num_pages: 172
description: This is the book that answers one of the most asked questions in the living rooms of America Why do men watch so much football, anyway? Every Sunday afternoon in the living rooms of America, from the first week of September through the end of December, some 40,000,000 men are seated in front of their television sets watching football. Meanwhile, others are pouring into the stadiums all across the land, with a bounce in their step and hope in their heart. What is it that excites men about football? What's the big attraction? Why is it that some men will sit down for three or six or nine hours in front of a TV set when football is on, yet they won't sit still for more than 15 minutes for anything else when they're at home? Why is it that some men get so emotionally involved in watching football that they'll shout and cheer, jump around and otherwise act as if they might have a screw loose when their team wins -- and become very upset or even depressed when they lose? There's something going on in the mind of modern man that causes him to react in this fashion, something more than meets the eye. This book explains what it is. With the help of some of the nation's leading sports psychologists and sociologists and dozens of male football fans, this book explores the male psyche and arrives at several intriguing conclusions about why men watch football. Here are some of the - Entertainment, excitement, diversion - The need to associate with a winner - The need to have something go right in one's life - The need to be validated - The need to be around other men who act, think and talk the same as him - The satisfaction of victory - To be left alone by his wife and kids - To escape from bills and responsibilities - To re-live the glory days of high school football
language: English
title: Why Men Watch Football
titlecomplete: Why Men Watch Football
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Acadian House Pub