Episode 293

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11th Dec 2023

Podcast# 293 Shohel Ohtani: American Mass hypnosis strikes again!

Challenging the Obsession with Professional Sports - A Critical Perspective by Earnest Mann

Hello, Earnest Mann here, bringing some Monday motivation with a deep dive into the often unspoken truths about professional sports. I'm not here to chat about games or player stats; instead, I'm discussing the bigger picture, using the example of Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers, to highlight our society's unhealthy obsession with sports.

The Overemphasis on Sports and Its Societal Impact

I express my fears about the American public's extreme seriousness about sports. Drawing parallels to religious fanaticism, I question the mass hysteria surrounding professional sports. This episode is an eye-opener to the dangers of this obsession, including financial strain and mental health concerns.

The Ludicrous Financial Aspects of Professional Sports

Addressing the issue of a baseball player receiving a $700 million contract, I challenge listeners to think critically about the absurdity of such financial rewards for playing a game. This discussion is aimed at triggering a reevaluation of priorities, encouraging listeners to focus on more meaningful aspects of life.

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Transcript

00:00 [Music] hello everybody it's Monday I know I know but Mr Man is going to make Monday just a bit better okay okay I like to talk to you and give you my unusual opinion concerning a big event in professional sports now don't worry I'm not going to be talking about particular games or player statistics I'm going to be talking a little about uh shahel Otani that's that uh new Japanese guy um I believe he's signed with the Dodgers and uh anyway but more importantly I I want you to listen to

00:53 some of the bigger issues surrounding Sports in general before I begin I wanted to share with you just a little bit about my feelings concerning the subject matter to be perfectly honest I'm very afraid because I hold the opinion that the American public not only takes their Sports very seriously but absolutely refuse to hear any outside critical opinion that they in fact take their Sports far too seriously a few feel like an atheist in a room of all very devout Catholics shouting out loud and clear that there was no Immaculate

01:41 Conception now I see nothing wrong with people playing some sports you know friends and family getting together and playing a friendly game of whatever it may be is fine but when it comes to the mass psychosis of big money hyper competitive Prof professional sports I draw the line I saw where this [ __ ] was going 40 years ago and it's extremely mentally and financially unhealthy and if you don't believe me just watch the behavior of supposedly grown men at a professional football game painting their bodies with their

02:25 team colors getting intoxicated on lowquality but expensive Ive [ __ ] beer and acting like hormone flooded teenage idiot boys news flash fellas spend that time and money with your girlfriend or wife and have some great sex she'll appreciate your attention and not be secretly thinking that you're a immature idiot wondering why the hell she is with you or ever marri you what I'm asking you to think about is the bigger picture here and the bigger picture in this case is the absolute obscenity of any man especially

03:11 a [ __ ] baseball player getting $700 million to play baseball for 10 years I want you to try really hard to listen and think about what I'm saying here regardless of the sport it still boils down to the same thing grown men playing a [ __ ] game and the masses of dumb [ __ ] around and sitting and paying for the privilege of watching them play it's a win-win situation for the players and a lose lose situation for you you lose your time and money and sometimes even more and I want you to understand I'm not trying to make you

03:59 feel bad bad I'm wanting you to feel bad because the truth of the matter is if you engage in this infantile and idiotic [ __ ] you are a loser of such Epic Proportions that it's a miracle if any woman would have anything to do with you let alone sleep with you I can think of only one man one man who would be deserving of 700 million for anything Jesus Christ think about it here's a guy that didn't get drunk paint his whole body in War colors for his team and blow a small fortune on an idiotic ritual when the families could

04:49 otherwise really use the money for much more practical things like paying the damn bills of course the thing is unlike any game be it football baseball or whatever Jesus supposedly went around doing good things you know healing lepers giving sight to the blind raising the dead you know that kind of [ __ ] the point is he did very practical things to help people and whether the story is true or not is beside the point as the purpose of a person's EX existence is not to be a self-absorbed narcissistic idiot but to

05:36 be a reasonable and rational adult the other cool thing about Jesus was that he did everything he did and then ask for a penny and as I said whether the story about the Deeds of Jesus are allegorical or not absolutely no man no grown [ __ ] man I don't give a [ __ ] how good good he is at anything should get $700 million to play a game it's an insult to society and speaking of society let me also add this if you can step out of your self-induced sports obset obsessed psychosis for just one damn moment

06:24 consider this the real winners of the entire Pro Sports scam are the owners yes even the average players make obscene amounts of money okay but the real winners are the owners not just the team owners but the facilities the coaches and the marketeers forget about the concessionaires the hot dog and beer monkeys they you know relatively speaking they don't make [ __ ] this modernday glad torial breaden circuses primarily caters also to the desires of the rich the stars and celebrities who get those exclusive box

07:11 seats that not only get much better food and drink options but the opportunity to hobnob with some of the players after the game and you can bet your ass they have some really great after game parties as well players are encouraged to do this now I'm not saying that all players you know do this all the time but many of them do it's simply the accepted politics of being a member of the organization so at the end of the day everything that I've said to you is the very reason why I haven't followed

07:54 professional sports for 40 years to a greater or lesser extent it's just like everything else that corporate capitalism touches whether it be Sports entertainment or the music industry with very few exceptions it destroys everything that it eventually takes over and I can absolutely tell you this with a certain degree of authority as I used to be involved in the music and entertainment industry in a sense you can kind of compare it to a lottery you always hear about the big Winners who are just a few but in order

08:37 for that to happen you've got to have a hell of a lot of losers and they of course are all silent so instead of turning on the big game do something with the family and if you don't have family or kids do something with your friends and maybe after that get a bottle of Ripple and make love because it's not pro sports but it's definitely Pro relationship yeah baby I know you've heard this a million times but if you found this interesting or informative I would really appreciate it if you would hit the Subscribe and

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