Look on the bright side: over 100 years ago a philosopher -- forgive me, I can no longer remember who -- said they would build sports stadiums to entertain and preoccupy the masses, while undermining men's need for community and belonging. They would do this by supplanting that need with a fake community of "belonging" to a sports team that, in reality, has nothing to do with them. Also, all these sporting events and colosseums -- er I mean "arenas" -- are just the modern version of ancient Rome's "bread and circuses".

So, having said all that, consider the implosion of modern sports as a grand opportunity for society to reclaim real community and get back to reality. Nothing wrong with playing sports; nothing wrong with enjoying watching a sporting event; there's a helluva lot wrong with being overly preoccupied watching vastly overpaid jocks play a game for a living, while over-identifying with them, and vastly overpaying for the "privilege".

Look on the bright side: over 100 years ago a philosopher -- forgive me, I can no longer remember who -- said they would build sports stadiums to entertain and preoccupy the masses, while undermining men's need for community and belonging. They would do this by supplanting that need with a fake community of "belonging" to a sports team that, in reality, has nothing to do with them. Also, all these sporting events and colosseums -- er I mean "arenas" -- are just the modern version of ancient Rome's "bread and circuses".

So, having said all that, consider the implosion of modern sports as a grand opportunity for society to reclaim real community and to get back to reality. Nothing wrong with playing sports; nothing wrong with enjoying watching a sporting event; there's a helluva lot wrong with being overly preoccupied watching vastly overpaid jocks play a game for a living, while over-identifying with them, and vastly overpaying for the "privilege".

Look on the bright side: over 100 years ago a philosopher -- forgive me, I can no longer remember who -- said they would build sports stadiums to entertain and preoccupy the masses, while undermining men's need for community and belonging. They would do this by supplanting that need with a fake community of "belonging" to a sports team that, in reality, has nothing to do with them. Also, all these sporting events and colisseums -- er I mean "arenas" -- are just the modern version of ancient Rome's "bread and circuses".

So, having said all that, consider the implosion of modern sports as a grand opportunity for society to reclaim real community and to get back to reality. Nothing wrong with playing sports; nothing wrong with enjoying watching a sporting event; there's a helluva lot wrong with being overly preoccupied watching vastly overpaid jocks play a game for a living, while over-identifying with them, and vastly overpaying for the "privilege".

Look on the bright side: over 100 years ago a philosopher -- forgive me, I can no longer remember who -- said they would build sports stadiums to entertain and preoccupy the masses, while undermining men's need for community and belonging by supplanting it with a fake community of "belonging" to a sports team that, in reality, has nothing to do with them. Also, all these sporting events and colisseums er I mean "arenas" are just the modern version of ancient Rome's "bread and circuses".

So, having said all that, consider the implosion of modern sports as a grand opportunity for society to reclaim real community and to get back to reality. Nothing wrong with playing sports; nothing wrong with enjoying watching a sporting event; there's a helluva lot wrong with being overly preoccupied watching vastly overpaid jocks play a game for a living, while over-identifying with them, and vastly overpaying for the "privilege".