I’ve never subscribed to the notion that if one is doing something less than desirable (i.e. bitul zman blogging), than the other less than desirable thing (having a sports thread bitul zman) is then ok.
I assume there are those that come to this site for an investment of time to connect with other yidden on a kosher website–to get the news they need to in a kosher forum (without the disgusting advertisements, commercials etc.), and not to be osek in bitul zman.
To have a sports thread, which has some representation of people in this world who are not worthy of our admiration to say the least, I think is beneath the calibur of this website and I strongly plead that it not become a thread in this CR.