I have been thinking about this for quite sometime.. If it is some inter college match, we cheer our college.. When it is a T20 match, we watch it and support our own region and wish that it wins irrespective of which country the players actually belong to.. Now if it is world cup, we cheer our country...My point is.. what is it we are supporting? If tomorrow we have to play a match against aliens, we will then support our world.. where is the end to 'our'? It can be very narrow or a way too wide depending on how we hold the term. It can start with me, my family, my street, my area, and go on and on.. Sounds crazy, but true
We sit all day supporting our teams and watch others build their own careers..I might sound arrogant.. But the fact is that we are wasting our time.. They play for money, for their career.. They play in their own convenient timings.. They don't play for charity. Movies are with a similar concept.. But it is not at least time bound..What ever we are in the middle of, we make it a point to at least check on the scores every now and then.. I don't say we do that just for mere entertainment, we do it 'coz we feel it, we own it..
Not now, I used to wonder as a student as to why people waste time and spoil their tests or whatever impending tasks they have over watching something that doesn't do any good to us. Knowing the result is enough... Why watch the process?It is not even like a moral support 'coz they don't know it.. People play chess..archery.. Are we watching it live? there are a few sports, which I call spoiler sports of which I must say cricket is on the top!
