There are more than just professional sports. And in my case, when I was a kid the NFL tickets were cheap. The stadium was full of proles. And that's when football became such a passionate thing for many Americans. I also use to go see them scrimmage and in training camp. Further, all income classes get into sports. Which is why they offer luxury boxes.  Things changed. I guess the owners realized they could make more money if they raised the ticket prices and added luxury seats, even if this meant the lower classes would be squeezed out. At the same time, a lot of people would rather watch the game on TV, even the lower classes. The whole dynamics of viewership changed. And lately, the economics of the game changed with officially licensing products. That became a ever larger profit center for the leagues.  I don't own any licensed products for any American teams. I do still have my old Tampa Bay Bucs shirts and all that, and I bought a shirt when they won the SB. But I do spend on AS Roma official team-wear. I recently bought two official jerseys. I love Roma. But luckily for me they are still a predominantly white team.  And we won today and are on the heels of Inter (knock on wood). I have never seen them look this good, or least not for a long long time. I am so proud of them too!!!  As you can see, there are deep feelings people have for sports. Unlike you, I don't think it is always a bad thing. I am sure you have your things too, be they music concerts or whatever. People like to get together and rally behind the same thing.   No, deep feelings for sports is not a bad thing. But with the way pro sports are now it is a bad thing, and a dumb thing(not saying you are dumb) to get all excited and passionate about the team. Like I said earlier on this thread, pro sports have all been corporatized, nearly all of the players are just tattooed thugs straight outta the ghetto, or cheaters who are pumped up on steroids. It's all just a racket, just for profit. And people go along with it still. None of the players or coaches have any real loyalty to the teams anymore, their only loyalty is to the money. Completely takes all the fun out of it. I am a big sports fan and it really makes me mad that I can't even get excited about going to watch the local team or what not, like when I was a kid.    Just imagine if the greedy corporate @ssholes(who are predominantly Jewish by the way:D) Would get their big noses out of pro sports like the NBA,NFL and MLB. If the players weren't paid quite such ridiculous sums of money just to have fun. If they weren't all jacked up on steroids and weren't all two bit crooks and cheaters for the most part. Imagine if the players on the teams were actually from the region the team is based! For instance if all of the Miami Dolphins were actually from Florida, or the Yankees were actually from New York and the east coast. Then, it would be fun to watch pro sports again. If the teams were owned by the city, instead of some greedy corporate (most likely Jewish)asshole, and the profits the teams made from merchandise and such were pumped back into the city rather than into some fat cat's Cayman Islands bank account. Then we would be able to be passionate about the teams. Wouldn't that be great?? Too bad it's never going to happen:rolleyes: Or is it? You never know.