Sport is part spectacle, part escape, part religion, part communal experience. Without a rooting interest, it doesn’t mean much, and a rooting interest detached from hearth and home and life experience isn’t the same as one with organic roots. The foundation of the business is that people care, that they attach themselves to a city, to a uniform, to a history, and often hang on to it for their entire lives, through championship dynasties and long, long walks in the desert.
There is still appeal and value in that, in immersion in something larger, in simply being part of a crowd in an arena or stadium, caring about the same thing at the same time ...
Was reading for something else, came across this, made me think of here.
