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In my experience, the actual sport I was playing was less important than those I played it with. There's a lot more to it than just 'playing football'
by sehr 12y ago
In my experience, the actual sport I was playing was less important than those I played it with.
There's a lot more to it than just 'playing football'
- ajtaylor 12y agoI'll ask you the (serious) question then: if the cost of the experience of playing with those people was a permanently injured knee would you still say it was worth it? I get that sports are about relationships as much as the game, but I don't understand how the potential trade offs are worth it in the big picture. This is not me trying to push my views on anyone - I'm simply curious.
- Zelphyr 12y agoI'm sure there is a lot more and it seems to me that most, if not all of that can probably be obtained/experienced without the violent hits that are at the heart of many of these controversies. The sad truth is they are the modern gladiator and we are the spectator lusting for the violence. Why else would someone be able to make such incredible amounts of money to throw a ball around?
- sehr 12y ago> Why else would someone be able to make such incredible amounts of money to throw a ball around? To be fair, there are lots of sports with crazy high salaries. And some of those (baseball, soccer) have hardly any violence at all in comparison to football, hockey, and maybe even basketball. I can relate to the author though, I played five different sports throughout high school and football was just plain different. It definitely felt like battle when you went out there, fighting for your school/city against the 'enemy'. Depends on the culture at your school/city though I suppose