This is more to do with most Lemmy users being shut-in nerds not inclined to sports tbh.
Totally this. The amount of shut-in nerds on here, with strange obsessive habits of stalking people who disagree with them, is wild.
I've seen people mention wanting to talk more sports on here, and some of the hate and downvotes those posts get is insane.
Good, because .world is one of the more toxic ban-happy instances in the fediverse.