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Are you interested/engaged in football now as you were when you were younger? (alien.top)
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When I was younger, especially between the ages of 15 to around 27, I feel like I was a lot more invested in my own team and wider football in general. I knew my own squad inside & out and could easily list players from the majority of players in the top leagues.

However, now at age 36, I find that I really struggle to keep up with football in general. I hear about players my club is going to sign and a lot of the time I have no idea who they are. I'll look at highlights of Serie A & La Liga and for the most part won't recognise most of the players.

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like as they're getting older, they're less engaged with the game?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Football has become over commercialised and sanitised in my view. People were against the idea of modern football about 15 years ago but most people are only waking up to it within the last few years and realising what the sport has become at the top level. Higher ticket pricing, all-seater stadiums (albeit justified), gentrification of crowds, half-time shows, Ariana Grande style concerts before prestigious finals, and so on.

English football, at least at the top level, is dead for me. It's become a product of Sky. "Anyone can beat anyone", but come May it's largely the same top 4 teams every year. It's become a dick swinging contest between the billionaires of the top 6 clubs. Can't be bothered with trying to keep up with the constant news cycles, especially during the transfer windows.

Definitely not as interested in it as I was in my younger days, but I still follow it all through force of habit unfortunately.