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Sports Mania

by John Cole|  May 27, 20057:35 pm| 2 Comments

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These findings don’t surprise me at all:

– When given three choices to describe how close they feel to their favorite sports team (1- not close, 2-close, but can survive without them, 3- very close), 75% of respondents claimed they had a very close emotional relationship.

– 92% of respondents claimed they are stressed/nervous when watching their favorite sports team play a critical game.

– 75% of respondents claimed they become angry/irritable after their favorite sports team loses a critical game. 63% claim they have been depressed or have cried after their favorite team lost a critical game.

– 21% of respondents claimed they have gotten into a verbal altercation with someone who taunted them after their favorite team lost a critical game.

– 93% of respondents claimed they feel a friendly connection with other fans of their favorite team. Only 21% of respondents claim they are more likely to befriend a person knowing he is found of a team they root for.

I personally think Browns fans suffer from a genetic defect, and have been known to cross the street to avoid someone wearing Browns gear, so as to make sure I am not tempted to say something rude.

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    bg

    May 27, 2005 at 7:58 pm

    Being a Saints fan, I can’t really respond to questions 2-4, my team having never really played in a critical game.

  2. 2.

    Grotesqueticle

    May 27, 2005 at 9:52 pm

    bg,
    I love you man. Didn’t we play a game in, I don’t know, 90 something that was.. never mind.

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