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<blockquote data-quote="Limey Frog" data-source="post: 3167079" data-attributes="member: 16969"><p>This is it exactly. I grew up on English soccer. The second match I ever went to my team (which my granddad had seen win the FA Cup in 1946 and my dad had watched win the league twice in the '70s) beat our hated local rival (who most of the lads at my school cheered for) in a big upset. The sense of excitement and belonging from walking out of the ground in a massive crowd all chanting happily was intoxicating.</p><p></p><p>The second TCU football game I ever attended was against Texas Tech in 2006. Well, GP's Frog taught Mike Leach's loudmouthed Red Raiders a thing or two about defense. At this point I haven't lived in Texas in almost a decade, but I'll always love TCU and it will never matter more to beat anyone than other schools in Texas.</p><p></p><p>These are the moments that get you hooked. That's the spirit of the game that the TV networks are monetizing. But if there's nothing real for the next generation of fans to fall in love with in person, there will be nothing substantial left to monetize. It'll all just be like everything else in post-modern mass consumer capitalism: sound and fury, signifying nothing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Limey Frog, post: 3167079, member: 16969"] This is it exactly. I grew up on English soccer. The second match I ever went to my team (which my granddad had seen win the FA Cup in 1946 and my dad had watched win the league twice in the '70s) beat our hated local rival (who most of the lads at my school cheered for) in a big upset. The sense of excitement and belonging from walking out of the ground in a massive crowd all chanting happily was intoxicating. The second TCU football game I ever attended was against Texas Tech in 2006. Well, GP's Frog taught Mike Leach's loudmouthed Red Raiders a thing or two about defense. At this point I haven't lived in Texas in almost a decade, but I'll always love TCU and it will never matter more to beat anyone than other schools in Texas. These are the moments that get you hooked. That's the spirit of the game that the TV networks are monetizing. But if there's nothing real for the next generation of fans to fall in love with in person, there will be nothing substantial left to monetize. It'll all just be like everything else in post-modern mass consumer capitalism: sound and fury, signifying nothing. [/QUOTE]
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