As alluded to in my previous post Match of the Day Syndrome is a major hindrance to the sports recorder/viewer. In short, it refers to the line on the preceding BBC News, where they tell you to look away now if you do not wish to see the results.
I first experienced it when i was advised as a child not to discuss the day's results with my grandfather, which as a football-obsessed youngster, was a deeply strange phenomena. Why would anyone not want to discuss football all the time? However as an adult these days i think it is much harder to avoid the results of any game. The cause being the internet. Information is everywhere, even with smaller scale events such as the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), which i have been known to "tape" an entire days racing.
I guess this syndrome is one of the reasons i insist on watching as much sport live as i possibly can
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