I know what you are saying, but it's entirely unrealistic to expect 99.9% of people to suddenly shut up and hit the books. That's not how it works. Only a tiny minority can be part of the game. The rest have to watch. Of course they are going to talk every aspect of it to death, that's the only participation that's open to them. Same goes for any fan based culture. Besides, it would be fucking dull if all footie banter was prefaced with, "referring to Carlos Kickaball's recent thesis on..."