The fact that football is so easy to gamble on must be a factor as well. The only reason I've stayed even remotely in touch with football through the last decade was because my high school friends have a fantasy football league (though I finally sat out this year).
Have you heard of the manifesto 'Against Football' by Steve Almond?
I have not! Will have a look. I'm unsurprised to see it came out in 2014
The fact that football is so easy to gamble on must be a factor as well. The only reason I've stayed even remotely in touch with football through the last decade was because my high school friends have a fantasy football league (though I finally sat out this year).
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