Bevab
Staff Member
I haven’t watched a game live since the WC final. The only cricket I’ve even consumed after that has been a couple of scorecards from the West Indies tests and the most recent Indian games and none of them even made me stay for more than half a minute. It’s perfectly fine IMO.
I’d even add that a large reason why so many feel fatigued with sport is because of how disconnected we are from these folk in reality. A few decades ago most sportspeople would be relatable individuals on either a personal level or a professional level. Andy Cole who was one of the leading strikers in the 90s once said that he couldn’t respond to Fergie’s call about his eventual transfer to United because he had to wash his jersey for the next game. Seems like an almost unthinkable instance today and if someone does end up being that way they get hoisted to lofty standards like Kante until they get demolished again. Whilst I’m happy that people at the top and increasingly at mid levels can now afford to live off a sports career these days… somedays I do wonder if the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction.
It doesn’t help that every sport organisation wants to cram in as much as possible in their calendar so that you’re constantly tuning into their content and this ramping up comes at the cost of many a viewer’s sanity, money and passion.
