My year of sports fandom!

[Ultralight]

You've got to work it though. Don't be like Bill Bradley who waited until too late in the game to roll out his Michael Jordan enorsement.

Please translate!

[Ultralight]

Apropos to this discussion: It’s Okay to Be a Fair-Weather Sports Fan

Dude!!! This caused a huge debate at my work!

[Yppej]

I meant to write endorsement not enorsement. Bradley wanted to prove his coolness with a commercial in which Jordan endorsed him, but waited too long and Gore had too big a lead for Bradley to catch up.

[Ultralight]

My buddy Ed, from back in graduate school asked me about a week ago why I was doing a year of sportsball fandom. I told him: "I can learn a lot about our culture, our people, and out nation. I will have some great opportunities to people-watch. It will be interesting and fun!" I gave him all my standard answers.

Then he asked me again yesterday, in the way Ed can. He asked in a way that said: "Yeah, but what is the real reason?"

So I thought about it. And here is my answer:

I want to experiment with irrationality in a socially acceptable and fairly safe way. It is, fundamentally, an intellectual experiment.

[iris lilies]

I want to experiment with irrationality in a socially acceptable and fairly safe way. It is, fundamentally, an intellectual experiment.

But we knew that.

[Ultralight]

But we knew that.

What do you mean?

[iris lilies]

What do you mean?

Well, I never thought you were entering imto this for “fun.” Your descriptions of your plans for sportsing sounded joyless.

[LDAHL]

Well, I never thought you were entering imto this for “fun.” Your descriptions of your plans for sportsing sounded joyless.

It does sound a little contrived. Like deciding to be redneck or Amish for a year. Or one of those Barbera Ehrenriech excursions into the lives of the common people.

[Ultralight]

It does sound a little contrived. Like deciding to be redneck or Amish for a year. Or one of those Barbera Ehrenriech excursions into the lives of the common people.

Yeah, it might be contrived. But I lots and lots of things in life are contrived.

What is so wrong with an excursion into the lives of the common people?

[Ultralight]

I will say this:

My sports spiritual guides seem to be, while still mostly supportive, a bit irked by my fandom. I can't quite explain why...