1st & Ten - The Importance of Sport
The Importance of Sport I’ve often asked why I love sports so much. I’ve even wondered what its value is. Depending on which sport you’re interested in would determine how your year will be shaped. Whether it’s baseball, football (soccer), rugby, hockey, or NFL what brings us to be so interested in a few dozen young athletes, and some wealthy, showing their capabilities? What is it that makes a big game so compelling? What does it do for our emotions? Is it a good thing or do some think it’s a bad thing? Which camp are you in? Many reasons draw us to Sports. Maybe it’s the competition, the history of the game or the sport itself, watching an athlete do something amazing, that we may not be able to do, but they sure can! It could even be the elegance of the game, or the coming together as a community in a shared story, such as the Olympics, or the Super Bowl. A focal point of coming together and being part of the moment. Even at the game itself, in that moment professional sport i...