10 Most Cathartic Sports to Quit Mid-Game in Honor of De’Vondre Campbell

San Francisco 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell honored everyone who thinks quitting in the middle of a game is one of life’s most cathartic blessings.

Campbell committed the “unforgivable sin” of leaving his team in the middle of a rainy game in Santa Clara, which gives us the impression that he is showing common sense and is tired of playing for a bad football team. Quitting smoking should be more normalized. It’s fun. It’s purifying. It’s sport personified. Take your ball and go home; that’s the glory of competition when it goes wrong.

As fans of the idea of quitting while the odds are good, we’ve come up with 10 sports where throwing it all in before the end is part of the fun. Over to you, Campbell. Your coaches and teammates may not be thrilled with you right now, but we think you’re a great quitter.

If you notice football and basketball aren’t on this list, it’s because stopping playing those sports isn’t cathartic at all…unless it’s your ball and you bring it back at home. We treat Campbell like a bad guy?! It’s raining cold! They really don’t pay this poor guy enough to go out and play in the elements.

10. Tennis

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Tennis is designed to quit. You can really immerse yourself in the theatrics of expressing a lifetime of rage on your tennis racket in front of millions of people watching in the stands and at home.

9. Javelin

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Look, do you want to be around a disgruntled javelin thrower who no longer cares where the javelin goes? We don’t think so. Just for the power trip, stopping the javelin has its advantages!

8. Baseball

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Do you want to stop during baseball? You can do it in a blaze of glory. Smash your bat, destroy your dugout, yell at an umpire who approaches his MLB boarding house like he insulted your grandmother.

7. Hockey

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Hockey is a game in which adult men stop playing all the time to beat an opponent and sit through a timeout until it is time to play again. Stopping during a hockey game is very easy and a lot of fun.

6. NASCAR

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Want to quit during a NASCAR race? You simply decide to give up driving and turn the race track into a frenzied pinball fireworks display. The sight of the cosmetic wreckage alone is worth it. Just make sure you treat it more like bumper cars and not like a Mad Max: Road to Fury war platform.

5. MMA

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If you get angry during an MMA match, you can simply leave the octagon and whale to an unsuspecting person in the crowd. They came to fight, bring it to them! You will win this round.

4. Board/card games

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There are few greater acts of catharsis in this world than flipping a table and sending game boards, pieces and cards flying through the air in a fit of anger. For a brief second, you are a god.

3. Video games

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Video games to stop rage: an American pastime. Pulling the cord, shouting curse words, throwing the controller at the TV, and pondering the meaning of life while you drink Mountain Drew in your basement on a rainy Saturday afternoon is what it’s all about.

2. Rowing

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Oh yes, rowing is second on this list. Jumping defiantly into the water in the middle of a river sprint is the definition of freedom. There is no way to save the crew. You spat in the eyes of sport.

1. Golf

Happy Gilmore proved it. Bringing a break-stuff mentality to the gentleman’s game is the greatest catharsis in all of sport. Throw your golf clubs, shout at the ball, hit your famous golf partner. Break the decorum of the country club and create a little anarchy. It’s beautiful.