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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by jeltz on Monday August 11, 2025 @07:07AM (#44862885)
I don't have the same experience at all. The people who I know and have met which enjoy watching sports come at all levels of fitness. I am not that interested myself but quite many of the members of my running club enjoy watching sports and some of them can run 3 hour marathons.

And if you have ever met football ultras most of them are very fit.

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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by cpursley on Monday August 11, 2025 @08:08AM (#44863281)
Are you coming from UK or US perspective? Never heard the term Ultra.
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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by solardev on Monday August 11, 2025 @07:40AM (#44863099)
What are football ultras?
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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by piltdownman on Monday August 11, 2025 @08:30AM (#44863430)
Somewhere between dedicated fans of (often working class) European Football teams and paramilitary organisations. Green Street starring Elijah Wood is a film accessible to overseas audiences detailing the cultural phenomenon n the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultras

In Europe however, Italy in particular, organised crime is embedded in the structure - e.g. Gennaro Di Tommaso aka "The C0rpse", the leader of Napoli's ultras whose approval is needed before a match can take place

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/curva-nostra-mob-infilt...

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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by BaseBaal on Monday August 11, 2025 @08:30AM (#44863435)
Extremely fanatic soccer "fans", aka hooligans. Basically just an excuse to be antisocial.
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Re:Basic Social Skills Guide by SSLy on Monday August 11, 2025 @04:32PM (#44869133)
the mob that pretends to be the core fans.
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