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I think I'm through following all professional sports. It's a diversion for small minds, a waste of time, a cause of meaningless chest thumping that does not advance the cause of art, science, or anything else of importance.
Come on. It is the day after. You have to enjoy sports for what it is.
I began following NFL football back in 1971 when I lived in Maryland, and became a rabid Redskins fan. Completely eaten up with it, and not in a healthy way. When I was in the USN, I would pace for hours outside the communications shack on the ship, waiting for the Sunday scores. I would go up and down the dial on the radio at sea, looking for some snippet of anything that mentioned the NFL.
I finally stopped watching completely, because it wasn’t healthy, and I could see it. I began watching again about 16 years ago, and it is fine. I accept it for what it is, a game.
It is just a game, as you implied. But that doesn’t mean you cannot have fun with it and enjoy it. I am a New England Patriots fan...because I live up here. If any fan base had an excuse to jump enmasse off of a bridge, it was Patriot’s Nation on February 4, 2008.
But you know what? The better team won that night. The NY Giants didn’t have the flashy statistics. They didn’t have the touted personnel. They didn’t have the immediate history. But on that night, the NY Giants, the underdog, the 14 point underdog, had the desire and the will to win.
And I have no problem with facing that. It didn’t make the 2007 season, one in which I had season tickets, any less fun to go through. It was a blast. And when the Patriots lost, sure. I was pretty hammered that night. But I got up the next morning, put on my shoes and went back to life until the NFL preseason began a few months later. And I enjoyed the next season.
It is a game, you have to enjoy it.
And you shouldn’t have a problem with Vancouver losing to what is perceived as a less capable team, either.
It is a game. And in sports, the most talented team does not always win.
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