Entertainment vs. Distraction

Hi, my name is Matthew and I am an addict. I am addicted to sports; playing them, watching them, and wagering on them. I posted earlier about the distractions that fill our technology filled lives. When I mentioned sports in the same breath as Politics and Pop Culture I was more alluding to the behind the scenes drama that fills up so much internet space and tv air time. The TO tirade, Barry Bonds and steroids, Bode Miller and 60 minutes, and everything like it is a drain on society. To give these athletes a super human position in our society because they can run faster, throw a ball further/faster, or slide down a hill faster it asinine. BUT the true competition that happens between the lines is what I am addicted too.

I root for perennial losers, but I love my teams and this is out of a sense of loyalty that is lacking alot of Americans now adays. But I don't care what level of skill is involved, if it is a competition then you have my interest. I could watch curling, boxing, cricket, or two old ladies fighting over the last can of Ensure and all the while be intrigued. Competition (friendly of course) brings out the best in society, it is not about winning or losing as the saying goes and I believe that, but I still don't like to lose.

The point of all this is that the supplemental crap that is now lumped into the media machine that is sport, is not the entertainment, it is the distraction.