Guest BuckFoston Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 "Researchers" are working hard over there in Europe, answering the big questions. But what about hockey fans? I'm all for a euphoric win once in a while, but if people are seriously having more fun watching sports than bumping uglies, they really need to improve on the quality of the latter. Study says soccer is like sex for fans UPDATED APR 19, 2012 4:43 AM ET Soccer fans get as excited watching a big game as they do during a night of passionate love-making, European researchers claimed. Scientists from the Netherlands and Spain studied the hormone levels of Spanish fans during a match and found that levels of the sex hormone testosterone soared in male and female soccer fans regardless of their team's success. Lead researcher Leander van der Meij, from Amsterdam's Vu University, said fans also experienced a greater secretion of the "stress" hormone cortisol, an effect that is "consistent with the social self-preservation theory." The spike in cortisol secretion suggests that the fans -- younger, more devoted fans in particular -- experienced a threat to their social esteem if their team did not win. The study was published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumquats Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Soccer is like sex because it lasts for hours and sometimes ends in a scoreless tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil HD Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 With the direction that discipline is heading in the NHL, hockey is more like angry sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microbialbbq Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Sure testosterone activity may be the similar in both settings (sex and watching sports), but there are other changes in the body occurring that might for all we know be different between the two, especially the having fun part, that's not necessarily mediated by testosterone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Hockey is like sex because its fast paced, hardcore at times, and left with one winner at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BuckFoston Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Hockey is like sex because its fast paced, hardcore at times, and left with one winner at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Must be an English study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Baseball is like dropping the soap in a prison shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaskell Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 sorry what is soccer??? do you mean football??? Yes i am English. I am a hockey fan and a football fan. Watching football live on TV is pretty boring but watching it at the stadium is another question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 sorry what is soccer??? do you mean football??? Yes i am English. I am a hockey fan and a football fan. Watching football live on TV is pretty boring but watching it at the stadium is another question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaskell Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 the internet is everywhere hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 But this is a Canadian board. The colonial mentality continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICanucksfan5551 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 sorry what is soccer??? do you mean football??? Yes i am English. I am a hockey fan and a football fan. Watching football live on TV is pretty boring but watching it at the stadium is another question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 i feel sorry for these people if they can compare their sex live's to watching a game of soccer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Hockey is like sex because its fast paced, hardcore at times, and left with one winner at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Baseball is like dropping the soap in a prison shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobCanuck Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 it seems like your partner is getting ripped off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 "Researchers" are working hard over there in Europe, answering the big questions. But what about hockey fans? I'm all for a euphoric win once in a while, but if people are seriously having more fun watching sports than bumping uglies, they really need to improve on the quality of the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayStation Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 People are paid to research stupid crap like this? Who the hell researches or thinks of such! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 People are paid to research stupid crap like this? Who the hell researches or thinks of such! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.