Okay, so I'm a HUGE sports fan. Since I was but a wee lad. Love my Buckeyes, Huskies, Islanders, and Angels, and will watch pretty much anything that involves a ball, stick, or bodies in motion.
Until now.
I don't know if it's information overload, or just all of the BS that permeates the sporting world these days; corruption, scandal, ethics violations, talking heads that regurgitate the same crap, etc. All I know is I don't glean the same enjoyment out of it that I did when I was a kid. (As I endure my mid-life crisis, this is becoming my litmus test for "Things to keep in my life" - whether or not I liked it at 15. This likely isn't going to turn out well.)
Enter soccer.
The past few nights I've been watching soccer-exclusive programming (except for the occasional turn to NCIS, to catch a glimpse of that gothy chick that I can't decide whether or not I'm in love with), hearing terms and names totally foreign to me, and finding myself in that bright-eyed world of exposure to something new. Mind you, I'm not big on change, so I don't know what's up with that.
Along with that has been a return to a past love, motor racing. No, not NASCAR, I said motor racing. Formula One, Le Mans, MotoGP. The good stuff.
Ultimately, I think I'm becoming British. Could it be that it's gone airborne? Waiting for the accent...
So, has anyone else caught the soc, errr, football bug since the World Cup?
Until now.
I don't know if it's information overload, or just all of the BS that permeates the sporting world these days; corruption, scandal, ethics violations, talking heads that regurgitate the same crap, etc. All I know is I don't glean the same enjoyment out of it that I did when I was a kid. (As I endure my mid-life crisis, this is becoming my litmus test for "Things to keep in my life" - whether or not I liked it at 15. This likely isn't going to turn out well.)
Enter soccer.
The past few nights I've been watching soccer-exclusive programming (except for the occasional turn to NCIS, to catch a glimpse of that gothy chick that I can't decide whether or not I'm in love with), hearing terms and names totally foreign to me, and finding myself in that bright-eyed world of exposure to something new. Mind you, I'm not big on change, so I don't know what's up with that.
Along with that has been a return to a past love, motor racing. No, not NASCAR, I said motor racing. Formula One, Le Mans, MotoGP. The good stuff.
Ultimately, I think I'm becoming British. Could it be that it's gone airborne? Waiting for the accent...
So, has anyone else caught the soc, errr, football bug since the World Cup?
