wow! I agree with Chaim so much on this..
Worshipping athletes...so true...what a waste of time and does seem like idolotry.
I thought that football player who declined the NFL to go to Afganistan (Pat Tillman) was righteous to do so.
Even though his life was wasted by friendly fire, his heart was in the right place.
Worshipping athletes as a national passtime is juvenile waste of time for imebeciles.
I think it is cool to have Israeli athletic leagues but hopefully they won't take on the scope of American sports.
How could someone only specializes in hitting a ball and be so worshipped and praised and talked about?
Dude, to each his/her own. I like to play sports. It keeps me healthy and entertained when i want to relax my brain. When I have kids one day, I know that they will want to run around and play all the time too rather than sit in front of the tv and watch mindless tv shows all day.
And watching sports is fine too. These athletes have amazing skills. Why don't you try hitting a ball that is coming at you 90 mph? Or for that matter throwing a ball that quickly or 50 to 100 yards? or even catching a fly ball even if the sun isn't in your eyes! Not easy...
Do sports solve the problem of the world? Eh, not really. Sometimes you get different countries to play wtih each other and it does bring friendlier ties.
Is fanaticsm ok? no..never..unfortunately there are sports fanatics..but like anything else one does..it's not good to be a fanatic in anything...