I’m on vacation until January 7, so I have some guest posts lined up. Today, I’m featuring Rick from Halftime Adjustments

First a thanks to JSB for the invite. If you are a Halftime Adjustments reader, then you know that my primary interests in sports are the Cleveland pro franchises, and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Aside from fantasy football, I usually don’t have much time to watch or follow many other teams or sports. I recently moved into an area however, that has a huge NASCAR fan base. I can’t tell you how nauseated that makes me.

Like most people, I have a few pet peeves. Two of mine are traffic and crowds, and as such I can’t stomach the idea of paying to sit in a huge crowd and watch a traffic jam. Seriously. I am not impressed. Do I think that there is great skill involved in driving a race car? Sure. It takes great reflexes, yada yada. But no way do I think that these drivers are athletes. Could some of them be athletic…of course, but it takes no special athletic prowess to drive fast and turn left. I do it all the time.And as for the fans, why not save your cash, get drunk at home, and watch the race on TV? By the way, I had to laugh at the fans who painted a number 8 on their trucks, and now have to figure out how to turn it into a different style 88. Awesome. And another thing, can we get the Dale Sr. flying angel 3’s off all vehicles now? That would be great. So the question is, after spending a significant amount of time in ‘NASCAR land’ will I be transformed somehow? Um, no. I don’t think so. Thanks for playing. And thanks to JSB for the chance to rant.- rick

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