The psychology of the sports fan (and I include myself in this category) has interested me since the ‘pep-rallies’ of my high school days.

Sports fans live vicariously through their team, players, or a specific athlete (admiration/identification is generated when an athlete exhibits uncommon abilities, or when the team’s harmonized tactics work to perfection). Spectator sports are, at a basic level, a form of entertainment to be enjoyed as a leisure activity. Watching one’s favorite team is an escapist endeavor, yielding opposing aspects of anxiety and exhilaration, thereby providing the fan with a sense of accomplishment just by watching an event and enabling the fan to enthusiastically proclaim “we won!”

But enough of the preamble…

The B.C. Lions won the 99th Grey Cup Yesterday!

We Won!