"Rethinking Fandom"

At this inflection point in the Dayton Flyers season I'm sure some fans are questioning their sanity not to mention their fandom. You are not alone.

Craig Calcaterra's book "Rethinking Fandom" is for you.

This is a link to an excerpt of his book published by Columbus Monthly on his prior obsession with the Buckeyes:

https://www.columbusmonthly.com/stor...es/9627954002/

Late that afternoon, I was playing with my 3-year-old son and found myself still distracted by college football stuff. For whatever reason, I realized that day, in a way that I had not realized it before, that my obsession with Buckeyes football was unhealthy for me. That it was consuming too much of my time and my emotional energy and interfering with other far more important parts of my life. I didn’t make any grand declarations to myself or to anyone else, but I decided that afternoon that it’d be better for me if I backed away a bit and got a little more balance when it came to college football. I had no plans to cease being a fan, but I did decide to limit Ohio State football intake to the games themselves. I attempted to view them as defined, three-hour TV shows that I watched for the purpose of entertainment, cut out most of the hype and things that surrounded them, and do what I could to put the games out of my mind once they were over. In short, I decided to become a casual fan.