, 04:16:18 PM »

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Oh hey guys, what's going on in this thread?
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2011, 05:26:22 PM »

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Quote from: Rondo9dunx on March 23, 2011, 03:30:54 AM
Every sports forum you go on you'll get people talking about how thier rival teams players and fans are so classless. It's really the most annoying, feminine thing a guy can say when it comes to sports.

The fans are classless?
Are we supposed to be cheering for Kobe when he comes to Boston to be Classy fans?
Compare to fans in other countries, specially European, American fans are super classy.
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2011, 06:40:26 PM »

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as far as class.

There is something classy about taking a knee when you have a situation like that of MARQUIS DANIELS earlier this year.

Or when a player clobbers their opponent by accident and goes to help them up- or holds a player up from falling too hard.

That to me s being classy & respectful.  As far as telling guys not to celebrate.  Whatever- its part of the game.  Its why we pay money to go see it.

I don't think people would be dropping 400+$ for courtside seats if the players were shaking hands and complimenting each other through-out the game.

People love to hate- its great to see KOBE sport the AIRPLANE or Lebron dance in a circle like a ferry.  It makes you that much more satisfied when you beat them.

Thats my two cents. WANT CLASSY SPORTS- watch golf.  BORING - No offense if you enjoy watching golf.  Nothing against playing the sport- but watching it?! really?
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2011, 08:44:32 PM »

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Was Larry Bird classy?  I never thought of him that way. And I definitely don't think of Kevin McHale that way.  I think of them as guys that thoroughly enjoyed demolishing you and didn't care how you felt about it afterwards, and if you were Lakers then all the better. Kinda why I like em.
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2011, 09:09:48 PM »

Offline OsirusCeltics

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Yea, totally agree with you
The beginning of the season the media was whining about KG's trash talking

"How can he say those things", "They were out of line"
I think society has become baby-proof and too politically correct
The un-classness gives you an edge. You can't be successful without an edge
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« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2011, 01:21:37 PM »

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Don't get me wrong, I never said people shouldnt be decent or considerate. Taking a knee, cheering for an opposing player when he is hurt, handling a loss like a man with your head up, these are things you could call "classy" I guess, though I would just call them a natural human reaction to a common situation.

Let me use an example that just happened the other day.


D-fish elbowed Chris Kaman in the face because he was setting moving screens all day.

I'm sure there are plenty of people out there saying d-fish is a thug, he's classless etc etc. Personally I LOVED IT.

He didnt deny it either, after the game he just said "the guy was throwin movin picks, sooner or later he was gonna get his, and he did"

There's nothing classy about that. There's nothing classy about any of our guys on the court and thats the way it should be.

Should Rondo start holding his pinky up when he takes a free throw (if it helps his % i say yes)



As for the feminine comment. I think it's clearly obvious that there are some inherit differences between men and women when it comes to emotion. Women (because of thier chemical makeup) tend to be a bit more emotional than men. Of course that doesnt mean that all women are the same and feel the same way about everything, it's just a reasonable generalization imo. Certainly wasn't trying to offend any women, my wife is one of the toughest people I know, but she cries every time she see's something sad on tv, she's emotional :P
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« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2011, 01:40:44 PM »

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I like "classy" players.  David Thorpe of espn just listed Duncan, Grant Hill, and Dirk Nowitzki as three extremely classy players.  I have to agree.  I'd add Ray Allen to that list.
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« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2011, 03:38:52 PM »

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I love the Celtics, and I love them to win. Then, after that, I like fair play. I don't care a bit about taunting, celebrating and all that. I'm ok with trash talking and LeBaby dancing and not respecting opponents. As some have posted, that makes it sweeter when the Celtics crush them.

What I can't stand is double standards in officiating, star treatment and all the "hero ball" and "be like Mike" stuff. I hate Co-b because of that, not because of his fake toughness and clutch reputation. Those things are overrated and overhyped.

About being classy... hard fouls are not classless. The only thing I'd call classless on the court is risking someone's health. For me, that's the difference, and while I don't care if you help an opponent who is on the floor, I like the players to care about health. Basically, when someone does what Bynum did on Beasley, pushing him while he was in the air is a clasless move. Hitting someone who can defend himself, like Fisher did, is ok with me, Kaman's health wasn't on the line.

Off the court, players can do whatever they want, except hurting people. You can't ask them to be classy, they are who they are... but when classy people like Doc or Ray are on your team, you have to be proud of them.
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« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2011, 03:41:47 PM »

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Quote from: garz on March 23, 2011, 04:30:41 AM
Yea I don't think class is overrated, it's just that nobody can think clearly because they have strong feelings about what happens in sports, and it results in a lot of exaggeration and bull****.

Cheers,
-Captain Obvious

This hits it right on the head. Please don't go to a Lakers message board and expect to hear lots of comprehensive, rational discussion in regards to the celtics. When people 'hate' a sports team, they'll say all types of things to belittle them and put them down, that's just sports. It's a way for fans to feel better about the fact that a team may be much better than their own. If their own team was experiencing the type of success the celts are, and behaved the same, no doubt they wouldn't call it classless.
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