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 Texas Football League news brief.