Sports Fandom and the Different Types
Posted July 6, 2017
Sport Fandom
A sport fan is someone who is an enthusiastic follower of a particular organized
sport A fan can follow a specific player, a specific
team or a specific sport. Researchers acknowledge that there are different classification levels of sport fans.
One method by which researchers have classified sport fans is based
on the motivational distinctions between the individuals proposed that there are five distinct types of sports fans, temporary fans, local fans, the devoted fan, the fanatical fan and the dysfunctional fan.
The local and temporary fans have boundaries placed on their
motivations to attend sporting events based on time and location. A temporary fan is interested in the sport due to a phenomenon such as winning a big game once the curiosity in the sport is over..... This is a Short Stop article!
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