Monday, April 18, 2016

When sports fans disappoint

"But for most of us, sports is about more than mere entertainment. It’s about community. There is an unconscious impetus among many fans to equate their favorite stars’ prowess in competition with a much less easily measurable metric: how 'good' they are. We relate to them on an extremely personal level, and alter our moral compasses to accommodate their behavior.


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A guy that's a school hero can't be a rapist.

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