Comments on: 15 Sports That Require You To Be Filthy Rich (Or Dirt Poor) http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/2009/07/06/15-sports-that-require-you-to-be-filthy-rich-or-dirt-poor/ live. love. snark. save. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: QB http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/2009/07/06/15-sports-that-require-you-to-be-filthy-rich-or-dirt-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-549 QB Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:23:27 +0000 http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/?p=2049#comment-549 I think I would have put distance running (5Ks, 10Ks, half-marathons, etc.) as a middle class substitute for cycling! The same type of people do it, but runners spend a lot less money. Even if you spring for things like the Garmin Forerunner, you have a long way to go before you spend as much as a cyclist would just on their bike, and never mind the matching outfits and water bottles and tire colors that all have to match (I am serious- cyclists are VAIN!! Especially the men.). Also, I would suggest swimming as another middle class sporting alternative for crew, especially for the kiddies, who might not be down with doing ergs at the gym. I think I would have put distance running (5Ks, 10Ks, half-marathons, etc.) as a middle class substitute for cycling! The same type of people do it, but runners spend a lot less money. Even if you spring for things like the Garmin Forerunner, you have a long way to go before you spend as much as a cyclist would just on their bike, and never mind the matching outfits and water bottles and tire colors that all have to match (I am serious- cyclists are VAIN!! Especially the men.).

Also, I would suggest swimming as another middle class sporting alternative for crew, especially for the kiddies, who might not be down with doing ergs at the gym.

]]> By: eliz http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/2009/07/06/15-sports-that-require-you-to-be-filthy-rich-or-dirt-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-539 eliz Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:04:22 +0000 http://www.abdpbt.com/personalfinance/?p=2049#comment-539 I was thinking about the intersection of WASPy sports, race and class this weekend as the Williams sisters battled it out on Wimbledon's center court (or, more properly, <i>centre</i> court) and Tiger won another golf match (championship? game? meetup? clambake?) – all three had fathers who completely disregarded the culturally enforced restrictions on the participation of blacks. And can you imagine those sports without these three? (I happen to believe <i>fashion</i> will survive without the interference of the Williams sisters, but what they've done for tennis cannot be underestimated.) And then the men's tennis finals featured two of the whitest guys ever – one of whom is Swiss, for god's sake – which underscores your point, I guess, that excelling at these sports will always come easier to the upper-middle-class. I have friends who sail. They are the most brutally competitive men you will ever meet and all they do is bitch about how expensive sailing is. "Like standing in a cold shower as you tear up $100 bills." OK. Then quit. But noooo. Never. I was thinking about the intersection of WASPy sports, race and class this weekend as the Williams sisters battled it out on Wimbledon’s center court (or, more properly, centre court) and Tiger won another golf match (championship? game? meetup? clambake?) – all three had fathers who completely disregarded the culturally enforced restrictions on the participation of blacks. And can you imagine those sports without these three? (I happen to believe fashion will survive without the interference of the Williams sisters, but what they’ve done for tennis cannot be underestimated.) And then the men’s tennis finals featured two of the whitest guys ever – one of whom is Swiss, for god’s sake – which underscores your point, I guess, that excelling at these sports will always come easier to the upper-middle-class.

I have friends who sail. They are the most brutally competitive men you will ever meet and all they do is bitch about how expensive sailing is. “Like standing in a cold shower as you tear up $100 bills.” OK. Then quit. But noooo. Never.

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