Ah, but how do you know they don't?
You'd be surprised how often the "too often angry" fans are also dealing with rather extreme suckitude of their lives which they divert for a few hours here and there to bitch about a team that is far too frequently underachieving, mediocre-in-quality, or both.
Fans can rant and bitch about their favorite team and not worry about getting fired. They can rant and bitch and throw things at their TV without worrying about getting arrested for protesting too close to the White House or the wrong way inside the Capitol.
Now I'd rather people spend their asshole time being assholes about the Demolicans and Republicrats or the insurance companies or their jobs and other "more important things." We'd be a better country IMO if we said our elected leaders, and self-appointed "public servants" and "thought leaders" had less protection against asshole activity. But the reality is we give them a lot more. Or we let them give exceptions to themselves because they claim more wealth or power, which amounts to the same thing.
Life sucks sometimes. People need to be assholes from time to time. And if it personally costs them too much to be assholes on the important stuff, they're going to be assholes on the unimportant NFL crap.
Originally Posted by: Wade
I don't know anything in that regard for a fact. I can only make assumptions based upon what I see and read.
Fans are free to react however they want. I can't stop them and wouldn't even if I could. I'm dealing with plenty of shitty things myself at the moment (see the Random Babble section), so I can relate to needing a vent or release. But I use exercise, music, studying, and my relationships for that. But I suppose I'm just different. Getting unnecessarily upset over a loss against a much better team just seems silly to me. Different things make different people feel better, I realize that. But for me personally, football is entertainment. If it crosses the line of being enjoyable and just upsets me or makes me negatively anxious, than I feel as if I'm missing the point of the
game in the first place. I have no personal connection to the team or the players other than being a fan that hasn't missed a snap in years and attends some games. No one in the organization even knows I exists. Therefore, why would I let it upset me too much? As I said, it puts me in a bad mood for a little bit, but I quickly adjust, move on, and carry on with my life. I prefer to discuss or debate entertainment issues, not raise my blood pressure and heart rate and complain incessantly and look silly in a somewhat public setting. But if that makes one feel better, than more power to them. I simply disagree with it.