Reply #6: Times have changed... [View All]

[KansDem]

When I was growing up, I played sports (1960s) and watched it on TeeVee. The rule among networks then was, when a fight broke out on the field of a televised event, usually a baseball game involving a "bench-clearing disagreement," the camera(s) would pan elsewhere in the park until the melee was over. The idea was that the row was "unsportsmanlike," and to show it would be to condone it.

Not any more. Now, not only do we get to see the donnybrook, we get to see it over and over thanks to instant replay.

Oh, well..."that's entertainment!"