Commenter Rocket checks in with an interesting concept. We'd tell you more, but, in typical fashion, Rocket already has plenty to say. Rocket?

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I am no longer watching ESPN.

It started somewhat inadvertently and my reasons for continuing my boycott are somewhat unclear even to me right now, but I am currently refusing to watch ESPN. It really all began after the NFC Championship game, when I knew the channel would be lousy with Saints reverence, should-they-have-tried-to-go-undefeated, Colts blather, and Favre retirement speculation. I knew I wouldn't be able to stand it so I purposely ignored ESPN, not just in the two weeks before the Super Bowl but also a for a week after so as not to catch any of the residual detritus. However, that period of time is over and I still find myself not watching ESPN.

I suppose there are a few reasons why I continue to actively avoiding the World Wide Leader (this includes espn.com, by the way). First, I really have grown tired of the over-importance that the channel places on sports and itself. After all, how many times have each of us participated in complaining about ESPN and its alleged biased coverage and cloying love of all things Red Sox, Cowboys, Yankees, Favre, etc.
Well, I finally did something about it. Second, I watched too much ESPN in the first place. For years (decades?) it has been my default channel. Perhaps we all watch a little too much TV anyway, and for me it was too easy to flip the TV on and leave it at whatever ESPN was showing. Third, I suppose I'm doing it as a personal challenge. How long can a go without ESPN? It has been easy thus far with the Winter Olympics. But what is going to happen without a saturation of sports on other channels? Can I avoid ESPN - or maybe television altogether - once there is no more Olympic hockey? It is, admittedly, not a complete ban. I did watch Gophers hoops the two times they were on one of the ESPNs and I'm not going to punish myself by not watching the channel when one of my favorite teams is playing a game that is being televised by one of the stations. Nor am I going to run out of a public venue should ESPN be on in some corner of the room. But I am curious to see just how long I can go without actively seeking out an ESPN outlet.

So, my questions to my fellow RandBallaholics are thus: Is my avoidance of ESPN as dumb as when Stu once again attempts to eat a box of rocks, or is it as refreshing as those three times a year when Stu actually bathes? Also, how long could you go without watching ESPN? I await with bated breath for your insightful comments.