Author Topic: Sports (Read 534 times)

Marlelar · « **on:** April 10, 2014, 12:03:54 AM »

What I do not understand is why anyone, man or woman, would want to WATCH others play a game.

I understand watching your husband or kids play ball, but what enjoyment is there in watching strangers on tv play games? You don't them, why do you care what they do?

I mean no offense, I genuinely do not understand spectator sports.

Marsha

Napoli · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2014, 12:13:09 AM »

Entertainment? I don't watch sports but I assume that's the reason. If I have time I hunt or fish.

Graham · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2014, 06:41:18 AM »

The reason I watch the occasional soccer match is that having played it as a teen I have an attachment to it, and I enjoy seeing it played skillfully by well-trained athletes, like I enjoy watching anything done skillfully. I don't think that's outlandish or difficult to understand, though women may not relate to it as much as men.

What I find difficult to understand is the fixation on pro sports to the point of some men watching hours a week, paying princely sums to see live games, knowing all the statistics, and having little else to talk about.

Mithrandylan · « **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2014, 08:10:02 AM »

Quote from: Graham

The reason I watch the occasional soccer match is that having played it as a teen I have an attachment to it, and I enjoy seeing it played skillfully by well-trained athletes, like I enjoy watching anything done skillfully. I don't think that's outlandish or difficult to understand, though women may not relate to it as much as men.

What I find difficult to understand is the fixation on pro sports to the point of some men watching hours a week, paying princely sums to see live games, knowing all the statistics, and having little else to talk about.

Replacement religion. Find what someone spends most of their free-time doing, you'll find what their religion is. For a lot of men it's sports. Think of stat books and websites as a sports Denzinger. The money spent on tickets, pay per view or special cable packages as the gas money to get to a Latin mass a hundred or more miles away.

Cheetah · « **Reply #4 on:** April 15, 2014, 02:16:42 PM »

In my part of the world, support for professional sports teams forms an integral part of the identity of many people. Complete strangers share a common bond through this. For me it was an emotional attachment originally induced at a young age. The Sisters of my grammar school even had us offer prayers for success of the local baseball team. It didn't work out too well then - however, prayers were finally answered in 2004, 2007, and 2013.

Thank-you for the excellent topic which found a home for my first post ever at cathinfo!