You said:

I think a lot of men use sports as a way of distancing themselves from relationships.

I'll add:

A lot of them live the dream they never were able to fulfill by watching sports. They are armchair atheletics. What they maybe didn't get to do in their younger years, they get to do by watching, coaching, etc...

I've also known some men who coached simply because it was the ONLY thing they could be in charge of! ha!

Anyway, we are probably both right, eh?

JJ