Sneakylong I'm actually with Gary on this one. Yes, sports are fun. I love football, too, and I love to watch the games. And obviously I come to the forum to read and to post my opinion. It's enjoyable to me, and it's entertainment. I would also agree that life without entertainment of some sort would be much more difficult, not that a lot of our ancestors didn't live that kind of life.
But I wouldn't go so far as to say that sports are important or that they matter. Would lt give me a temporary thrill to have my favorite football team win the Super Bowl? Of course, and I would enjoy it immensely. Does that mean it matters if my team wins the Super Bowl? I don't think so.
A couple of months ago we lost all tv and internet for about three days at my house. To make matters worse, my wife was out of town. So when I got home from work it was just me and my cat. I'll be honest and say that at first there was a feeling of withdrawal that was uncomfortable. After that, though, I started to do other things, like read some books and play the piano. And you know what? Life went on, and it wasn't even horrible. In my opinion, most people would be slightly better off to turn off their tvs and their phones once in a while, maybe talk to the people who live in their house, you know, face to face? I know it's an antiquated notion. Might even be a good idea to have a media/device holiday once in a while, maybe even once a week (gasp).
At any rate, I stick with my former assertion that all sports are exhibitions, and not really important. Enjoy them if you want to, sure, but to pretend that they actually matter is folly, imo.