As someone who has never in his life turned on the TV to watch an athletic competition, not even once, I greet this with the applause and cheers I never directe

As someone who has never in his life turned on the TV to watch an athletic competition, not even once, I greet this with the applause and cheers I never directed to the screen for some ball game. It's not that I mind those who like sports having the opportunity to watch them — that's a-okay — what I mind is that I and those like me have to subsidise them through cable fees, sports stadium taxes, tuition and the visual and attention pollution attendant on major-league and collegiate sports.