Sports is just a game, right?  It is entertainment for the masses?  These questions are simple and perplexing.  If sports are just a game why is it so unifying? If it is entertainment for the the masses then why do fans worship teams and players so ardently?  This post is intriguing for me to. I have to say pepole are hardwired to exaggerate and worship the capacity overstate the simple things like sports and work.  Answers and research are held up to standards that demand an absolute foundation of proof, so life has some absolute truth.  And the truth is sports in its non-categorized form and definition is a unifying competition between persons who seek a prize and or just the joy of being able to stand next to others who are here for the same purpose. 

Sports is our way of life and like it or not when people say it is just a game and entertainment are jaded to the other values of life-- without sport life is mingled and mixed with no aspiration and goals.  Life then is non virtuous and meaningless, sports is about hero and the athletes contribute to each culture that way.