League of Denial

We had, uh, been talking about this as a sort of a peripheral topic for a while now, this idea of you're, you're changing and I can explain mine, but I've, I've had it to a changing interest in, in viewing sports or watching sports over a lifetime.

And, um, you've had some insights on that.

What, what is your overall take within yourself around what sports viewership has been like for you?

So it's changed a lot, and I think it's abnormal.

You know, I think most people, if they were a regular viewer of Chiefs games or Royals games, probably still follow the teams, depending on how bad the Royals are at any given point.

point you know that's difficult you can give up on you know when there's 162 games and you're at loss number 90 for the year that makes it tough but i mean if you've been a chiefs fan your whole life no but me within the last couple of years i kind of came to the conclusion that i've seen this movie And I can do other things with my time.

I've just kind of fallen out of interest.

Plus, there's just so many other things to do.

There's so many other hobbies.

I mean, I guess you could have the cheap song in the background, but I don't pay for cable, so then I've got to do the song and dance with the antenna, so that further increases the friction for it.

Those are good points, too, that feeling that...

There are other things to do.

If you look at the real hardcore football fans, for example, the ones that are watching several games on the weekend, that's like your whole Sunday.

Yeah.

And

Saturday.

Yeah.

I don't have – there's no way in hell that that's going to make – I'm not going to be able to get stuff done that I need to get done and be that much of a fan.

Yeah.

And spend that much time doing it.

And yeah, the older I get, the more I realize, God, what am I missing by sitting here watching this television? I want to do other things.

Especially since you can scroll right through your feed later on and kind of see the highlights.

Maybe that's affected you

a little bit.

I don't know.

We had, uh, been talking about this as a sort of a peripheral topic for a while now, this idea of you're, you're changing and I can explain mine, but I've, I've had it to a changing interest in, in viewing sports or watching sports over a lifetime.

And, um, you've had some insights on that.

What, what is your overall take within yourself around what sports viewership has been like for you?

So it's changed a lot, and I think it's abnormal.

You know, I think most people, if they were a regular viewer of Chiefs games or Royals games, probably still follow the teams, depending on how bad the Royals are at any given point.

point you know that's difficult you can give up on you know when there's 162 games and you're at loss number 90 for the year that makes it tough but i mean if you've been a chiefs fan your whole life no but me within the last couple of years i kind of came to the conclusion that i've seen this movie And I can do other things with my time.

I've just kind of fallen out of interest.

Plus, there's just so many other things to do.

There's so many other hobbies.

I mean, I guess you could have the cheap song in the background, but I don't pay for cable, so then I've got to do the song and dance with the antenna, so that further increases the friction for it.

Those are good points, too, that feeling that...

There are other things to do.

If you look at the real hardcore football fans, for example, the ones that are watching several games on the weekend, that's like your whole Sunday.

Yeah.

And

Saturday.

Yeah.

I don't have – there's no way in hell that that's going to make – I'm not going to be able to get stuff done that I need to get done and be that much of a fan.

Yeah.

And spend that much time doing it.

And yeah, the older I get, the more I realize, God, what am I missing by sitting here watching this television? I want to do other things.

Especially since you can scroll right through your feed later on and kind of see the highlights.

Maybe that's affected you

a little bit.

I don't know.