Kudos to this author for making an effort at establishing common ground for small talk. Watching the culture change over the past several decades, I worry that

Kudos to this author for making an effort at establishing common ground for small talk. Watching the culture change over the past several decades, I worry that there are less and less points of common interest in American society. Having said that, I don't like watching professional sports. I don't like watching games; I'd rather play them myself. I don't like supporting huge monopolies of multi-millionaires playing other multi-millionaires while ruining their bodies. It's just not my value system. I watch 1 or 2 footballs games a year, usually the Superbowl, and usually for the same reason this author decided to become a fan.