My abusive ex used to yell at the tv when his team would lose or do something stupid. His alcoholism only made it worse and he would often take his anger out on me.
They use sport as an outlet for other problems in their life.
Let them blow off steam as long as it isn’t damaging anyone or thing.
I think people are weirdly obsessed with sports. It’s fine to enjoy them, but it’s a fucking game. They need to calm down.
My brother is mostly fairly normal seeming, but he gets so unreasonably angry over games… doesn’t matter if he’s playing the game or someone else is. He doesn’t like hurt anyone or take things out on others much, but he’s definitely what I’d call a “sore loser”. He knows it’s one of his weaknesses too. I kind of wonder what causes this sort of thing. Definitely some latent anger issues.
Seems silly to me.
I can understand being disappointed when your favorite team loses. I can understand being really upset when the team YOU PLAY FOR loses. I don’t understand getting pissed at people you’ll never meet because they didn’t play a game for your entertainment well enough.
Moreover, getting upset because the side you have arbitrarily selected to support isn’t winning… How does one grow into adulthood and remain this silly?
It made even less sense when I lived in Cleveland. Most Browns fans should be used to not winning by now.
I watch competitive LoL and I’m not Asian: any close loss is a victory!
An (American) football team my family follows used to have a coach that got so upset over plays and calls that he would advance onto the field gesticulating and screaming, causing the team to get penalties.
Did they council this guy to control himself? No. They got someone on staff to physically restrain him when he lost his mind. Like the kid’s only job was to grab the coach by the belt-loops and keep him off the field.
I love this story because it’s about a masculine man engaging in a masculine activity who cannot be expected to control his own hysterics. I keep it in my back pocket for when the “men are stoic, women are emotional” BS comes up.
Unless you have close friends or family members playing in the match, any heightened emotionality linked to sports is definitely a sign of shallowness and immaturity. And an angry sports fan? Pfff. My cat is more mature than them and she’s a tortie!
I don’t care for them
