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Being a Sports Fan Sure Is Expensive

I’ve been thinking about my return-on-investment, vis-à-vis sports, and I have to say—I think it’s a bad deal. Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with being a sports fan, of course, but if you consider the costs—combined with the limited emotional payoff of your team never quite seeming to win anything—your loyalty might feel less like a pleasant diversion, and more like an costly curse.