Football again

Getting ready for a new season in the Northern Hemisphere

A time of fantasy where fans hope their teams have bought wisely

That their team will win something this season

Most will not

Most will be disappointed

So why bother?

Why be a fan?

Spend all that money

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Is it a tribal thing

Because your family do this

Your friends

Whatever the reason it can provide some tension and drama in one's life

It has the illusion of a fair chance

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An upset maybe

Unpredictable outcome

Not really as the Italian fixers showed they were quite capable of fixing things

Even the rules are suspect given that simple logical things that could remove suspicion are not allowed

That referees and linesmen are paid nothing in relation to the money gambled on any major game

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Humans will be lured

And at the end of the day some team wins some team looses

The next morning it was just a game

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Just a line in the record book

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But then what else gives modern man something reasonable to identify with?.

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Politicians, you are joking

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Businessmen, sorry

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Religion sadly no

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So at the end of the day maybe football isn't such a bad allegiance after all

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And as we all know hope springs eternal

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So here we go again

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Oh and it also allows men to avoid thinking about the serious things going on around us

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To become involved in tougher games

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So maybe that's why football and the rest.