Sport is a game

After this weeks reading, it occured to me: Sport really is just a game. Ok, that sounds stupid and obvious but how often do people forget it? It seems that most people criticize one that claims sport is just a game if he or she is an athlete. But it is ok for a spectator to claim it is just a game. For an athlete, sport must be life, but for a fan sport must be a game. How often do we laugh at those RedSoxNation fans who commit everything they have to a game? And yet, we respect them for their loyalty. What makes the game of sport so different from all other games that is ok for a man to be belligerent and wild for 1-3 hours a week of his life?

I love sports: watching and playing them. But, when it comes down to it, sport is just a game. Why can't i get as dedicated or committed to playing tag or the other mimicry games of childhood? Is there less sense of competition (probably as we get older) but what makes the sports of baseball, basketball and football so enriching and mesmerizing that they don't appear to be games?