On every single forum i've been, no matter if it was Sports related or not, there was a thread like this one.
Usually the Good Old Days Syndrome is the main reason for opening such topics, but with the number of members growing, the quality posts are getting lost between the oneliners, which gives you an impression there are not so many quality posts anymore, and it's not true actually.
Good moderating will solve this problem, but in such big forums, such as juventuz.com, it's next to impossibile to get rid of all the "useless" posts.