Does one say ‘the team were tired’ or ‘the team was tired’? The first looks right, though team is singular we know it’s a group of people.

Just curious, not losing sleep, failing exams, or at risk of being booted out of the golf club over it, thanks.

He, She, It = Was(n’t)

They, We, You = Were(n’t)

Team unpacks into a group…

The tea was tired as you are treating the team as an individual
the [whole] team was tired
If you split them into parts then
Some [members] of the team were tired

Could work either way, “the team (single unit) was tired”, or “the team (of people) were tired”.

The North American thing is awful though: “and the next highlight, England scores”, or “Man United is really tired here”. Just grates in every way

Would you say,”the police is involved” or “the police are involved”? Former sounds odd, doesn’t it?

I think you can use both in English, depending on whether you want to place importance on the individuals or unit.

I also think that in speaking we favour are/were because the schwa is a “lazy” sound.