BaalHabooze,
There are some issurim that one MIGHT be oiver from being a sports fan. If one avoids these pitfalls, I don’t see why it is ossur.
Issurim include:
Lo Sichonein= issur to compliment, flatter or to praise a non-jew. (this one is the toughest as a sports fan)
this could be a problem
Nival peh= using bad language
(words in this catagory creeps into our subconscious minds when hearing how our “heros” speak. happened to me many times, I’m ashamed to admit.)
wow I don’t know which teams you follow but i have never heard players say nivul peh and havent repeated it
Negiya= this happens in crowded stadiums, and sports complexes, with people of the opposite gender sitting next to you, or when entering and leaving with the crowd.
these are the MOST common one can be oiver. yes there are more but it’s my personal list.
there is no problem of Negiya if not doing it in a derech of chiba (if what you were saying was true then one couldn’t go in a crowded subway)
lesson- it is bitul torah. Add that to my list above. ’nuff said.
then so is going to the CR
I’ve heard a maaseh of a rav that still got hanah when he heard his team won the championship