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⌈ Secret Post #2718 ⌋

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[Pacific Rim]

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'All the physical acumen in the world isn't going to build a rocket, write a book, or give children an education.'

My cousin is on my countries National Team, and is currently in Brazil right now, and the money he earns from playing football professionally is currently keeping his family in a home, including his child. So that's one child thats getting an education.

I know I'm avoiding your main point and being oversenstive but your argument is so 'I don't like it/understand it so NO-ONE ELSE CAN'. This is the same argument that people come out with against video games and comics and movies.

There are obviously a lot of problems with the sports industry, as you have mentioned, but there are a lot of problems in pretty much every industry. Just because something has problems doesn't mean it's unsalvagable or has no value. Just because it has no value to YOU doesn't mean it doesn't have value.

Sport breaks boundaries. Sport can get through to people where other things don't. There are countless people across my country, and the world, who have felt like they had nothing to add to the world because they were not acadmically bright, and then found sport (in my country probably football) and found confidence and self-esteem through it. My aformentioned cousin is dyslexic I remember specifically where an inner london charity was teaching teenage teenagers in lower income areas table tennis, and they specifically said it was keeping them out of gangs because they had somewhere to go, something to do, instead of just roaming the streets. Sport teaches teamwork, respect, fair play, hard work, discipline, dedication, being gracious to others.

I was a part of the Olympics/paralympics and will be a part of the commonwealth games this year and I've seen the opulence and ridiculous commercialism that comes hand in hand with these two events. But I've also seen a lot of good come from it. Community spirit, investment in communities, disability awareness, racial and minority awareness, philanthropy. Awareness of the world around you and different countries and cultures and how to respect them. There's a lot of bad because it's highlighted but there's a lot of good too.

And it's 1am where I am and I've already taken my sleep meds and I'm not making any sense anymore so I'm just going to post this and feel embarrassed by it forever but for the TL;DR crowd I will summarize: Just because you do not find value in something, does not mean there is no value to anyone.

Oh wow I really need to read things through before I post them

'My aforementioned cousin is dyslexic and found academics very difficult. He found football and found something he was good at, which improved his confidence and kept him in school for longer, a story which can be repeated numerous times'

At least I think that's what I was going to say, I don't remember. I'm tired. You get the gist.

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