Games, Sports and Competition
What is the point of games and sports? Were they created to see who was better? To see who could win? Dictionary.com says sports are: Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively; it also says: An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively. Maybe this is why they're so commonly played among the competitive. Or were sports and games invented to relieve stress and just have fun? The definition of games has to do with an acitivity for entertainment or enjoyment; a pasttime, along with a competitive activity or sport with contending players. I'd like to think that sports and games were created for fun, because I don't like competition, but after seeing the sports definition and part of the definition of games I began to wonder.
If I were to say competition is an addiction I'd say it's the worst legal one, aside from caffeine, that's not socially and ethically taboo. I see plenty of people all the time who are turned into a fat glob of ego when they're at high school sports games. This does not make the game any funner except for the people who think they're having fun bragging about how good their school's team is (and they often have nothing to do with it other than going to the same school). I find that competition is essentially pride-based whether it's a high school sport or the Olympics. On this basis I've decided I'm not going to try to have that style of school pride, because of what some people do, think, and say as a result of it. It's wrong when people have to think they are better than others to feel happy and in control. This brings such a false high that it has become addicting to some, just like any other addiction. Why can't people just be happy with their lives and have fun playing sports instead of thinking they should be happier, even if it is imminently temporary and addicting? This has an enormous impact on those they are putting down just like the addiction of a drug has an impact on the addict's loved ones.
Such sports and games are so amazing and can be a great deal of fun, I find it hard to believe that they were created with such a low objective in mind. Sports are one of the things I really like to do, but I'd rather have fun than enjoy comparing myself to others, no matter what the definitions say.
If I were to say competition is an addiction I'd say it's the worst legal one, aside from caffeine, that's not socially and ethically taboo. I see plenty of people all the time who are turned into a fat glob of ego when they're at high school sports games. This does not make the game any funner except for the people who think they're having fun bragging about how good their school's team is (and they often have nothing to do with it other than going to the same school). I find that competition is essentially pride-based whether it's a high school sport or the Olympics. On this basis I've decided I'm not going to try to have that style of school pride, because of what some people do, think, and say as a result of it. It's wrong when people have to think they are better than others to feel happy and in control. This brings such a false high that it has become addicting to some, just like any other addiction. Why can't people just be happy with their lives and have fun playing sports instead of thinking they should be happier, even if it is imminently temporary and addicting? This has an enormous impact on those they are putting down just like the addiction of a drug has an impact on the addict's loved ones.
Such sports and games are so amazing and can be a great deal of fun, I find it hard to believe that they were created with such a low objective in mind. Sports are one of the things I really like to do, but I'd rather have fun than enjoy comparing myself to others, no matter what the definitions say.
posted by Sir Radish at 9:29 AM
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