If Sports Were Created Today
Last weekend, Indy racing lost one of its bright new stars. Paul Dana died in a brutal crash during practice for the Toyota Indy 300. Mr. Dana was 30 years old. He was a young man with a vision and a dream. He loved racing. He started out as a journalist, and he ended up in a car. It is a shame that his life ended so soon.
As I watched the coverage of this terrible accident, I asked myself if auto racing would be a sport if it was invented today. Racing has been around for centuries. It all started with the foot race. As soon as we learned to ride horses, we learned how to race them. Humans by nature are competitive. We like to race, and we like to watch others race. However, if cars were not invented until the year 2000 AD; I wonder if our society would allow auto racing.
I believe our society has become so weak and soft that most of our sports would never be allowed if they were invented today. Car racing, football, wrestling, and even basketball are way to violent and competitive to survive if created in modern times. The intellectual elites aligned with the safety first crowd would ban these competitions if invented today. They would be described as too brutal and dangerous for an enlightened society. At the end of every game, we have a winner and a loser; we all know this isn't tolerable.
If auto racing was invented in the 21st century, no cars would be allowed to go over the speed limit. Tackle football would be replaced by tag football, and then by flag football. Basketball would be played without defense so that everyone can score. And I have absolutely no idea what our modern society would do to baseball.
Simply put, I cannot think of a sport created in the later half of the 20th century that anyone really enjoys playing. I guess racquet ball could be considered a modern sport, but it is basically tennis played indoors. I know that the kids talk about all the extreme sports, but these fall in the area of activities. I am speaking about true competition. Man against Man, Team against Team. City against city. There are no good modern sports.
As our nation and world becomes more and more feminine, I believe we will see less and less sport. The fact that dodgeball became a topic of debate last year proves the point. There are actually people in the world that protested dodgeball. I wonder what they think of boxing?
Two weeks ago, I wrote about being a man. I believe that manliness is sorely lacking in the world we live in today. Thank goodness our sports were created a long time ago. I cannot see myself watching the Browns play tag with the Steelers.
I hope no one gets their feelings hurt if they are "it".
As I watched the coverage of this terrible accident, I asked myself if auto racing would be a sport if it was invented today. Racing has been around for centuries. It all started with the foot race. As soon as we learned to ride horses, we learned how to race them. Humans by nature are competitive. We like to race, and we like to watch others race. However, if cars were not invented until the year 2000 AD; I wonder if our society would allow auto racing.
I believe our society has become so weak and soft that most of our sports would never be allowed if they were invented today. Car racing, football, wrestling, and even basketball are way to violent and competitive to survive if created in modern times. The intellectual elites aligned with the safety first crowd would ban these competitions if invented today. They would be described as too brutal and dangerous for an enlightened society. At the end of every game, we have a winner and a loser; we all know this isn't tolerable.
If auto racing was invented in the 21st century, no cars would be allowed to go over the speed limit. Tackle football would be replaced by tag football, and then by flag football. Basketball would be played without defense so that everyone can score. And I have absolutely no idea what our modern society would do to baseball.
Simply put, I cannot think of a sport created in the later half of the 20th century that anyone really enjoys playing. I guess racquet ball could be considered a modern sport, but it is basically tennis played indoors. I know that the kids talk about all the extreme sports, but these fall in the area of activities. I am speaking about true competition. Man against Man, Team against Team. City against city. There are no good modern sports.
As our nation and world becomes more and more feminine, I believe we will see less and less sport. The fact that dodgeball became a topic of debate last year proves the point. There are actually people in the world that protested dodgeball. I wonder what they think of boxing?
Two weeks ago, I wrote about being a man. I believe that manliness is sorely lacking in the world we live in today. Thank goodness our sports were created a long time ago. I cannot see myself watching the Browns play tag with the Steelers.
I hope no one gets their feelings hurt if they are "it".
posted by Foundes Community Church @ 12:57 PM
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