Radical idea for the day: nothing that happens in spectator sports makes a blind bit of difference to the real world.
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It's a bit naive to suggest that spectator sports are not part of the real world. They foster tribal unity/ritual among disparate folks.
I know they do allegedly, but any more so than Game of Thrones fandom? Are the effects well-replicated?
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It's hard to find much science on the topic. Here's one paper: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2167479512462017 …
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I'm sure there must be something on say Protestant/Catholic rivalries in major U.K. City football teams and its cultural influence
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