Nicola Staff asked 4 years ago
The fan experience you describe is a product of an energetic interaction and an intertwining of energy through thought, and then feeling added into the mix that reinforces the value of the energy expended. There is a bonding that is taking place here very much akin to the love bonds. It is a form of love. This is the great affection of the fan for their sports idols. This carries with it a desire to have it shared. That is the ultimate value and means of expression. That is why it is more exciting and meaningful to watch a sports event live at the stadium rather than from a distance watching it on television and then distance further in time perhaps, seeing a recorded replay of the actual event. The sports fans will feel the difference and that is because what they are seeking is a return of love. Having expended it and given it freely to their sports team and their favorite players, they want to be rewarded by having time with them and sharing vicariously in the excitement and the glory of the contest and hopefully a winning outcome. This, of course, serves the ego but, in a sense, is a just reward for excellence and is in divine alignment when deserved, to take pride in one’s accomplishments which are hard-won in the case of professional athletes, who are in a highly competitive arena that takes extreme dedication and sacrifice to perform at that level and to best their competition in the first place, to join a professional team.
So this is a kind of love experience, a kind of sharing, much as a family unit. It will not have the same depth and meaning as the blood relation, but nonetheless is meaningful and is greatly enhanced by having things at stake in the outcome of whatever event is being watched. The creation of winners and losers has consequences of significance, and that is no different than seeing good fortune come to a family member or close friend as opposed to misfortune. So even though they are not on the team or owners, they will share emotionally through this bonding, the ups and downs being experienced, and will feel the loss viscerally if their favorite team loses and will be joyous and share in the jubilation when there is winning.
This has many benefits. The fandom base creates a source of income for the professional sports teams who depend on the revenue from that exposure and the ticket purchases and ancillary sales of products—food, beverages, team paraphernalia, and privileged seating, season tickets, and so forth, are a huge moneymaker for the institutions. They do provide high entertainment value to the fans and a sense of belonging to something and taking a part in human enterprise. There are many people who are friendless, but survive their isolation by watching sports and identifying with their favorite teams and feeling in some way they are a part of the experience and, in a sense, they are because they do contribute their energy and it is part of a collective of energetic cordings that will be two-way.
There will be a perception of energy coming from those players and the collective human experiencing of all the games and the events from play to play. There will be a perception of the energy of others involved in the enterprise and, depending on the sensitivity of the individual person, will have an intuitive perception of what the players are feeling and the feelings of other observers of the contest. This brings it alive and makes it highly significant. This is the difference between watching a human sporting event and a video game of cartoon players. The two are not the same in satisfaction level derived from the experience and that is because there is no human energy exchange with the video game experience. There is only stimulation visually and a simulation of real-world events, and it offers a lesser value in the energy conveyed.
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