Do people take sport too seriously?

SugarHigh

Just watching the reaction to the meath game where a Louth supporter was so upset by a referees decision he actually tried to assault him.:eek:

If your life is **** that the result of a match has that much of an effect on you then I think you need to sort yourself out. Same for people who cry when their favourite team loses

I've always thought of them as people who don't have their own achievements to be proud of so they cling to sport stars to somehow leech off their glory, they seek identities through the objects of their adulation.

orourkeda

Some refs deserve a slap

Hogzy

SugarHigh wrote: »

Just watching the reaction to the meath game where a Louth supporter was so upset by a referees decision he actually tried to assault him.:eek:

If your life is **** that the result of a match has that much of an effect on you then I think you need to sort yourself out. Same for people who cry when their favourite team loses

I've always thought of them as people who don't have their own achievements to be proud of so they cling to sport stars to somehow leech off their glory, they seek identities through the objects of their adulation.

Jesus clearly your not passionate about anything anyways:rolleyes:

DerekDGoldfish

SugarHigh wrote: »

Just watching the reaction to the meath game where a Louth supporter was so upset by a referees decision he actually tried to assault him.:eek:

If your life is **** that the result of a match has that much of an effect on you then I think you need to sort yourself out. Same for people who cry when their favourite team loses

I've always thought of them as people who don't have their own achievements to be proud of so they cling to sport stars to somehow leech off their glory.

Some people even cry or feel sad when a carticter dies in a movie or tv show.

What kind of patetic people are they having an emotional responce to somehting they feel passionatly about ...oh yeah they are human

get over it OP

CreepingDeath

Sport is for the working class alright.

Nemanja91

No, it's the people who dnt like sport just don't understand how serious sport is, I don't know if that makes sense

ejmaztec

I couldn't give a sh1t about sport of any description, but I sometimes have to pretend to be interested so's I don't get strung up by psychotic tribes-people.

Some do.. My brother's mood for the week used to be decided entirely by Liverpool.

SugarHigh

Hogzy wrote: »

Jesus clearly your not passionate about anything anyways:rolleyes:

I'm passionate about things I play a part in like my family, my career and my hobbies. I do enjoy sports but it doesn't have an affect on my life because it's just entertainment to me.

orourkeda

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Sport is for the working class alright.

Dont worry, there are plenty of prawn sandwich making facilities for you and your upper class friends

tommyhaas

Theres always going to be people who take things to the extreme, but in general there's nothing wrong with being passionate about a sport.

On the flip side too, theres always gona be people who were useless at sports while in school, didnt really fit in and hence feel the need to slate those that did...

CreepingDeath

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Sport is for the working class alright.

People are working in this country?

Where?

Hogzy

SugarHigh wrote: »

I'm passionate about things I play a part in like my family, my career and my hobbies. I do enjoy sports but it doesn't have an affect on my life because it's just entertainment to me.

Yeah to you. But its entertaining to the majoirty...
So your the one who's odd :P

SugarHigh

DerekDGoldfish wrote: »

Some people even cry or feel sad when a carticter dies in a movie or tv show.

What kind of patetic people are they having an emotional responce to somehting they feel passionatly about ...oh yeah they are human

get over it OP

But it's what they are having an emotional response to that I find strange. When people are moved by a film they don't carry it around with them for weeks and hold grudges against people the way sports fans do.

SugarHigh

Nemanja91 wrote: »

No, it's the people who dnt like sport just don't understand how serious sport is, I don't know if that makes sense

Then explain to me why it is so serious and not just a game.

Superbus

Twice I have been jumping around the place in excitement due to sport (the Ireland Grand Slam match against Wales, and the last race of the 2008 F1 season), and many times I've been emotionally affected. And that is not an indictment on my personality, I am emotionally invested in Irish rugby as I go to most home games and I spent a proportion of every day discussing Formula One. Better to be passionate about something than not I suppose.

Then again, I wouldn't be so passionate as to attack a referee. That's just misplace passion.

tommyhaas

tommyhaas wrote: »

On the flip side too, theres always gona be people who were useless at sports while in school, didnt really fit in and hence feel the need to slate those that did...

That's different to being a supporter though.

