March Madness

"March Madness" has consumed our society.

I know many people who never follow any college sports, who filled out a bracket and became robots, glued to the television and internet following their Final Four picks. Even facebook, a network dedicated to look for classmates and stay connected, has devoted a section of its website to March Madness. It ranks each individual within their network (high school, college, region, company, etc.) and amongst their friends.

It seems like every television station dedicates some time to update the nation on which teams won, what games were major upsets (virtually none this season), etc. The same appears true for every major internet website, like MSN, AOL, etc.

I always knew that America had a strange obsession with sports and athletics, but never before did it seem so apparent. Has America's obsession with sports grown, or have I just been more oblivious to it? Perhaps, it deals with the technology, and the fact that the information about each game and each team is more readily available.