Exaggerated/Overplayed Narratives in Sports

[Mike18jj]

The top 5 or 10 lists are stupid, because majority of people got the same exact people and it proves nothing, just to get people to talk.

 

[Hoodoo Child]

"So and so is going to the Shanghai Sharks"

 

[b. woods]

The top 5 or 10 lists are stupid, because majority of people got the same exact people and it proves nothing, just to get people to talk.

 

[Rekkapryde]

When a big name player joins a team in New York or the possibility of him playing there is being discussed, the "Can he handle the New York media?" talking points come right away.

Every time.

Used to be a thing but not anymore with the rise of social media.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

The top 5 or 10 lists are stupid, because majority of people got the same exact people and it proves nothing, just to get people to talk.

With all the time and effort spent on this topic the phuckers could of built a time machine instead so we could actually get to the bottom of it all.

 

[Kingcobrakai]

Jordan as undisputed GOAT

People love to pretend Wilt was a fictional character like Bugs Bunny or some sh*t. That man really happened.

I’ve seen Bugs hoop twice against overwhelming odds and win. Plus, strike out 3 batters with one pitch. Wilt didn’t compete on that level in multiple sports.

I got
1) Jesse Owens
2) Bo Jackson
3) Bugs
4) Jim Thorpe

 

[duckbutta]

Will team who never won shyt put it all together and win it all this year?

Will player who has had two bad years turn it all around this year?

Is coach with 3 years left on his contract on the hot seat?

Post a picture of 10 great players, say you only got room for 5, who you got ?

Which era of insert sport here was the best? Spoiler alert everyone says the era they watched is the best and the era they didn't is the worst.

 

[JUSTIN HERBERT]

Are the eagles a shoe in (even tho recent history says no and they lost a lot of their defense and changed coordinators and have the toughest schedule in the league and injuries happen )

 

[ChatGPT-5]

Stats for every fukking thing.

 

[Remote]

Winning and losing being reduced to personal character traits or character flaws.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

A player being cold from the field and just "needing to see the ball go through the hoop"

Yeah, he can see that. Just pass me the fukkin' ball. Don't shoot the rest of the game

 

[Windows 91]

The way they hype up Madison Square Garden like it's this sacred cathedral of basketball.

"Oh, so-and-so dropped 50 pts...and he did it at the Garden!!"
"So-and-so, what's it like playing at the Garden for the first time?!"

People been blowing out the Knicks at MSG for years now, that don't mean shyt to anybody

 

[RammerJammer]

“Alabama is gonna go back to being a bottom tier SEC team after Saban retires”

 

[Robbo]

The hyper competitive athlete that would want to kill you, even in a game of checkers

 

[b. woods]

A player being cold from the field and just "needing to see the ball go through the hoop"

Yeah, he can see that. Just pass me the fukkin' ball. Don't shoot the rest of the game

What about narratives centered around players who disregard team instructions and run their own shyt?