{"id":361,"date":"2006-03-30T19:31:56","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T07:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/?p=361"},"modified":"2006-03-30T19:33:23","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T07:33:23","slug":"sports-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/30\/sports-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a crazy sport fans.  I like watching hockey and socceer, but I won&#8217;t follow the score of every game in the season.  I would start watching when the team is in the playoff or in international tournament.  I won two tickets to watch Canucks games, which is the 2nd last game of the season.  This year Canucks is having a close call on getting into the final and the game I am going to watch is life or death match, should be quite exciting.  I was discussing the chance of Canucks going into playoff with colleagues during lunch.  I just couldn&#8217;t understand why they can be so crazy about watching hockeys.  I can understand watching the game as a social event to have good time with friends.  I can also understand watching the game as an entertainment like watching movies.  I can understand watching the game to support your national team.  But the city teams in the major league are merely business, how can you attached to a company whose solely purpose is to profit from you?  The thing puzzle me most is the thrill of unknown when watching the game.  What is the difference between this thrill than the thrill from gambling?  Maybe I am too logical to be a sports fans, I can only be a sports spectator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a crazy sport fans. I like watching hockey and socceer, but I won&#8217;t follow the score of every game in the season. I would start watching when the team is in the playoff or in international tournament. 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