Football in the fall. Basketball in the winter. Baseball in the spring and summer. This pastor has been an avid sports fan all his life. But I've had it! I quit this sports business once and for all. You can't get me near one of those places again. Want to know why...

• Every time I went, they asked me for money.
• The people with whom I had to sit didn't seem very friendly.
• The seats were too hard and not at all comfortable.
• I went to many games, but the coach never came to call on me.
• The referee made a decision with which I could not agree.
• I suspected that I was sitting with some hypocrites; they came to see their friends and what others were wearing rather than to see the game.
• Some games went into overtime, and I was late getting home.
• The band played some numbers that I had never heard before.
• It seems that the games are scheduled when I want to do other things.
• I was taken to too many games by my parents when I was growing up.
• I don't want to take my children to any games, because I want them to choose for themselves what sport they like best.