Sports

Sports, easily one of the most divisive source of entertainment today. People get crazy over what team is better. Rivalries are very bitter between fans of certain teams. And if you're in Europe watch out for those crazy football fans, they'll kill people sometimes after a disappointing loss. Which is totally acceptable behavior, or maybe not. Also the majority of people who enjoy sports are predominantly male and women typically don't enjoy watching sports for hours. By contrast males would rather die than watch a Say Yes to the Dress marathon. Therefore unless they are  conditioned, women don't love watching sweaty guys run around and play with a ball for hours, especially if the sport is American Football. It's so much more exciting if you have played the sport in the past. This makes you understand the game so much more and brings you into an understanding with other players on the proper way to act during the game. These are things that totally escape me seeing as how I have only played baseball and even though I was good I didn't find it fulfilling. So I feel horribly bored when any type of sports come on. Mainly because I usually feel like the odd one out, and that any comment I make is seen as annoying or unnecessary. So I sit down and try to be one with the others as much as possible. But if you aren't part of that group it becomes difficult to try and find the right moments to say something and what to say.

There are so many sports to choose from that anyone can find one they enjoy. Of course the world wide favorite would have to be soccer but different countries may find pleasure in other activities depending on the wealth and climate of the country. Such as the northern countries focus on winter sports, which makes sense seeing as how their climate may make other sports hard to play and practice for, making hockey, skiing, snowboarding, and other winter Olympic sports very popular. Countries around the equator wouldn’t be able to focus on such sports because their country would not be able to have their own team, making it impossible for the country to have true national pride for a team they support since it wouldn't be their own. Now rich countries like America is a true jack of all trades when it comes to sports. America has both the infrastructure and national pride to propel them forward in almost every sport. Never is this more prevalent than in America's dominance in basketball. We here in America really love us some basketball, most players start from a very young age watching NBA and dreaming to becoming like them. Sports are heavily tied in with the American dream and that's why we do so well with them.