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E, DanielLeon, I tend to look at it the other way than Barry S.
If a thread is interesting, is getting alot of response, then those are the threads I wish weren't hijacked quite so much - often there's still meat on the bones to be had......while some of the more seasoned and knowledgable voices may already have been heard and feel the questions answered, hearing a multitude of opinions is the way to truly learn something new, something you hadn't heard framed quite that way before..
But an OT, posted as such, doens't faze me at all and makes it super easy to read if i'm interested or not.
I think banning political/religious/familal reference discussion is fine, but as most who join in on the board are huge sports fans - not just baseball and baseball cards, then the odd thread on current day sporting issues is pretty natural fodder.
If you want the board to be about friendships as much as baseball cards, as you have often quoted, then friendly banter about OT sporting topics would seem a fit.
JMO
Daniel