I've been a football fan since birth. I've made my living on the game. I watch it every week. I'm not having fun anymore. Can I still be considered a "fan"?
I'll tell you the moment when I officially realized football wasn't fun for me as a fan anymore: two weeks ago, when Jay Cutler lowered his shoulder to score a four-yard touchdown run against the Vikings. Though Jay probably could have reached the pylon by continuing his run on an angle, he cut it inside, thinking that "the shortest distance is a straight line."
It was arguably the right football move, and certainly one that inspired his teammates, yet inarguably the wrong life move.