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Same though. Sports are boring asf to me, I can understand exercise and competition but I will NEVER see the appeal of watching people run around intermittently for hours at a time
I'll play most sports (poorly) for fun, but I agree that I really don't get the appeal of watching them.
Going to see them in person can be kind of fun, but for me that has more to do with the overall experience than with watching the sport itself. Really don't get the appeal of watching them on TV.
Minor exceptions for the more unusual sports you sometimes see on ESPN 8 or whatever, they can be kind of fun to have on in the background so you can glance over at it once in a while and be like "What the hell is that? Professional Cornhole? Of course that's a thing."
I'm not a sports fan but what I've noticed is it becomes much more fun if you have someone to discuss it with and you start supporting a team. Then you'll be more invested into the teams journey and will actually care about the result of their matches.
As far as I can tell, Sports is mainly about indulging in the whole mix of emotions and social networking which is Tribalism.
It's actually funny that it's said here in Portugal that the old fascist dictator used the 3 Fs to control people: Football (aka soccer), Fátima (i.e. Catholic religion) and Fado (the style of music). As a side note the first is most definitelly still widelly used (it's amazing how a man's identity around here has to include supporting a footbal team) and they seem to be trying to boost the 2nd again.
Personally I have very little tendency to pick sides and support "my side" versus the "other side" (which means I'm generally misread as "from the other side" whenever I unwittingly step in thr middle of some politicised americanised discussion here) because I need to be convinced by your points and won't just react favorably to some dog whistle or celebrity power from "my side".
Without the whole emotional "rooting for your side", especially in a group, watching Sports is just boring.
Funnilly enough I love practicing Sports, and quite a list of them too.