The Illusion Of Sports Culture

In the old days, the closest thing we had to the sports entertainment of today were the Olympic games, but they only happened every few years. Eventually, the idea came to build massive stadiums for regular sports, and such stadiums were built around the world. The intent behind it was to draw “the dull, cowardly and base in thousands to admire, and howl, and bet.” When athletes become high-paid celebrities, they degenerate into “a sort of athletic prostitute, with all the defects, all the vanity, trickery, and self-assertion of the common actor, and with even less intelligence.” — H.G.Wells, A Modern Utopia. Wells also said that, “men of honour (the ‘elite’) don’t waste their lives in such folly.” (2)(3)

The plan picked up great steam with the invention of television and sports broadcasting. The field completely changed, entertainment was at people’s feet, and the love of sports grew to a whole different level. Stadiums had to be rebuilt and modernized after the invention of television to serve the growing numbers of spectators.

The stadiums had to become fancier and the lights had to shine brighter so the spectators could become more comfortable and engaged. It was essentially the newest form of ‘Breads and Circuses.’ The ruling elite in Ancient Rome employed similar tactics. They created a culture where the masses would be too distracted to care about anything important, as the Roman poet Juvenal described it:

“Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.” — Juvenal, Satire X

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Without a doubt professional sports provides an escape for people by design in order for the powers that be to better rule over us. What if sports culture didn't exist? Would people suddenly realize or wake up to how they are being deceived in so many ways? It seems like our rulers consider a sports culture of great importance because of how it keeps growing and seems like it will never stop growing. It's like the ultimate distraction that can keep evolving and it works without failure.