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Why do people like professional sports?

Why do people care so much about professional sports?

  • Why not just go out and play sports with friends? I don't understand the reasoning behind watching sports on TV.

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    Professional athletes are a lot more talented than my friends.  They can do things that we can only dream of. In most professional leagues, teams are pretty evenly matched.  One thing the Stastny brothers said about moving to the NHL from the non-professional leagues is that they had to remember that the last place team in the NHL had a good chance of beating them that night.  In the Eastern European leagues, playing the last place team was merely a matter of showing up and wondering how big the win would be. People get attached to professional teams (and even some non-professional teams).  We keep rooting for the teams we grew up with. Professional leagues keep getting better.  Guys who can barely hang on in the NHL today still have a slap shot as good as Bobby Hull's was in the 1960s. It's easy to follow your professional team on TV now.  Finding time with your friends is a lot tougher. At my age, trying to play sports full out is merely an invitation to get a serious injury.

Steven Haddock at Quora Visit the source

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