Question: those who have no interest in professional sports

no, there are plenty of other things besides sports

we do plays and theater and games and and and

No. We have a good circle of friends and none of us care about sports.

no. but i think it's because maybe most people in my life have little interest in professional sports too??

i mean some do, but its a *part* of their lives so there is lots of other parts that i can share in, if that makes sense?

i live in toronto - huge hockey town and basketball town... i have never been to EITHER. tickets are ridiculously expensive and, well, i live in toronto, there are LOTS of other things to do with friends and to spend my money on.

now my kids PLAY sports so i have spent more time in a rink than your average bear, gyms for school sports, soccer fields, pools, ball hockey rinks, etc, etc.... but no, i don't see it as a qualifier for the friends in my life as something we must do to spend time together.

Full disclosure, I love attending most sporting events, especially with DH. But, I have friends/aquantainces who don’t and that doesn’t affect our relationship at all. I probably wouldn’t invite them when we are going to a game, but if I was having a big party for a game I would. As it stands, we’re pretty anti-social so we don’t throw parties When we had season tickets for basketball I did invite my two closest friends to a game or two, they were famously not into sports. We went and had a good time. Just as I’ve gone with other people to events that aren’t up my ally and had a good time. And have gone to concerts for music I wasn’t into because a friend wanted me to go.

Neither of us are into sports in any way even though hubby was a star player in high school. Our friends are our friends even though some like sports. Our friends are like us with other interests but it is not the end all and be all of their lives. Nobody I know would travel out of town to see a professional game. Some will go to see grand kids play but only because it is grand kids not because they are a big fan. I like to think we are well rounded in our interests and that we don't center our lives around just one of them. We don't feel the lack of friends because of our lack of interest in sports. Sports is not an issue when making friends.

Nah... Too many other interests. You only need one or two good friends anyhow.

I have ZERO interest in professional sports. DH will watch football sometimes but finds most sports pretty boring. We don’t have a lot of couples friends that we do things with all that much to begin with. People host the occasional party or whatever and if we get invited we usually go, but typically it’s not a sports related thing. DH has his friends that he does stuff with and I have my friends that I do stuff with. We’ve gone to the occasional baseball game, went to an NFL football game once, DH went to a hockey game once, we went to a basketball game once. The reality is that these things are almost all prohibitively expensive once you take into account the cost of tickets, cost of parking, food and beverages while there, etc. and we would rather spend our money differently.

Our kid also has no interest in sports whatsoever, meaning I can’t think of a single organized sport she would have any interest in following. She doesn’t even like gym class, in fact last year it was the only class she got an average grade in. She likes to swim but only if that means goofing around in the pool, not swimming laps. She’s more into academics, art and music and we’re cool with that. We will never be those parents sitting on the sidelines of some kid team sport, and honestly we’re kind of relieved and feel like we sort of dodged a bullet not having to sit through all that.

I have zero interest in any sports, other than I attend ball games of Nieces and Nephew(once or twice per season). Not because I like watching the games, but because I love the kids and try to show support for whatever they are doing.
I usually have no idea what's going on, but cheer and holler when the others do......that and I always have cash for the snack bar or ice cream truck. LOL!! 

With friends, there's plenty to do..
Eat out.
Board and card games.
Life discussions.
Book discussions.
Hang out in backyard, on couch, in the kitchen....talking, laughing, socializing.
Go to street fairs, festivals, first fridays, etc...
Go hiking, walking, on picnic, etc...
Listen to music/bands at a local pub, bar, etc...
Go to concerts.

I have no interest in sports. It hasn't affected my friendships and I don't feel like I have fewer friends because of my lack of interest. Sometimes I get a bit bummed that a bunch of my friends will take off and go for a weekend to see a game somewhere but then I remember how bored I would be there and how expensive it would be and I get over it quick LOL.

I don't know anyone who has any serious interest in sports, we avoid places that are playing 'big games' of any sort. Watching other people play sport ranks on the watching paint dry side of life to me.

Clearly, I'm in the wrong thread

Currently watching Wales play Georgia in the Rugby World Cup being held in Japan.

Love all the big events, Olypmics, Euros, Fifa World cup etc but am not interested in watching a game with friends. Someone would always be walking in the way of the tv or talking over the important moments.

I have zero interest in any sport. I have never felt I am missing out on anything. I have plenty of friends. My family and friends don't watch sports either. I sometimes forget professional sports even exist until my boyfriend turns on a game on TV. He is the only person close to me who watches sports.

This is me. I have friends that LOVE football this time of year, and I don’t give a hoot. But I have a general idea of how certain teams are doing, because I watch the news and listen to conversations. Our smallish work office has a weekly football pool, and does a fantasy league. My son loves it, so I hear stuff. But ugh, don’t make me go to a game, l’ll be bored out of my mind.