Football fandom produces an emotional high that, unlike religion, is empty and non-transcendent because it is part of a zero-sum game that inevitably involves suffering on the other side.

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Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

I do realize that the high I get from sports is kind of empty.

Source

The Economics of Religion with Larry Iannaccone 10/9/2006EconTalk
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