What is the purpose of sports? With all the NFL playoff games and the ACC basketball games now, it feels like sports are really important. Maybe it's just because I'm watching these games.
It does seem remarkable that so much attention goes to watch (mostly) men running into each other and jumping over each other. The rules of the game make it interesting, but there is really no point the exhibition. Yes, there will be winners and losers, but all the significance associated with these games is manufactured.
Of course for all of us spectators, it is pure entertainment. We love watching this stuff. And it would not be near as much fun without the manufactured significance. Sometimes I think we lose sight of the actual importance of the games.
Maybe we don't want to think too deeply about all this, or we might just check out. Then what would we talk about at the water cooler at work?
