Football addiction

Football addiction is a common affliction of men across multiple continents, even though the game is different in Europe compared with the United States. The attraction appears to be the shifting patterns of players in a game having an element of chance and appearance of progress. An added amount of violence and greater scoring in the American version boosts its popularity among Americans.

The internet features commentary on how to overcome the addiction, which plagues Europeans too. Violence can actually break out among fans at some European events.

## Broken marriage due to European football addiction[edit]

“  |  The most extreme case I came across was one woman who left her husband because of his “addiction” to Chelsea football club.

She told me that their bedroom was a shrine to Chelsea, he watched almost every Chelsea game, home and away (including European away matches), spent all their joint savings and ran up huge debts following Chelsea. Eventually he was even sacked from his job because he kept ringing in sick whenever Chelsea were playing hundreds of miles from home during midweek games. Out of season he was constantly depressed and would try to alleviate his mood by endlessly watching videos of Chelsea’s greatest games. And once the football season started, his depression would lift.[1]

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## See also[edit]

* Unplug the NFL

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://theconversation.com/fanatical-about-football-watch-out-you-could-be-an-addict-28240