Regarding Marianna's plaintive plea, as the originator of this thread, that her original inquiry not go unrequordled:

Our sports digression seems to have ended, but our digression concerning the propriety-of-digressions continues in full fury.

Bingley had the answer: Might I suggest that, after two or three posts on one of these contentious topics arising from a digression, whoever wishes to continue it simply start a new thread with a note on the old one saying a new one has been started. But no one seems to have yet pulled the trigger to implemented this.

Per Bingley's good sense, there's now a new thread started, under Info and Announcements, titled Digressions.

S'all right?