Yup, it's no wonder that so many of these newgen "gamers" are also sports-in-bio drones. The mentality and defensiveness you see of newgen IPs like 343i's Halo, Nordic GOW, Last of Us etc is very much in line with the reflexive, kneejerk allegiance to Muh Team. No thought is taking place, no critical examination is made, it doesn't even matter how the product is made or who is creatively at the reins, what matters is that a New Product says Halo or God of War or Last of Us on it and so the sportsoid slave simply MUST defend it, there's no other option.
I think it's that to be an active, vocal fan of modern sports entertainment is to be a sort of loyalist partisan for mainstream corporate culture, in the most unequivocally uncritical and piggish way.