Are any other major sports fans finding themselves burnt out/less interested as they get older?
I'm aware that it's purely up to me to watch as much or as little sports as I want to, and that to some degree my sports consumption is excessive... But, especially during football season, I'm getting to the point where the whole thing feels like a chore now.
Part of it doesn't help that my teams are all pretty much godawful this year (Cardinals, Suns, Sun Devils, Anaheim Ducks/Vegas Golden Knights) and outside of a few flash in the pan runs, they haven't done much in the last decade.
Football though is especially tough. It and Fantasy Football are one of the top things that help keep me engaged with the guys and give us a chance to banter and hang out. I'm in 6 leagues though. But like, Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, Saturday CFB (which I try to mostly just keep on in the background), Sunday a full slate of games... that's four days of football, not to mention 1-2 hours of podcasts a day and all of Tuesday evening being dedicated to waivers.
With the World Series too, I was busy almost every night. I just wanna watch a show or play the new Pokemon, haha.
It feels so repetitive, the same cycle every year, and my emotional investment isn't carrying.
Anyone else go through this? Did anyone else get their sports fandom rekindled after being burnt out?
Posted Nov 3, 2025, 9:07 PM UTC