Is America crazy?

Wold, Rita. "Sports Fans Keep Spending out of the Park." Denverpost.com. Denver Post, 13 Sept. 2010. Web. 12 Apr. 2013.

Everyone knows that sports fans can get a little crazy. That trend is continuing even with the down economy. Many sports fans still continue to purchase team apparel, tickets to the games, and the huge cable and satellite packages to watch the games. In a survey done by the Denver Post 76% of those surveyed didn’t cut back on sports spending while they did on other things. Most fans didn’t even feel guilty about not cutting spending on sports. Even local sporting apparel stores aren’t feeling the heat of the downed economy. Sports fans are crazy about their teams, and even with a bad economy they are still willing to do almost anything to watch and cheer their teams on to victory.

Although this article was two years old it still gave a lot of information about the sports culture of the United States. People are always checking the scores of the game on their phone and need to be updated the second their teams does just about anything. I fit in with this sports culture, almost everyone is in a fantasy football league, fills out a March Madness bracket, or does something with sports. It is not just males either; many females are beginning to become part of the sports culture. People pay probably more than $15 extra just for more sports channels and coverage. But I mean who wouldn’t want NFL Redzone to see every single touchdown every Sunday during the season. That is the culture of sports in America, Sundays have become football day, and March has become March Madness. So that is why none of these sports fanatics chose to cut their spending on sports, it is a part of them and their culture, and it will continue to be this way for a long time.  Are these people crazy? I don't think so, we are just very passionate about the entertainment that these professional athletes provide.