<p>I don't know how many other people can relate to me but I'm a hardcore Laker fan. I've watched every game possible since probably about 2000. Even if I have a lot of homework, I'll just watch the game (usually lasts about 2.5 hours) and then do my homework later. I even spend most of my free time on Lakers forums. My mood basically goes with how the Lakers are doing. If the Lakers are winning, I'm happy, if not, I'm depressed. Probably sounds a little pathetic but I can't really control it.</p>
<p>I still maintain about a 4.5 and don't think being such an obsessive fan has negatively affected my education but I feel it does add a lot of stress to my life. Take typical teenage bs stress, add on the stress of 4 AP classes, and then double that for being a hardcore Laker fan. That's a lot of stress.</p>
<p>Just wondering if anyone else can relate and is also a big fan of a sport team and if so, how does it affect your schooling? After high school, do you think it will be possible to still follow your team really closely. Will you have time to watch most of their games or to catch up on news? Will you even still have interest once you go to college?</p>
<p>I’m the same way with the Tennessee Titans (football). I can’t imagine not watching Football with the guys on Sunday afternoon during football season, even in college. My schooling hasn’t really been effected, but my sleeping has (the last game on Sunday goes off at 11 so that’s when homework begins).</p>
<p>Sports is for typical Americans who have nothing better to do. Sports are useless. All physical activity should be banned, in place of intellectual stimulation.</p>
<p>america’s obesity is not coming from a dearth of physical activity…its coming from those cow brain meat we get from mcdonalds carls jr jack off the box in and out jiffy lube</p>
<p>Yes, I’m a huge fan of tennis and Roger Federer(don’t laugh!) and I became obsessed about following his every move last year. I joined his forum which is a whole other awesome world and fans around the world who go to his tournaments week in week out do the most fantastic job in writing fan encounter reports and all the details that goes on. As a result, my grades did suffer last year because living in Australia, the time difference with the other side of the world is immense and us poor fans here have to get up at ungodly hours such as 3am to watch his matches all year. However I did it for 6 months last year, even when I had exams and my grades did suffer. The fact that the forum is so addictive is another big reason. I’ve stopped doing it this year, only catching his matches when I can and reduced drastic amounts of time on the forum. Oh and I totally get about how if they’re winning you’re happy and if they loose you’r depressed. I was and am still exactly the same, especially last years Wimbledon final which was the most heart wrenching, depressing, dark period of being a Federer fan. Infact, that was what made me obsessed and joined his forum. I’ll always be his biggest supporter but I simply can’t watch many of his matches because of the time difference and year 11. But if it’s grand slams (4 times a year) I will watch all his matches.</p>
<p>I used to watch tennis obsessively, then I realised: It’s nice watching that sort of thing in your spare time, but at the end of the day - it’s someone else doing all those things, not you. Go out there and better yourself.</p>
<p>Being a dedicated full time fan is totally different and one would know that only those people would understand what it’s like to miss a single match. I love tennis, I’ve trained and played in tournaments up until I was 15 and have always looked up to Federer like most young players but once I got obsessed like last year, it’s a completely different thing. I’m lucky to have broken away from that and be just a part time follower.</p>
<p>NOT really… here in MExico is all about soccer baby and I think that goes for bout 95% of the world are soccer fans.</p>
<p>I’m a soccer fan but I’ll only watch the continental cup, or the world cup.</p>
<p>I do watch american fotball, for tamba bay bucs!
But I just watch the game every sunday and that’s like 3 hours every sunday or monday if it’s monday night football</p>
<p>Die hard nets fan since 2000 (hence my username). Some might call me obsessed, but I usually don’t let it affect my schoolwork. The worst that usually happens is that I watch a game and do my homework afterwards- this gets pretty annoying if they play on the west coast and the game is televised from like 11pm-1am on the east. However, I’m a fan of basketball in general and watch whatever games are televised on espn, tnt, or abc.</p>
<p>The past few years I’ve also gotten into the NY Giants (just in time for the SuperBowl win) and Mets (just in time for 2 late season collapses…)</p>
<p>Most of my teams are either good enough that I don’t have to stress out too much (Pittsburgh Steelers) or bad enough that I’m somewhat apathetic (Duke Blue Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins always have decent seasons but I know they’re going to lose in the end).</p>
<p>Let me tell you, supporting Tottenham Hotspur is stressful as hell though. Every season there’s such high expectations but we always start off abysmally.</p>
<p>Diehard Cleveland fan: Cavs, Browns, and Tribe. It’s especially hard because we’ve moved to North Carolina, and I’m pretty sure my family contains the only Browns and Indians fans for miles. (Cavs are a totally different thing thanks to LeBron. )Definitely takes some time-- I pretty much never miss a televised game, but there aren’t a whole ton of them shown here. Plus I get up 30 minutes earlier so I have time to disect the sports page and watch SportsCenter. It DEFINITELY isn’t easy, since we’re not exactly America’s winningest city (no championships since '64, Browns never live up to anything, Tribe is so up-and-down) but I know I could never, ever live without these teams. Sometimes they’re so frusturating, but I love them more than pretty much anything except family. (And this is THE YEAR-- Cavs are bringing it all home! Indians definitely have a decent chance at the Central, and the Browns can be at least decent if they get rid of Anderson and Mangini adjusts to everything. This is it.)</p>
<p>Ya I’m a die hard New York Mets fan. 162 games a year, I watch about 158. If anyone knows anything about the Met’s they know they have not made the playoffs two years in a row because of the last game of the season. Ya I was incredibly depressed and it hurt my school work. But whatever I have a good gpa and cool friends so I’m good</p>
<p>Haven’t missed a Flyers, Eagles, or Phillies game in all I can remember. I do miss a couple Sixers games during the year though since they play the same day as the Flyers sometimes and i watch the Flyers instead.</p>
)Definitely takes some time-- I pretty much never miss a televised game, but there aren’t a whole ton of them shown here. Plus I get up 30 minutes earlier so I have time to disect the sports page and watch SportsCenter. It DEFINITELY isn’t easy, since we’re not exactly America’s winningest city (no championships since '64, Browns never live up to anything, Tribe is so up-and-down) but I know I could never, ever live without these teams. Sometimes they’re so frusturating, but I love them more than pretty much anything except family. (And this is THE YEAR-- Cavs are bringing it all home! Indians definitely have a decent chance at the Central, and the Browns can be at least decent if they get rid of Anderson and Mangini adjusts to everything. This is it.)</p>