You're talking about soccer, which you all call "football" in Europe. Most of us in the US don't care about soccer, but we do care about American football.
You can't explain it to people who don't understand in a way they'll understand. And it's not just guys. When my team loses, especially to rivals, I get angry. There are some losses I am still angry about. For me, I graduated from the school whose team I root for, so I have a strong identity connection with that team. It's almost as if I played in the game. Most other people who root for teams are from the area (city, state, country) of the team, so they also have an identity connection.
When other people know you like a team and that team loses, you know you'll have to deal with harassment, comments or discussion from other people about it or about your team sucking. You don't want your team to suck, you want them to make you proud and represent you right. So, it pisses you off to have to deal with all that teasing/joking and crap.
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Because they have an emotional connection with the sport and the team they are rooting for. You mean to tell me you never got emotional with anything you grow close too? Like a tv character or something similar? If you don't, that's fine. If you don't know how don't worry about. You don't need to. But that is how it is for other people, and that is how it is for these guys. It's like somebody died right out in the middle of the field.
Because theyre taught to compete, which is normal, its just how guys are.
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It's because we are emotionally attached to the teams we sport. I support Liverpool and I get absolutely pissed off when we lose because usually we underperform or we play poorly which breaks my heart.
I read as a response to another person that you aren't into sports. You will never understand what it means. Success in football is very important to the players (their careers) and to their fans (those who support them). This is why it is such a popular sport.
Supporting a sports team is a simulation of supporting your tribe in battle against hostile tribes.
When your sports team loses, it simulates the exact same feeling as when another tribe comes over and kills all your warriors and kidnaps your women.
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We play soccer here in england and when your team loses you usually go outside into the street and kill someone stone cold dead while burning their house down to the ground and killing their petz. Why does that seem so strange to some people? i don't get it. football is the true religion.
I can shrug it off now but back years ago I'd go and pick a fight with rival fans and end up in the jail lol. Football is a religion for a lot of guys. You might as well spit on their mothers grave as slag off their team if they loose. It is kinda pathetic tbh looking back, it's just a fact distraction from the world's real issues that's why it's so big and well funded
Even though I'm not a big fan of sports, but when my favorite teams lose i get angry
some of my friends even cry... some people even run into fights with the other team's fans and kill each other (that has happened several times in stadiums specially in Iran)
i really feel bad and sorry for those who cry or punch the shit out of each other for their team, getting angry or upset is a thing but Stampeding and breaking away like a wild bull is total craziness!They are invested emotionally that is like %90 of the fun. i mean if you watch football since you where a kid what is going to happen that you haven't seen before.
All guy's lives aren't dependent on football. There are some guys who don't mind if their team loses. However there are guys and girls who are obsessed with sports, not just football.
Im a girl and i get angry when my football team loses haha
because they are upset that they will not be able to feel good about themselves vicariously through the perceived glory of their adopted teams
I don't know, I think it has to do with testosterone or their brains or stuff O_o
It's funny, pretty sure the asker is referring to Soccer but it still applies to American Football as well.
Sports fans are emotionally connected to their team. They genuinely care about the outcome.
Because they actually believe that football is relevant in life. Duh!
It's like any sports team or competitive sport. They root for a team and if they are losing then it makes them mad
for example if a kid wants smth but doesn't gets it it gets really angry.
Thats how guys feel if their team loses.Never got that. Why do people become emotional about a game : /
We Patriot fans dont get mad often. I don't know why you date losers who don't like good teams...
um guys, dont SPORTS fans do. Being a guy does not make you angry about sports
That's a guy thing.
Not just in soccer, but guts hate to lose at anything.
Its a matter of ego ( not pride).People are so mentally weak, is the scientific explanation to it.
Do you play any sports?
I get just as upset if Texas or Texas A&M loses.
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