Each and every day the masses of society sit glued to their television sets in waiting for the next big game between their favorite sports teams and their rivals.
They sometimes do this instead of finding out the daily unraveling of current events and important societal and political issues that are on the evening news.
The fact is, watching the news (local or world) on television is a bombardment of grim stories about death and politics that highlights everything that’s wrong with our modern society.
Without having spectacles and escapes like professional sports, the world often becomes far too depressing for the average person to carry out their daily lives. It’s for that reason that sports play such a large part in many people’s day-to-day lives.
Sports offer something else for fans to focus on rather than the dull, depressing reality portrayed by the evening news. Sports provide feelings of hope. Hope for fans to believe that their team will finally win the championship this year.
Sports provide inspiration in the form of an underdog that rises above criticisms, expectations, and adversities to capture a moment of pure glory.
It’s those triumphant feelings that make sport so valuable to some people, and why they are so passionate about something that seems so trivial. That’s right, it’s not just a game.
We hold these games and their players close to our hearts in the hope that one day we will watch them raise that elusive championship banner and offer us, for at least a little while, something more positive to focus on, and an escape from the bleak and dismal confines of humanity. Sports give us hope and inspiration to believe in ourselves.