jphone, to explain KiruvWife’s point it by way of an extreme analogy, if a Jew G-d forbid is in McDonald’s ordering a cheeseburger, (after being unable to persuade him otherwise) are you going to advise him heck you are eating a cheeseburger anyways so get shtick chazer fieselch with it? I would at least try to dissuade him from the chazer, notwithstanding that he is going to eat a cheeseburger anyways.
This point stands even though we both agree both cheeseburgers and chazir are treif gamur.
(p.s. i am not literally comparing following professional sports to eating chazir. better sports than chazir.)
(p.p.s. the mod has already stated the official position. “Playing sports for fun, excerise and even competition is fine. Spending hours reading up on the latest deals, trades and statistics is not the ideal (to say the least).” at: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/should-the-cr-have-sports-threads/page/2#post-21001 )