Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

The purpose of sports consumption
Why does some of us waste time and sometimes even money with viewing when other exercise
To get an answer to the question, I asked nine persons 1 about what they believe is the purpose of looking at
sports.
The only one of those who do not watch sports, replied that he for his part did not see any point in it. While
the other expressed a positive opinion about the activity. Five of the respondents used the word "exciting" in
combination with words such as: relaxing, inspiring, adrenaline rush. Two of the others (who are both avid
sports consumers) replied that it gives entertainment for the moment. The last of the interviewees said that it
is more meaningful than any other TV entertainment, because the events are not rigged.
The results thus indicate that a common reason to watch sports is because it's exciting.
Is it okay with any sport According to the participants in this study, it is not so, on the contrary just a few of
the 33 listed sports will do (table 1).
In addition, they had to explain why those sports are worth looking at, while others are not. The responses
can be divided into three main groups:
1. 80 of a total of 297 responses (33 x 9 = 297), was about that the participants likes to consum sports in
which Sweden participates, and to a question about why most responded something like: it's fun when
Sweden do well, and it is exciting when Sweden is participating.
2. 81 responses meant that they like to see the sport even though Sweden is not participating. The reason
was in 13 cases that they have a personal interest in the sport because they exercised/exercise it, or
otherwise has participated in the exercise (such as a parent of a child who is a practitioner). Others look at
the sport because they for some reason like to consume it.
3. 136 responses was that they do not watch the sport. The most common reason given was that they are not
interested in it (85 replies) or that the sport is boring/dull/tough to watch (35 responses).
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Seven men and two women, on average, they were 48 years old (median: 46 years, min - max: 38-75
years). They consume sports in varying degrees, from a person who barely looks at all to a couple of
persons that look almost every day on any/some of a variety of sports.
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