A game that is very very important to many people around the world. Why not respect that? I don't want to be patronizing but surely you know about all the history this game has and what it has historically meant to many people. Strictly rationally, yes, it's just a game, but to many people it just means so very very much. Regardless of what it means to you personally, and how you feel about that. I understand also to many people it is just a game, but I feel a statement like that just disregards what football means to many people, and it is in fact the most annoying thing anyone could ever possibly say when you're upset over a game that your team loses. Never happened to you?