I would say a cultivated disinterest is not really a disinterest.
At one point in my life I had access to a TV transmitter and an input to the head end of a cable system so I did some "Captain Midnight" things and I learned very quickly that you don't mess with people's sports any more than you mess with an animal's food.
Every so often I put new batteries in my TV-B-Gone and my experience with that is that people rarely care (and might even cheer) if you turn off CNN, the Weather Channel, CNBC, the Cartoon Network or even ESPN Sports Center but it is part of my personal code that I will never turn off a game.
Rational or not, sports mean a lot to people and you've got to respect that. Personally I don't seek out a lot of pro sports but I watch the Superbowl every year and I am definitely excited to see the Pats in it. When I am visiting friends or out and about I definitely enjoy watching a game.
At one point in my life I had access to a TV transmitter and an input to the head end of a cable system so I did some "Captain Midnight" things and I learned very quickly that you don't mess with people's sports any more than you mess with an animal's food.
Every so often I put new batteries in my TV-B-Gone and my experience with that is that people rarely care (and might even cheer) if you turn off CNN, the Weather Channel, CNBC, the Cartoon Network or even ESPN Sports Center but it is part of my personal code that I will never turn off a game.
Rational or not, sports mean a lot to people and you've got to respect that. Personally I don't seek out a lot of pro sports but I watch the Superbowl every year and I am definitely excited to see the Pats in it. When I am visiting friends or out and about I definitely enjoy watching a game.