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Big reason that I will watch sports is for a DISTRACTION.
Whether it is a distraction form the treadmill or stairmaster beneath my feet or from the worry that I don't know where the next mortgage payment is coming from, the ability for sports to distract me from my day to day is very important.
Certainly that can be a double edge sword, and while I try not to to let sports (and other forms of entertainment, TV, Video games, etc.) distract me to such an extent that it is detremental to my way of life (like the WOW addicted folks who lost their jobs and familys to the MMORPG), a 3 hour vacation is certainly the battery recharger that can get me through the rest of the week unscathed.
I don't think this one applys to everyone however.  My wife for instance wouldn't be able to sit through a 30 minute sitcom let alone a 3 hour football game if there was something pressing on her mind that needed to be done, even something simple like the dishes.  Where as most of the time if I can take a short break from something with a half of basketball, or a few innings of a ball game I can come back to the task at hand reinvigorated and ready to work twice as hard as if I had just tried to slough my way through it.
 
Does that make sense or did I lose eveyone yet :)