Should the NBA reduce to 60 games, MLB to 120 games & NFL to 14 games to help combat Global Warming?

Question

No one should be exempt from contributing & sacrificing to combat Global Warming. With that said, shouldn't professional sports do the same? I know that fans will dispute this and call me crazy or not a true fan but I am a huge sports fan. Furthermore, does it REALLY take 162 games to decide the best MLB team? Or, 82 games for an NBA team? How much pollution will be reduced from these simple & responsible actions by professional sports???? Heck, look at the airlines themselves, they are doing this as well.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_bi_ge/flying_slower

Answer 1

Obviously, there seems to be a lot of antagonism towards "environmentalism" and what not. First of all, none of these answers seem to back up their facts, sad opinions or misquotes.

I don't think they should curb games. I think that carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases emissions should be lowered when possible: the creation of better fuel-efficient cars, recycling when able to, greater incentives for companies to conserve, and other feasible methods. I don't find this a feasible method. Environmental health scientists are not trying to change lifestyles, we try to balance things, and state the status quo.

And, according to the IPCC, "Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations", a much more reliable source than the opinions of yahoo answer members.

Answer 2

you have to under stand those 162, 82 games are somewhat for the money.   Your not going to bulid a 1 billion doller staduim to only play 42 games or 120    thats how they pay off the new staduim for pay the players thier sallery

Answer 3

How bout we just do away with all racing sports except drag racing.  that would save do more than eliminating a football game.  Not only would 100,000 people not drive to the track but no fuel would be wasted while they drive in circles for 2+ hours.

Answer 4

Good idea.

Who wants to watch whiney multi-millionaire adults play childrens' games anyway?

Each sport should be limited to one game... one Super Bowl, one World Series, and so on.  Just draw the team names out of a hat.

On the other hand, we have to give people soemthing to do so they're not out riotng about food prices, so why not keep the band playing while the Titanic sinks?  What the heck, let them all play a game every night, all year long.

Answer 5

They should all get real jobs instead of getting paid millions for playing games.

Answer 6

Environmentalists like to use "facts" alot. Here's one: if not one person in the united states used any type of car, bus ect. starting now, It would have little to no impact on the environment.

Answer 7

Bad idea.  These are multi million dollar franchises that the free market allows to stay in business.  Not using a stadium for a few nights is not going to stop the natural cyclical weather changes the Earth goes through every 1,000 years.

Answer 8

While I understand the effect you are going for, I don't believe that you would have much success winning over believers in your goal.

There are other ways!

Answer 9

I think everyone would be grateful if the sports schedules were cut back.  Because of economic reasons, there is no natural check and balance on sports schedules.

So college football goes to 12 games in a season, plus bowl games.  College basketball has a "post season" tournament, before heading off to the NCAA tournament, or NIT.

Pro sports extend their playoffs until they might as well just put everyone in a bracket at the end of the year and let them have at it.

If you study economics, monopolies (gas companies and utilities are "natural monopolies", sports teams are "regulated monopolies") have a large sunk cost, and the incremental cost of expanding is minimal.

So after you build the arena, and hire athletes (both pro and college) ... the incremental cost of expanding the season is very little compared to the pay-off.

Hence these things continue to grow like blue whales.