Boy was I NAIVE

Let me preface this by saying that I love my wife very much and I can't imagine my life without her. She is a very funny, intelligent and caring person and those are only three of the million reasons I love her. That being said I have come to the conclusion that there is an actual difference between men and women. For all of my years prior to being married I truly believed that the only reason women weren't as big of sports fans as men was because they didn't see the drama, comedy and love stories so deeply engraved in sports. Thus the title of this post, "Boy was I NAIVE". As I said before my wife is very intelligent and I have tried several times to explain to her that in a single sporting event you will have as much drama, comedy and (yes) love stories as you would in any one of the shows she watches but to no avail. (i.e. Grey's Anatomy, Will and Grace, Big Brother, etc.) Drama is the easy aspect to explain in sports, your team tied or down one point with 10 seconds or one out to go, that is drama. Comedy is even easy to explain in sports, who hasn't laughed out loud at the commentators while watching a game or even seen a play that looked so ridiculous you had to laugh at the pure clumsiness of said play, even some of the stories behind players cause laughter. (This is to say nothing of the commercials during sporting events, especially SportsCenter commercials.) Now love stories are more difficult to explain when it comes to sporting events, but what woman out there didn't kick themselves when they found out they missed the live proposal after the Fiesta Bowl of Boise State Bronco's Ian Johnson and then to hear his then girlfriend and now wife Chrissy Popadics say "YESSS!!" Also I challenge every woman out there to watch any of the Road to the Final Four shows about players and/or teams personal struggles without shedding a tear. But the true love stories are the personal each person has for THEIR team and the emotions one goes through during a game THEIR team is participating in. (I use "THEIR team" because each fan is a part of the team reagardless of what others may think.)

My point is that sports have the same story lines as any show ever made and ever to be made. It starts fresh with the viewer knowing they will be taken on a ride just not which ride that will be. It ends with a closing befitting the plot and along the way there may be tears, laughs, yelling, hanging of head in shame or embarrassment but always the viewer is left wanting more and looking forward to next week or even next season. Whether you agree with my take on sports or not, the point that can't be denied is the fact that men don't tear apart the shows women watch so please, all we ask is to not take away our sports nor persecute us for spending entire days engulfed in sports. Just view it as a Grey's Anatomy marathon, every weekend, that we can not miss, and leave it at that. Thank you.
Kip