Unless you’re the one playing them to extract the joy that can only come from physical exercise, sports worship is just more mindless brand tribalism like loving Apple products, worshiping a God, or supporting your chosen political party.

Granted, it is incredible what pro athletes can do, but it’s almost never healthy or good for them to subject their bodies to that kind of strain. That is to say nothing about the terrible ways in which fame and sudden wealth can ruin a young persons life.