Mindful Sports

Today's blog is about how we all can be at times a little too fanatic...

Being a proud supporter of a team is something that a person contribute to one's happiness. Sport as entertainment is very capable of influencing people to become followers.

You can decide to become a follower because a family member is a fan of a particular team, the style of play is what you admire, or if you like a certain player(s).

When do you know that you went overboard with your 'fanatism'?

I, personally think that you have gone 'crazy' when you start believing that your team is the best team, that they cannot lose, and that they are entitled to win.

You know that you have jumped in the fan boat, when you cannot distinguish between a penalty or a partisan call.

Fanatic individuals are not necessarily sport lovers, they are team lovers. For example, if the fan's team doesn't make the playoffs, they will stop watching the sport.

Fanatic people can also be seen leading their beer (rec) league teams and they will register their team in hopes of winning this year's prize...

The true problem with 'fanatism' is that sport is suppose to be played in an equal setting, which means at the start of the match both teams have a equal chance of winning.

The link with the Olympic Games is that we will be following Canadian performances at these Games, that is GREAT. But, what I am asking is of you is to appreciate 'human' performances in general, instead of being a Canadian fanatic.

Lets hope that Russians, German, Chinese, Swedish, Aussies, and others do well...

Fair play and fair entertainment makes for true sport.

Cheers,

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Les Québécois sont des fanatiques qui souvent dépassent l'ordinaire. Vous n'avez qu'à allumer votre téléviseur à un poste francophone les soirs d'un match des Canadiens de Montréal.

Les analystes après chaque rencontre sur-analysent les matches et tentent d'expliquer chaque petit détail.

En début de saison, les médias et les partisans garantissent une position dans les séries éliminatoires. De plus, lors d'un séries victorieuse on surprend les 'fanatiques' qui croient à leur chance de remporter la coupe Stanley. À chaque saison en écoutant les partisans et les médias on croirait que les Canadiens ont remporté la coupe plusieurs fois... Ce qui n'est toutefois pas surprenant c'est de voir qu'ils ne feront même pas les séries...

Aux Jeux olympiques il faut évaluer nos athlètes d'un oeil critique. Nos athlètes, on l'espère, vont bien réussir mais s'ils ne terminent pas parmi les trois premiers (remporte une médaille), il faut donc reconnaitre les performances des athlètes des autres pays qui ont eu des performances ultimes...