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Are athletes are working themselves to injury for the sake of improving the lives of the people around them? I do not see this. Athletes are competing for thems

Are athletes are working themselves to injury for the sake of improving the lives of the people around them? I do not see this. Athletes are competing for themselves: for fame, money and to feed their egos. I do not see the virtue in athletics given that being an entertainer, and being powerful and fit are intrinsically rewarding enough. I'd much rather we were funding musicians and artists, but only a fraction of funding goes to these in comparison to the behemoth that is sports.

zeroCalories 2y ago
Athletes serve as aspirational figures that drive interest towards sports that keep people healthy. There is an ugly skinny-fat / fat-fat hatred of sports born from post-war folklore about jocks and nerds.
- Nursie 2y ago
  > Athletes serve as aspirational figures that drive interest towards sports that keep people healthy. No, they don't. The olympics in particular have been shown not to have any sort of lasting effect on host countries or the world in general. AFAICT this whole thing is a fallacy dreamt up as part of the justification for spending billions on games.