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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 615060" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>I'd agree that there probably is a fair bit of "monkey see..." involved; <em>a lot</em> of people get involved with the sport <em>because of</em> it's tribalism.</p><p>But also that the nature of the sport itself doesn't help, it's the sport with the most chanting and singing during the matches.</p><p>Due to it being quite a ponderous sport there is a lot of time during the matches for fans to focus on their dislike of the opposition rather than watch the game.</p><p></p><p>I went to a school that played Rugby primarily and didn't have any football teams.</p><p>Although there were a few inter-house competitions and people played the game for fun in the summer.</p><p>I did find that most (not all) of the people who were really into football and played it as often as possible were pricks TBH.</p><p></p><p>So in my experience football fans (people who regularly go to games and play on the weekend) are largely dicks.</p><p>I'm defining a "fan" as above, because I live in NW London, so pretty much everyone likes football.</p><p></p><p>TL-DR - When was the last time you heard a football fan say "Good game, the better team won" after their team lost?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 615060, member: 67273"] I'd agree that there probably is a fair bit of "monkey see..." involved; [I]a lot[/I] of people get involved with the sport [I]because of[/I] it's tribalism. But also that the nature of the sport itself doesn't help, it's the sport with the most chanting and singing during the matches. Due to it being quite a ponderous sport there is a lot of time during the matches for fans to focus on their dislike of the opposition rather than watch the game. I went to a school that played Rugby primarily and didn't have any football teams. Although there were a few inter-house competitions and people played the game for fun in the summer. I did find that most (not all) of the people who were really into football and played it as often as possible were pricks TBH. So in my experience football fans (people who regularly go to games and play on the weekend) are largely dicks. I'm defining a "fan" as above, because I live in NW London, so pretty much everyone likes football. TL-DR - When was the last time you heard a football fan say "Good game, the better team won" after their team lost? [/QUOTE]
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