Hello guys, isn’t it confusing to non sports watchers or players that many people say “Sports is the greatest creation of mankind”? How is it possible you may say. But I argue that sports is the only thing keeping most of the people sane in this crazy world. Many people feel happy when they can just watch their favourite sport. I saw many people cry when Messi won the world cup along with myself or my friends who cried when Ronaldo won the Euros . I had heard most of the Indians cried when MS Dhoni hit that 6 in 2011 as I was too young at that time. Also many people cried for their fav sports whether while loosing or winning.
History of the sports:
At the ancient past people fighting for their life while hunting for the wild animals. People had to go for war at that time. I think at that time that was the sports for them. People always had drive for winning and feeling superior than others. Sports like wrestling, javelin throwing, and swimming were common, often depicted in tomb paintings at the ancient EGYPT. Animals just love to feel superior than others its in our nature whether you argue or not. Kings at the past also loved to see the sports so olympics games were created in the honour of Zeus. Gladiators used to fight in the colosssum which were brutal fights people loved at that time.Football used to be played as a form of training for war as well as entertainment. Sports evolved in their own way different from one another. Industrial revolution also gave massive boost to the sports we love today.
Debate on “Sports is the greatest creation of mankind”
Many can argue how the sports evolved and why is it important or not but no one can argue that sports have played a vital role in everyones life. Sports have grown a huge since ancient times now turning to maybe more than trillion dollars market now. Many people have taken at least one sports growing up whether to stay healthy or whether it is due to the reason that you just love the experience of dunking or scoring goals or hitting six or whatever you like. But why does it feel good to score goals or hitting six? Why is that? My thought is that “Humans are social animals but they love to be the greatest in the society.” But it isn’t like creating rockets is it? The will to win drives this. Human have come from the hunting and war age. At that time killing other and saving your country may have solidfied your status as the greatest but now only way to show others is through sports. If you win against your rival village in any sports then you would be proud and superior saying my village is greater than yours because we won against you.
But if playing sports and winning feels the greatest then why people love to watch sports. All of the world watched Argentina vs France in the world cup final. It is because you connect to the person as you watch the sports. There is the famous quote in football which says “You can change your wife, your politics, your religion. But never, never can you change your favourite football team.” this goes for any sports you watch whether cricket,basketball,hockey,football or any sports even if it is small or big. You connect to the people or club from the sports you love as you grow up. You want them to win. You cry when they loose because like i said earlier you would be sad even when the team from your village lost the football match to the rival village even if you dont play. People fight over atheletes more than the innovations or scientific activities. The debate of messi vs ronaldo, virat vs sachin, lebron vs jordan is more famous than tesla vs edison.If you say something bad about any athlete on social media then their fans will try to defend their favourite athlete in any way.
Many people argue that sports is useless. I heard one quote on instagram that ” Romans used to say if you want to keep people distracted just give them bread and circuses because if you fed them and keep them entertained they wouldnt ask a single thing. And modern sports is the same you just have to feed them and show sports to them and they would forget the world. ” Yes it is right. If you give me football to play for a day I would forget the world for a whole day. I would be devasted if I loose. The reason is sports give you break from this crazy world. Even if you are doing worse in your own life but if you see your country winning any sports then you would be happy. My grandfather used to say “Water which gives us life would turn to poison if you drink too much”. It is the same in this case. If you become too addicted to sports your mental health as well physical health becomes worse. There are many cases where athletes suffer from mental health problems as well as physical injuries due to over being addicted to it. Sports hooliganism is another topic. There have been many news of sports fan fighting over their favourite team. But you cant blame sports for it. It depends on your nature and ability to handle the situation.
There are crazy benefits of sports other than mental happiness. It helps our physical fitness also controlling various metabolic activites of our bodies.Doctors say that risks of many health problem can be decreased if you play sports. Watching sports releases various dopamines as well as stress hormones. Even if you are rich or poor it doesnt matter in the football field. We all know the success stories of the various athletes who grew up from proverty now enjoying the success. They creating their success story inspires the millions. Many child dreams to be jordon or ronaldo or messi as their stories proves the success is possible.
The fact that sports is so unpredictible is the another reason. Unlike movies or stories, it is unscripted untill the last minute of the game. The story of underdogs is the thing we all love. There is no more happiness than watching your favourite team win before you.Passion driven hunger for win makes everything else disappear before you . You just want to win. Many athletes are known to go into FLOW STATE where they say the time slows down before their greatest moments.It is the beauty of sports that engages us all wanting to win and play the beautiful games.
So whats the conclusion? Can we say that “Sports is the greatest creation of mankind?” over the crazy inventions of the humanity like rockets or AI ? For me it is Yes. Personally, I feel alive when I watch or play the sports. I dont know my debate have proved anything to you. But as you know I love to win.
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