SugarHigh

tommyhaas wrote: »

Theres always going to be people who take things to the extreme, but in general there's nothing wrong with being passionate about a sport.

On the flip side too, theres always gona be people who were useless at sports while in school, didnt really fit in and hence feel the need to slate those that did...

Who is slating people who are good at sports?

SugarHigh

Hogzy wrote: »

Yeah to you. But its entertaining to the majoirty...
So your the one who's odd :P

Your post makes no sense. I say it's entertaining to me and then you say I'm odd because it's entertaining to the majority.

Hogzy

SugarHigh wrote: »

Your post makes no sense. I say it's entertaining to me and then you say I'm odd because it's entertaining to the majority.

You said sports isnt entertaining to you. I said "but its entertaining to the majority"

Mint Sauce

Bill Shankly put it well,

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that"".

tommyhaas

SugarHigh wrote: »

Who is slating people who are good at sports?

Im refering to the gothy sort a crowds,you know the sort, who'v no time sport etc, and less for those that do

bonerm

Some people take sport too seriously. If I'm competing in anything (even FIFA on the PS3!) I definetly want to win but I don't lose the head if I lose and generally take it as an opportunity to learn from a failure.

When it comes to 3rd party invovlement (ie supporting) I generally do not care for supporting anyone and I find people who fall into the "we" mentality (as in "we" beat ManU last week, as tho sitting on a plastic seat or in a pub somewhere shouting at a TV for 90mins had any contribution to the outcome ) are a bit simple.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN1WN0YMWZU

plein de force

tommyhaas wrote: »

Theres always going to be people who take things to the extreme, but in general there's nothing wrong with being passionate about a sport.

On the flip side too, theres always gona be people who were useless at sports while in school, didnt really fit in and hence feel the need to slate those that did...

being good at sport doesn't mean you fit in

Mal-Adjusted

Sport. Serious business. :mad:

SugarHigh

Hogzy wrote: »

You said sports isnt entertaining to you. I said "but its entertaining to the majority"

No I didn't.

SugarHigh

tommyhaas wrote: »

Im refering to the gothy sort a crowds,you know the sort, who'v no time sport etc, and less for those that do

:confused

HoPpiE

I wish more of my team mates would take it seriously.

sam34

SugarHigh wrote: »

I'm passionate about things I play a part in like my family, my career and my hobbies. I do enjoy sports but it doesn't have an affect on my life because it's just entertainment to me.

for many people in this country, the GAA is something they and their family are heavily involved in, and its a great hobby of theirs. hence the passion.

Chasing Dreams

There is absolutely nothing wrong with shedding a tear for something you feel passionately about.

Personally, I often get upset about my own football. However, I wouldn't really take it seriously if Liverpool lost (I'd have no tears left anyway :P).

Saying that though, I think assaulting a referee and the like is totally unacceptable. It's great to be passionate about something, but there must be a limit on how far you'll go.

GLaDOS

I'll scream my head off whenever I'm at a match. I've no problem saying I'm passionate, great way to blow off steam actually. Hard to beat the feeling of your team lifting the title after a hard fought season, it really is a unique joy, I do pity people who don't know it, but to each their own.

People who bring violence into the equation have their own problems, that sports just exasperate.

SugarHigh

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I'll scream my head off whenever I'm at a match. I've no problem saying I'm passionate, great way to blow off steam actually. Hard to beat the feeling of your team lifting the title after a hard fought season, it really is a unique joy, I do pity people who don't know it, but to each their own.

People who bring violence into the equation have their own problems, that sports just exasperate.

How about the achievement of achieving something for yourself?

GLaDOS

SugarHigh wrote: »

How about the achievement of achieving something for yourself?

As I said, it's a different type of joy, and competing at that level isn't possible for 90% of people.

SugarHigh

ScienceNerd wrote: »

As I said, it's a different type of joy, and competing at that level isn't possible for 90% of people.

There are achievements outside of sports you know.

Mint Sauce

i go through every emotion watching sport, be it the irish rugby team, the english soccer team (:mad:), liverpool FC. i scream, i curse, i cheer, i laugh and i cry. weather it be at the players, the ref, the managment.

its something that i do get passionate about

and i'll probably be doing the exact same tonight watching the WC final

following a side for over 20 years will eventually do that to you.

