I do think that sports mimic war because the goal is to win. All of today's sports are determined by points whether it be touchdowns, goals or points made, they are striving for being the victor. War uses this with a number of ways such as number of soldiers or weapons. Whoever has more of either one will most likely be the victor as in sports. Sports today I think is a positive influence because it releases an inner rage when you play it. It is put on television for us to be entertained and stimulates that inner rage inside be let out within our thoughts without actually doing it unless you are. At least if you are doing a sport, you know what is at stake and whatever the rules are but in the streets it is more brutal/savage-like because its all out of rage, not from any meaning like sports has. Sports though does have more of a positive tone than war because at least it is aiming to win to feel the best at something not to gain more control over.
-Steven Gallardo
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I do agree with you. Your points are very valid. Some people need sports to release anger on the field or else they would be psycho's on the street. We share the same ideas,so check out my post.
ReplyDeleteI feel a little distressed with the idea of sports being so connected with "rage". Using rage as a description makes it seems sports are negative when in fact many sports would be against using "rage" in a competition. Sports teach us more than just letting out an animalistic rage, they teach about working well in teams and learning how to cope with adversity.
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