Professional sports are the modern circuses (as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses ). The powers

Professional sports are the modern circuses (as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses ). The powers that be are constantly pushing sports through mainstream media to keep ppl away from the important things in life - power, politics, finance, economy, etc.