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Watching Sports Is Fun … and Game/Industry Changing By Andy Marken We don’t quite get why people are so wild about watching sports. We just know they have since before the Roman Empire. Back then people would sit in the bleachers and cheer as two guys whack away at each other or worse yet one guy was pitted against a mean, hungry wild animal. Either way there was one winner and one…not. Today, we’re more civilized: - we pit two groups of folks against each other with or without a bunch of padding - we put two people in a ring to punch each other silly - we watch a bunch of actors jumping around in a ring faking mayhem True, we’re not a rabid or ultra-devoted fan … more of a casual “okay” fan. Not like my wife who suffers/celebrates through every Golden State Warriors game. The only thing better/worse is when our sister-in-law is visiting, and the Chicago Blackhawks are playing. Friends in Europe, South America, Asia--everywhere but here--agree there is only one football but can’t agree as to which team(s) really deserve the FIFA award honors or which player deserves the Ballon d'Or. But real football (not the one with all the protective gear) is the one that has a true global audience with tournaments regularly gathering 2B plus people (U.S. football an anemic