This is not a dumb idea. It’s good and true.
Also I had to interact briefly and casually with Israeli dads every couple of weeks at school functions and if I didn’t have soccer to lean on I would have absolutely fucking died/
one of my dumb ideas that I actually sort of earnestly believe is that having at least a functional understanding of sports is a great way to make low-stakes, uncontroversial small talk with people at work or at a party or waiting in line or whatever