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and when i say complex i mean internally. you can pick up something as simple as archery and make it more complicated than the new england defense inside your head

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I used to be a diehard lover of all sports. Bled purple and gold. Lived and died by the Tigers. NFL every Sunday. NBA. MLB. All of it. Even watched golf tourneys.

But over the last few years I have not only lost all interest in sports but now actively think they are by and large dumb and pointless above the high school level. And even at the high school level I think they are only good for building character and important for a person to learn team work.

Why would a healthy male go from living sports, living and dying by them, to thinking they were dumb?

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same here

I'm the same way. I'm for more interested in doing things with my kids and other things that it's impossible to devote 3-4 hours minimum a week for watching my college team. I don't even care about pro sports. I'm happy if my college does well and I may check in from time to time.

Bottom line is that sports as a spectator activity has become a silly investment of my time for what value it actually has in my life.

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As you mature you lose interest in things like that. It's normal.

It can sometimes happen after you go through periods of stress-- whether positive growth related stress or something more grueling and negative (work or personal). Getting through such a phase sometimes requires a lot of emotional energy & mental exertion.

And as a result, you sort of overwrite some of the old, well-worn paths and habits that lived in your brain. So, when you go back and visit such things (like sporting events), even though they're still familiar, you feel slightly detached and more like a visitor than a fan. A part of you is simply more grounded in a different reality.

The above may or may not be the case with you. If it is, it's not necessarily good nor bad. Sort of depends on what you went through and how you came out of it on the back end.

How old are you, OP? Sports obsession past mid 20s is pretty sad. Don't get me wrong--nothing wrong with enjoying sports, but obsessing over every little thing that happens just tells me you don't have enough going on in your life.

If you've stopped following as religiously maybe it is because you are growing up.

Approaching 40

I can kind of relate to the OP

I'm not nearly as into sports as I was in my 20s, but with that said football season is magical

I just don't let outcomes of games ruin my day/week/season anymore

Not to mention what 17 and 18 year old kids choose to do in early Feb. that's just nuts to get so emotionally attached to that