There's a world of difference between an activity that encourages self-discipline, confidence, teamwork and other positive traits, and the circus that is Americ

There's a world of difference between an activity that encourages self-discipline, confidence, teamwork and other positive traits, and the circus that is American sports. "Varsity Blues" was practically a documentary. Other points about American football in particular (http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2778 http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2778) are quite cogent. Edit: a quick followup for clarification: the amount of money, attention and pure worship that sports get in America is appalling. Anytime you hear a story about some football player in high school beating someone up or raping someone and not being punished, you can probably take it as true, because that's just the status quo. As for the money, who knows how many promising students are never given the opportunity to excel because money that could have gone to better teachers was instead spent on sports. Don't even get me started on the culture of anti-intellectualism engendered by this society.