On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 19:21:48 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-02-07 6:27 PM, Je?us wrote:
>
>>> I don't understand the fascination so many people have with watching
>>> other people playing a game and how the rabidly root for their <?> team,
>>> as if they have anything to do with the outcome.
>>
>> Yes, and who exactly are in their 'team' anyway? Guns for hire,
>> basically, with no true loyalty to the team itself... few if any come
>> from the local area the 'team' is supposed to be based from. To me
>> it's just all about money, all the way down the line.
>
>Indeed. It is not as if it was one of the kids and his friends, or
>schoolmates. Look at the NHL, especially the American teams. Most of
>them are not even American. They are Canadians, Swedes and Russians.
>I just checked out the Toronto Blue Jays team roster and as I went down
>the list I quickly confirmed that the team was made up mostly of Americans.

When you consider that, how can anyone be a fan of the team? I don't
get it.

>>> In other parts of the world the soccer fans just get shit
>>> faced drunk and start rioting.
>>
>> Yes, it's all a very odd phenomenon to me.
>
>Basically, the fans see it as an excuse for a drunken brawl.

Yep, there doesnt seem to any other reason for it.
Groups of young male Brits abroad are almost always trouble.