Do you ever wonder what type of sports fans you are? Close your eyes and imagine yourself sitting in the bleachers at one of your favorite team’s games. Would your body be painted head to toe in your team’s colors? Would you be shouting chants at the top of your lungs? Would you be applauding your team‚ even if they were losing or would you only cheer when everyone else does? Would you only be there because your friends are attending and you thought it would be entertaining‚ or just because the team
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As an avid sports fan‚ there is nothing more exciting than going to a sporting event of my favorite team. To be surrounded by other sports fans who are rooting for the same team as you brings a sense of togetherness. The feeling of "this is our team" and "if they win I win" brings all sports fans together. However‚ even with this togetherness bond between sports fans‚ they can be classified into four distinct categories. The first category and the most common is the casual sports fan. The casual
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Fans In Sports Introduction It is obvious that everyone is revolved around sports in this world. Weather they play sports or watch them‚ sports is in everyone ’s life. No matter who you are or where you are‚ there are sports all over. Since the impact that sports has on people is so high‚ there are fans all over the world. There are so many different types of sports for a single person to follow and to be a fan for. Without fans there wouldn ’t be as much hype for the athletes as there is now
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Although many people like sports and watch them on television‚ few people actually have a strong pride in a team‚ or really care about how a team does on a competitive game to game basis. To me people can be categorized in three different fan groups. One type of fan is a fair weather fan. They jump from team to team‚ most likely to which one is winning. Another type of fan is a part-time fan. They really do not care much about any one team‚ and just watch whoever is on. Finally‚ there is what I like
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Types Of Sports Fans Professional sports has become one of the most popular industries in the world today. The media spends billions of dollars on advertisements and teams spend millions of dollars on professional athletes all for one reason‚ the fans. The fans ticket sales and merchandise purchases are what keeps all the sport teams around and prevents professional athletes from losing their jobs. There are three types of fans in the sports world‚ the unfaithful fans‚ the collectors‚ and the
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Classification of Sports Fans Ever since the late 19th century‚ sports have had a special place in the hearts of many people. Football‚ basketball‚ baseball‚ and other games have brought fans both extreme jubilation and severe heartbreak. These games throughout the years have morphed all kinds of fans into distinct categories. Sports fans can be classified into three groups: diehard fans‚ bandwagon fans‚ and casual fans. When it comes to sports‚ diehard fans are always the easiest ones to spot
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Sports Fans Sports! There are around 8‚000 different types of sports in the world! In America‚ out of those 8‚000 sports‚ we participate in only 137. Even though it’s a small amount compared to the total that’s still a very wide variety of sports. With the vast amount sports‚ there are fans everywhere. There are 317 million people living in the United States. Excluding about 20 million for kids age 5 and under‚ 82 percent of the 297 million are sports fans. Meaning there are about 243.5 million
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Fan Violence and the Emergent Norm Theory There is a lot of emotion when people are trying to win for themselves or for their team. In sports‚ as long as there is competition and high emotion‚ there will always be the potential for violence. However‚ the violence isn’t always among the players of the sports. Violence among fans is not a new trend. I have been an athlete my entire life‚ so spectator violence is not a new trend to me. At many of my softball games‚ I have experienced angry parents
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Position Statements Aggression and Violence in Sport: AN ISSP Position Stand Prepared by Gershon Tenenbaum‚ Evan Stewart (University of Southern Queensland Australia)‚ Robert N. Singer (University of Florida‚ USA)‚ Joan Duda (Purdue University‚ USA) Aggression has long been a part of the sport domain. Indeed‚ Russell (1993; p.191) suggested that outside of wartime‚ sports is perhaps the only setting in which acts of interpersonal aggression are not only tolerated but enthusiastically applauded
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role‚ to becoming a form of entertainment and art to what it is today: a backbone of popular culture and even lifestyle. Since the first piece of music was ever played‚ people have responded in a variety of different ways‚ and generally speaking music fans can fall into one of four categories. Some genuinely feel passionately about it‚ and some only pretend to feel this way. Some people get too involved with it‚ while some people just don’t care. These different types of music listeners are all fairly
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