McIlroy makes feelings clear about changing | Golf News

He was questioned: “Do you think gone are the days when people watched sport for the pure joy of it, just for the love of it, as opposed to now watching sport to have an opinion about the player, about the coach, about everything that happens? I specifically ask this because obviously after what happened in Ryder Cup and how out of hand the situation got, do you think the landscape watching sport, enjoying watching sport, has changed to now having an opinion?”.

McIlroy addressed the evolving nature of followers, while also drawing parallels between sports activities and actuality tv, reviews the Mirror US.

“Yeah, so I would say – it’s a great question. I would say that deep down at its core, the essence of watching sport, it’s the realist reality show that we have,” McIlroy said. “We don’t know the outcome. We don’t know what’s going to happen, and that’s amazing. There’s very little content on TV nowadays that can actually do that.

“So my sport will always be what it’s, and I feel the bulk of sports activities followers watch it because of that. But yes, there are – , you start to see – look, it is a big business, and big business and money comes from having opinions on issues; and the more eyeballs issues are in the end a good factor, if it may be harnessed the correct pay.”

McIlroy also talked about how betting has influenced the golf world. He said: “It’s positively modified. When it is people watching sport for the playing side and they put money on video games, that is one thing that particularly in America, that’s a changing panorama.

“But I think at its core, watching sport, whatever that is, is still very pure and it’s still pure competition, and I think that’s an amazing thing.”

McIlroy thinks the character of athletics and the vary of supporters depart athletes susceptible to criticism.

“As an athlete and knowing that you’re going to get criticized for your performances, good or bad or whatever it is, I think at this point in time and in this modern world, that’s – I wouldn’t say it’s a price to pay but yeah, you just – it is what it is.”