What is football?

[magicjuan]

Cash cow.

 

[Rita_Poon]

A means to keep the cricket team fit over winter.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Football is a simple game that's got too big for its boots.

 

[Bkk Andy]

It's miserable and lacks entertainment. However, it's your background, part of who you are and that's ultimately why you waste so much time and energy on something you don't really enjoy.

 

[Jamiednm]

It used to be entertainment that morphed, understandably, in to the tribal/identity thing.

But a football club being part of your identity these days is increasingly rare and pathetic, considering it’s all about money.

 

[The Binman]

Baby don’t hurt me .. no more

When we have figured it out, can we tell Everton...??

 

[Jokerdan]

Takes your mind off the real horrors life brings

Or as an Evertonian it just replaces one horror with another albeit less meaningful one in the great scheme of things

I love my footie and ADORE my Everton but it and they are not the be all and end all of my life...just a miserable distraction from the real World

 

[NeilMorepies]

Money laundering tax dodge for multi-millionaires.

 

[bcblue1878]

Went with Option 2, team is your team - belonging etc, which I suspect are the reasons many of us support Everton, it’s certainly not to be entertained at the moment!
However since the PL started it has become much more about the money and ensuring certain clubs remain at the forefront of everything! This in turn has “attracted” the hangers on, the entitled fans, and those who actually change their “support” (and no nothing about football itself) just so they can be seen and heard as voices on Sky etc!
I really dislike what football is and has become!

 

[Encoder]

A working man's game that has been co-opted by Billionaires, Media Corps, Super Agents and Nation States which now effectively lacks meaningful competition or merit outside of a select few.

The actual game is about one step below professional wrestling in terms of fake entertainment.

 

[Thomasc]

 

[Dancing Pat]

Everton football = ‘Good Times’

Apparently

 

[anton66]

What ruins football?
The Everton manager.