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Why are sports taken so seriously?

EdenHazard · 2013-07-26 19:07:57

In football the media and fans make it seem like what happens in football is the be all and end all. I read an interview in one of the newspapers with David Moyes(new manager of Man United) and you'd think by the tone being used in the interview Moyes was a a political figure of great significance. Reality is its just a…

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In football the media and fans make it seem like what happens in football is the be all and end all. I read an interview in one of the newspapers with David Moyes(new manager of Man United) and you'd think by the tone being used in the interview Moyes was a a political figure of great significance. Reality is its just a sport, it really matters little, except to the rich owners who hope to make money from it. I love football but its a hobby, nothing more. I actually cringe at people who make it seem like it matters.

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#2 26-07-2013 7:09pm

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Your username is also a footballer's name isn't it?

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#3 26-07-2013 7:13pm

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I have a big interest in football, but when I heard people saying that they cried when Ferguson retired I couldn't help but cringe.

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#4 26-07-2013 7:13pm

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Coronation Street for men!

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#5 26-07-2013 7:16pm

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Put this in the soccer forum, g'wan I dare you! They'll love it. Put quotes in from the United talk thread as well to show how supporters are also taking it too far...

I do agree though, some people are ridiculous.

A guy in work was nearly brought to tears because someone mocked Liverpool. He proceeded to show all his tattoo's he had of the crest and such before leaving the table because there were United fans there...his voice was weakening and everything

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#6 26-07-2013 7:19pm

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KKkitty wrote: »

Your username is also a footballer's name isn't it?

I'm not some loser who doesn't like football, I love football but its the sport I love, not the attempts to make it seem more important than it really is. Pro football can be summed up by my attitude as a kid. I didn't want to be a footballer because I loved the sport, I wanted to be a footballer for the fame and riches, the sport is the same whether its in the bernabeau or playing heads and volleys with my mates

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#7 26-07-2013 7:19pm

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Its Daily Mail over sensationalised rubbish of a mostly so called "Premier League" whereby suckers subscribe to watch the cream of Accrington Stanley playing Preston North End.

However, if they covered real footballers who actually have skill just like the Brazilians and Argies, now that is news worth watching and listening to!

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#8 26-07-2013 7:20pm

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Because humans are easily amused/distracted.

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#9 26-07-2013 7:21pm

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Why are movies taken so seriously?

Why is music taken so seriously?

Why is art taken so seriously?

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#10 26-07-2013 7:22pm

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Watching/playing sport? Great.

Endlessly yapping on about sport? Get a life.

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#11 26-07-2013 7:23pm

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Keno 92 wrote: »

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Why is art taken so seriously?

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#12 26-07-2013 7:25pm

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#13 26-07-2013 7:26pm

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RayM wrote: »

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#14 26-07-2013 7:27pm

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Vito Corleone wrote: »

I have a big interest in football, but when I heard people saying that they cried when Ferguson retired I couldn't help but cringe.

It's not any different than someone being sad or upset when their favourite musician passes away.

But nobody gives a shít about people who are really into music or art or any other hobby. But when it's sports, they do. I suppose I'd understand, if I wasn't a sports fan it would be annoying to always have sports thrown down your neck - always on the news, in the pub, people talking about it etc.

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#15 26-07-2013 7:28pm

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Why is anything taken so seriously?

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#16 26-07-2013 7:29pm

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Football is all that a very good friend of mine ever talked about.. up until recently enough I was a fairly avid follower of the sport but I just gave up on it due to the fact that I couldn't handle discussing it any more.

The fact is it's not 'just a sport' though... even for those actually playing the game it's not just a sport. I still like watching games, but I no longer follow any particular team / league. When I told yer man this, and that I don't 'support' United any more; he almost shat himself :pac: .. but it seems to have done the trick.

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#17 26-07-2013 7:29pm

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What is this 'sport' you speak of?

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#18 26-07-2013 7:30pm

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Isn't it just a healthy obsession? I see nothing wrong with people being emotionally affected by big changes that happen to a player/team they have been following religiously for numerous years.

Don't we all have to do something with our lives? Isn't that what makes us socially accepted? Some people cry to the sound of music, others cry when their team achieves something unexpected. Either way, it beats the hell out of sitting in the dark, staring at four walls.

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#19 26-07-2013 7:32pm

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The same reason music, movies and arts are popular, to escape from reality. Also think that lads use it as an outlet to express emotion. I is nothing but a good thing imo.

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#20 26-07-2013 7:33pm

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Keno 92 wrote: »

Why are movies taken so seriously?

Why is music taken so seriously?

Why is art taken so seriously?

People don't cry when a bad film is made :L

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#21 26-07-2013 7:37pm

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If only we had some sort of Sports category on boards...

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