Sports fandom has several layers for most people. A big portion of people couldn’t care less no matter what, some people are psycho fans that get buried in caskets of their favorite teams. I read about a guy who was such a big Steelers fan, he had his body placed in his favorite chair for the viewing when he died with Steelers Super Bowl tapes playing on a TV. I would like to do something like this, but have a tape of me yelling “What are you looking at, dickhead?” over and over.
America’s favorite sport is football. It was baseball, but there’s not enough hitting and people can’t pay attention for more than seven seconds, so football is perfect. Even better, there’s only one game a week. Try following basketball, baseball or another sport once you have a kid.
Football means an excuse to drink at noon, the most passive betting system in America known as fantasy football, and legions of fans telling their friends how much better of a GM or coach (or player) they are than the guys on TV. It’s cookouts, beers and fat guys wearing jerseys to weddings. Welcome back, old pal.