The 'I'm not watching the final': denial and anxiety in the stands
Everyone says they won't watch the World Cup final? Anxiety, disdain for football and the paradox of empty streets during the match.
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The 'I'm not watching the final' that everyone says but nobody means
Counterintuitive: amid World Cup fever, a wave of opinion claims it won't watch the final. Some out of anxiety, others out of disdain for modern football, a few out of loyalty to alternative sports. But history – and human behaviour – suggests otherwise.
The arguments for dodging the match are varied: from the stress it causes to the conviction that football is for the 'functionally illiterate'. Some would rather trinc the U17 women's basketball final between the United States and Spain, a game FIBA stubbornly refuses to broadcast live. Anxiety is a recurring theme: some confess the match gets on their nerves and they find out the result from their neighbour's shouts.
The paradox is exposed by a regular runner: when he goes out at match time, the streets are empty. That contradiction between talk and practice is the key. How many of those who say 'no' end up glued to the screen? The sample is small, but the pattern is old.
Counterintuitive: amid World Cup fever, a wave of opinion claims it won't watch the final. Some out of anxiety, others out of disdain for modern football, a few out of loyalty to alternative sports. But history – and human behaviour – suggests otherwise.
The arguments for dodging the match are varied: from the stress it causes to the conviction that football is for the 'functionally illiterate'. Some would rather trinc the U17 women's basketball final between the United States and Spain, a game FIBA stubbornly refuses to broadcast live. Anxiety is a recurring theme: some confess the match gets on their nerves and they find out the result from their neighbour's shouts.
The paradox is exposed by a regular runner: when he goes out at match time, the streets are empty. That contradiction between talk and practice is the key. How many of those who say 'no' end up glued to the screen? The sample is small, but the pattern is old.
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