You're not supposed to fear or dread going to a game. Not saying they're not big, but they're not supposed to be bigger than life. There's a school of thought that people paying money should be allowed to do or say what they want, and it's disappointing that they choose to spend 10 bucks for the privilege of being an embarrassing human. But really, they have no more right to do that than a person going to a nice restaurant has paid for the right to charge into the kitchen and yell at the chef. Society criticizes the media for being negative, yet society needs to look in the mirror sometimes, just like the media do.
Society needs a bigger mirror.
Oh, sure, there are other more important problems, like Social Security running out, ex-presidents stealing White House furniture, dingbats running Florida, homelessness, cheating businessmen, racism, and infomercials. But this sports part hits me close to home. Folks say that sport is our escape from life. It's getting so that life can be an escape from sport. Other folks say that sport is a microcosm of life.