GLaDOS

SugarHigh wrote: »

There are achievements outside of sports you know.

I'm aware of that, I have achieved things myself in life. Football isn't the sole focus of my life, just something I enjoy thoroughly and is a huge part of my life.

sainttrap

Alot of people, be they players or fans but alot of time, effort and money into following a team. Due to this they are passionate about following that team and there would be something wrong with them if they were nt to be honest. These people come from all walks of life and often are very successful and achieve things in their lives. It would be silly to think otherwise.

The Big Easy

The use of the term we imo is perfectly acceptable when referring to the club you support. If you actually think about it anyone who has paid into a match or bought merchandising belonging to said club has contributed to that club. If for instance Liverpool or Manchester United had no supporters they would not be able to pay their players and thus would have no success what so ever for anyone to lay claim to. Also I do enjoy achieving things for myself also. Most successes are always better when shared with others.

SugarHigh

irish-stew wrote: »

i go through every emotion watching sport, be it the irish rugby team, the english soccer team (:mad:), liverpool FC. i scream, i curse, i cheer, i laugh and i cry. weather it be at the players, the ref, the managment.

its something that i do get passionate about

and i'll probably be doing the exact same tonight watching the WC final

following a side for over 20 years will eventually do that to you.

After 20 years it gets a bit like the "Ship of Theseus".

Pauleta

I must admit i sobbed my little heart out at the end of the last 2 Shelbourne seasons

Yakult

I AM A ROBOT, I FEEL NOTHING.

bleg

The piggary of the GAA

GLaDOS

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

Tbh

SugarHigh

The Big Easy wrote: »

The use of the term we imo is perfectly acceptable when referring to the club you support. If you actually think about it anyone who has paid into a match or bought merchandising belonging to said club has contributed to that club. If for instance Liverpool or Manchester United had no supporters they would not be able to pay their players and thus would have no success what so ever for anyone to lay claim to. Also I do enjoy achieving things for myself also. Most successes are always better when shared with others.

So did football not exist before people started paying €60 for ugly t-shirts?

SugarHigh

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Tbh

I guess that's the same justification people who like scat use:D

twinQuins

The defensiveness in this thread is very amusing.

Ruu_Old

It's real to me damn it! ;_;

sam34

SugarHigh wrote: »

How about the achievement of achieving something for yourself?

doing that and following a sporting team are not mutually exclusive

yogy

DerekDGoldfish wrote: »

Some people even cry or feel sad when a carticter dies in a movie or tv show.

What kind of patetic people are they having an emotional responce to somehting they feel passionatly about ...oh yeah they are human

get over it OP

Whats a carticter?

Mac Masters

I think you have to take it seriously to some level especially when you see millions of pounds or euros leaving your country, it's just economics like how serious do you reckon it will be that over 200 million pounds left Spain in Real transfers alone!

So it is serious business especially when some players are being payed more in a week then you will earn in 5 years! Now that's messed up!

As far as fans taking it too serious of course there is. But that comes with the game! It's all part of the atmosphere!

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Deleted User wrote: »

Some do.. My brother's mood for the week used to be decided entirely by Liverpool.

GIRL'S DIARY

March 21st 2010

Saw John in the evening and he was acting really strangely. I went shopping in the afternoon with the girls and I did turn up a bit late so I thought it might be that.

The bar was really crowded and loud so I suggested we go somewhere quieter to talk. He was still very subdued and distracted so I suggested we go somewhere nice to eat.

All through dinner he just didn't seem himself; he hardly laughed, and didn't seem to be paying any attention to me or to what I was saying. I just knew that something was wrong.

He dropped me back home and I wondered if he was going to come in; he hesitated, but followed. I asked him again if there was something the matter but he just half shook his head and turned the television on.

After about 10 minutes of silence, I said I was going upstairs to bed. I put my arms around him and told him that I loved him deeply. He just gave a sigh, and a sad sort of smile. He didn't follow me up, but later he did, and I was surprised when we made love.

He still seemed distant and a bit cold, and started to think that he was going to leave me, and that he had found someone else. I cried myself to sleep.

BOY'S DIARY

March 21st 2010

Liverpool lost to Utd 2-1. Got the ride though.