(September 10, 2016 at 7:45 pm)Little lunch Wrote: I've never understood why people like football, or most sports for that matter.
I understand that everyone has different tastes in the form of entertainment.
Maybe I can glimpse the excitement of competing against other people, being fit and the glory of winning against other opponents.
But what is in it for the crowd in the stadium or the people watching from home?
Is it how well you know the rules, players and speculation of who will win?
How do you pick which side you're cheering for?
What does that side have to do with you?
I'm not judging, by the way.
I wish I liked sport if nothing but for the inclusion.
I just can't get the point.
I used to not get that either, until I started watching esports of the game I used to play a lot.
I can tell you what it's about. You do something yourself and there are people who do it far better than you and are payed to do it. They also compete against other such people/whole teams. You don't generally choose your preference, it's either something you inherit from friends or family or you just like one team's style of playing the best. And then when they play and they win you get this rush. It's like they're winning for you. I actually read a book where a study was mentioned. They checked how people talk about their favorite teams when they lost or won. When they lost, they referred to them as distantly as possible, not wanting to have to do anything with them. When they won, they talked about them with the pronoun "we". "We won that game."
