Matthew 19 - Something's Gotta Give

Matthew 19:4
And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
7 They *said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
8 He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
10 The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”
11 But He said to them, “Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

Sounds like the guys approaching Jesus are asking big questions about marriage because they're unhappily married to some shrewish Jewish wives and want a ticket out.

Although the whole focus of this exchange is marriage/divorce, I'm struck by the implied (okay, inferred, by me) challenge in vs 12. It's a little late for me to unmarry myself and make a lifetime sacrifice of my relationship status for the sake of the kingdom. But, and without putting any words into Jesus' mouth here - only going on a bit of an extrapolation exploration on my own, I wonder how many other lesser life-aspects we can place into this category of voluntary eunuch-dom?

For there are men who are born disliking soccer; and there are men who were made to hate soccer because of early hateful coaching; and then there are soccer-lovers who have made themselves burn their love for soccer on the altar for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.

If we can replace something as foundational to our worldview as the desire for a life-partner to make room for kingdom work as our partner (remember, Jesus himself lived this!), then how many other cultural givens might come under scrutiny? 

Devotion to a professional sports team
Allegiance to a designer brand
Marriage to an alma mater, or birth-state, or political party
Identification with a denomination

Or, less abstract notions.

Living in a house with no TV
No music except the music you create in worship
No vacations, only missions
No haircuts, no wine, ala Nazarite

Would some of this simply be living under a do-not-handle-do-not-taste-do-not-touch law? Or, would omitting some basic lifepoints be empowering instead of limiting (see Samson, above)?

What's on the table simply because our society dictates that it's a fundamental necessity but is an impediment to living fully for the kingdom of heaven? 

Something should give. I can think of something to relinquish as an offering to God, to make greater room in my earthly life for the kingdom of heaven. One thing. Going to boil it down this week.