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Half Of Americans Have Cut Off A Friend Because Of Their Favorite Football Team

A Patriots fan with his license plate during a game between the New England Patriots and the Chicago Bears, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, MA on October 24, 2022. FRED KFOURY III/ICON SPORTWITRE VIA GETTY IMAGES 

Americans take football so seriously that half of them have actually ended a friendship over a rivalry, according to a new poll.  

A survey of 2,000 U.S. football fans examined how respondents celebrate game day, finding that 52% have called it quits with a friend because they support their favorite team’s rival. 

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