Sports do little to unite us in our communities, countries, or internationally. Sports are dangerous. What purpose does chucking that ball (or whatever your sport does) serve? None. Completely frivolous, with no ensured benefit.
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I am not a sports person but I have to admit that watching Muhammad Ali's fights was not a boring activity in any way. So, sports are only useless in the same way that a chocolate is useless. Sure, you don't need chocolate to live on but it tastes good so you eat it.
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Maybe it's just me, but watching a handful of people run around or punch each other on a screen is the most frivolous activity I have ever seen. I find it useless. TV is for sharing the CREATIVITY of others around the world. Even an advertisement was created from scratch, combining the story genius of some and the acting ability of others, amongst other things. I understand the purpose of playing sports for personal skill and enjoyment, but see no benefit or entertainment value. You could watch football every day and it wouldn't help you get better. Every game is just a series of certain movements with constant mistakes.
So, to perhaps be more clear, sports have benefits in your personal life, but nothing that martial arts (an ART, not a sport) or something similar, couldn't accomplish, and these things would have real life applications. I personally participate in martial arts and receive ACTUAL benefits in addition to the physical strength and agility that a football player would gain.
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https://debateisland.com/discussion/comment/18248/#Comment_18248 (Me officially stating that I am no longer a flat-Earther)
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  Entity Sentiment Detection: TV TV    example TV shows   sports journalism   Sports  
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@Noam_Chunkzy How is sport in the category of the least important things? I have explained in my reasoning above that sport is one of the most important things.
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It may be hard to separate exercise and sports in your mind, so here's an example that makes it more obvious.
I could argue that having having sex is important because it burns calories. However, sex doesn't have the purpose of burning calories. So even though sex is important, the argument that it is important because it improves your fitness isn't a good argument.
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@K_Michael
People have fun doing them and they are also excersise.
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