11-20-2019, 03:45 PM
(11-20-2019, 03:44 PM)mavsluvr Wrote:(11-20-2019, 03:22 PM)SportPsychMav Wrote:I hear what you're saying, and it makes sense.(11-20-2019, 03:17 PM)mavsluvr Wrote:(11-20-2019, 02:41 PM)SportPsychMav Wrote:(11-20-2019, 02:33 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: It always amazes me how the Knicks fans never seem to move on and get a life.Knicks are their life, it's hard to move on. Most people don't have a life. Many live through video games, internet, tv-series, sports teams, brand fandom.
Wow. I guess I think of sports, at the most basic level, as a way that people relate to each other. I suppose the Knicks fans might get some sort of emotional kick from commiserating or sum'n.
Plus there is something called the sunk-cost effect if it interests you ?
Some people love their misery, it's super hard to change behavior sustainably. Once under enough duress you'll go back to the most repeated/intensified behavior.
Love hate relationship probably also plays a role for some.
Would probably interesting enough to warrant a bachelor's thesis haha.
Still, people move on from bad sports teams all the time. The Knicks supporters seem to be a particularly long-suffering and intense group. It fascinates me a little, in a morbid kind of way.
Maybe they are fascinated with the Knicks in the same way?