I'm the contrarian on this one. I pretty much have given up watching most American sports these days preferring to watch soccer (the real football). The nice thing about most European club matches is that they are on first thing in the morning and I have the rest of the day free. I don't think this year's World Cup has been as interesting as in past years but it's good to see Belgium and Croatia progress.
It's a minefield - God alone understands why - but I shall risk asking, anyway: on what grounds does it make any difference, unless, of course, you have money riding on it?
I feel zero connection with
any so-called national sports teams. Or even club ones. LuLa is about as close as I can get to what I imagine
may be the sense of "togetherness in this mess!" emotion, not that I'm suggesting for one moment that LuLa is a mess, but you get (I hope) my drift.
There is a conviction within me that every person is, ultimately, alone, a sensation felt especially powerfully when in crowds. Parents/children, bless us all, have a relationship born (NPI) of natural cause, and not one of selection or choice; would our parents
really have chosen us, the model they produced, if they'd had ultimate control? Would we have chosen us ourselves, given those options?
I find that more interesting to ponder than kicking a globe through a space between two sticks.
;-(