Grown men and their fanaticism with professional sports

in politics •  6 years ago 

I may offend some people here. Many may agree with me. This is a subject that I have been wanting to discuss out in the open for quite some time:

What is it with this obsession that grown men have with worshipping professional sports players, teams and entertainers in general?

Take a look at the photo below. If you are of rationale mind, is this not disturbing?

crazysportsfan.jpg

Characteristics of many of these fanatics:

  • Woefully out of shape.
  • Propensity to bow, or adhere to all aspects of the State.
  • Many of their wives order them around.
  • Lacking in faith.
  • No self respect.
  • Sheeple (brainless).

Yes, people have the freedom to spend their money on whatever they choose, but professional sports IMO is a blatant distraction to keep much of the population from focusing on what really matters. It allows the corrupt to remain corrupt and siphon off more of our tax dollars. It's a bread and circus scheme. When I was a kid, I did kid things. But when will people grow up?

Some steps one can take to overcome the madness of this crowd and the "big game":

  • Go camping.
  • Go for a run.
  • Read an interesting book.
  • Cancel your cable.
  • Take your family to a museum.
  • Take your kids to the gun range.
  • Teach your kids how to change the oil on a vehicle.
  • Start a new business with passive income.

I will speak more in depth on this subject in the future.

Till next time kids..

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I would certainly say for some people this is true. They take sports too seriously, spend too much money and time fantasizing and analyzing the sport/athletes. I enjoy sports because it is entertainment. I also like playing the sports i watch and enjoy the competitive nature and comroderty. That translates when I watch the best play of tv. Some of the emotion transfers over. Tribalism also plays a role, but I agree people need to be more balanced in their lives. So much more then just sports.Thanks for the opinion. Also may I suggest a post where you introduce yourself?

You make great points.

Roger that on an introduction.

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