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evilbobthebob:
--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 30 Sep 2009, 21:44 --- I still haven't found anybody to discuss F1 or Moto GP with yet.
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Er...If I say I like F1, and that I could probably discuss it, are we going to have to make another thread :-D
öde:
--- Quote from: Tommydski ---Actually this is a common error. Spectators are the team. Everybody else involved with the team is transitory. Football teams regularly change hands, managers, coaching staff, players and sponsors. The fans are always the fans. Everybody at the club works for the fans. The players of Leeds United are playing for my team and indirectly I pay their wages.
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Perhaps more directly you pay for the armed forces and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, are you as enthusiastic about that team too? I see your point though but it seems about as valid as me saying "we played some great music tonight" when seeing a band I like (and support).
Also, why does everyone have to pick a team? I know people that enjoy football whoever's playing, but they always have "their" team.
KharBevNor:
Everyone has to pick a team because sports unite people!
Wait.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: öde on 01 Oct 2009, 03:56 ---Perhaps more directly you pay for the armed forces and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, are you as enthusiastic about that team too? I see your point though but it seems about as valid as me saying "we played some great music tonight" when seeing a band I like (and support).
Also, why does everyone have to pick a team? I know people that enjoy football whoever's playing, but they always have "their" team.
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I've heard a lot of people talk about their shame over what "our" troops are doing in the Middle East. Similarly, people aren't always happy with the decisions made by their club or the performance of their team. Most bands don't make any suggestion that the audience is part of the people making music, whereas it's very different with football. You'll rarely see a football match where the commentators won't talk about the crowd's effect on the match. Watching Ipswich lose to Newcastle on the TV recently they were talking about the level of support of the Ipswich fans, how they were urging the players to take chances but Ipswich were nevertheless unable to build on this psychological base.
People like to be part of a group, a community, and it also makes matches more exciting if you care about the outcome. Most of the time it's due to identification with family history, geographical location or national identity.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 01 Oct 2009, 05:06 ---People like to be part of a group, a community,
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And to hate people from other communities.
Yay it's all so cuddly and fun!
I wish I'd just derailed the goddamn sports thread now.
Thing I don't get is how it is even enjoyable to watch sports. It's just so fucking dumb. "OH LOOK ONE MAN IS KICKING THE BALL TO ANOTHER MAN" *sexwee*
"OH LOOK AT THE CARS GO ROUND IN A PRETTY CIRCLE VROOM VROOM VROOM"
"LISTEN TO THE TENNIS LADIES GRUNT!!!"
It's just so utterly without anything to excite the thinking human mind!
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