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Originally Posted by Zaela
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What puzzles me, even assuming that sports are inherently worthwhile, is how a team of players from all around the country and occasionally -- if not frequently, depending on the sport -- from other countries entirely, who've probably been passed around a few times already and who were ultimately assembled by management and coaching staff who are probably predominantly from somewhere else themselves... are supposed to represent [insert city here], much less the people who live around there.
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Fascinates me as well. Most of these players have no sense of allegiance towards their city. They go where the money and trophies are.
You hit on some good points but I will tell you one thing. In general, wildly successful people do not follow sports. It's a ritual most prevalent in lower/middle income areas. I have a friend who participates in 10 fantasy leagues, knows who ran a 4.4 40 at the last combine and could tell you without batting an eyelash every team that won their conference finals in the past 20 years. Same guy complains about how hard it is to get a job in today's economy.
Losers gravitate towards sports. I understand that is a generalization but as Adam Carolla says, they are called that for a reason.