Absolutely.
I think it's peer pressure that makes people so interested in it and it's nearly as annoying as the way people agree that soccerball is anything other than just another sport that people play.
(
4Q just lurking,
Sun 29 Apr 2012, 0:03,
archived)
Totally.
It's a desire to be part of a group, which is why, as you say, people take football really seriously. It's just a sport, a recreation.
(
Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron,
Sun 29 Apr 2012, 0:07,
archived)