Recently, OK maybe not that recently, I've noticed the social restrictions that being obsessed with sports can put upon you. This might sound strange, seeing as fandom is such a collective experience, but there it is. I've come to the conclusion that there are shades of fandom. There's the person who follows, say, the Premier League, or watches the Tour de France, and will tape the Super Bowl. They have, as a functioning human being, have managed to compartmentalise their fandom so that it doesn't place that many restrictions on the rest of their life. They talk about sport, but they don't let it consume their conversation, for the most part. They catch Match of the Day if they're in, but don't really give a shit about the second division in Brazil.
Then there's my breed. I'll give you an example. On Thursday evening, I was heading out to see Plastician with friends. Having got a buzz on, we were sitting around, shooting the shit, talking about...well I can't really recall, but just hanging out. But I find my attention slipping and before I know it I'm on my friends' laptop, watching a video I've watched many, many times before. So here I am, a little hungover still, and I've come to the conclusion that perhaps I need an outlet beyond my poor, poor girlfriend.
I blogged earlier in the year, but my laziness, and, now that I think about it, the large amount of time I spend watching sport, put paid to it. So I don't know how long this will last, but I think I need to stop consciously steering my everyday conversations towards something that I know for a fact no one is as bothered as me about. People are weird though man, like why isn't this the most visited site on the internet?
So, if you're interested in football (the Italian, Brazilian, Spanish and Portuguese are the leagues I hearts the most), road cycling, boxing, a bit of UFC, pro wrestling (Vince McMahon calls it sports entertainment, it's a fucking sport yeah), snooker and the NFL, then welcome. If not, why not?
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