A Few Thoughts on Mavs 117, Spurs 110

[SportPsychMav]

It always amazes me how the Knicks fans never seem to move on and get a life.

Knicks are their life, it's hard to move on. Most people don't have a life. Many live through video games, internet, tv-series, sports teams, brand fandom.

Wow. I guess I think of sports, at the most basic level, as a way that people relate to each other. I suppose the Knicks fans might get some sort of emotional kick from commiserating or sum'n. 

Plus there is something called the sunk-cost effect if it interests you ?

Some people love their misery, it's super hard to change behavior sustainably. Once under enough duress you'll go back to the most repeated/intensified behavior.

Love hate relationship probably also plays a role for some.

Would probably interesting enough to warrant a bachelor's thesis haha.

I hear what you're saying, and it makes sense.

 
Still, people move on from bad sports teams all the time. The Knicks supporters seem to be a particularly long-suffering and intense group. It fascinates me a little, in a morbid kind of way.

Maybe they are fascinated with the Knicks in the same way?