An individual game will typically have no permanence to it, but the nature of the game can last a lot longer. In many cases, the games we are playing today ori

An individual game will typically have no permanence to it, but the nature of the game can last a lot longer. In many cases, the games we are playing today originate from older versions that pre-date the 1700s, so if 'permanence' is your qualification for cultural relevance, then sports seem to have as much (if not more) relevance than music. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball#Origins_of_baseball http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball#Origins_of_baseball