Posted By:
John SMike,
I guess it depends at what level you follow the game. The broad generalization is often made that football is a violent mindless sport. In actuality, football combines the best elements of strategy, teamwork, and brute physical exertion. Of all the sports that I have played including baseball, nothing compares to football for the closeness that you feel to your teammates. This is very little that I miss about high school, but almost twenty years later I would love to have one more season to play football.
I lived in Boston for three years and often sat in the bleachers at Fenway. Sophisticated fans? I had more beer spilled on me there and saw more fights than at any football games. I have been a regular at Steelers games since the early 90's. The fans that you describe do exist but they are the minority.