Sport is important for the obvious reason that it keeps you healthy.
However, if we didn't have sport, masses of people would be put into the ranks of the unemployed; doctors, who treat the sportsmen's broken bones; lawyers, who take the cases of the sportsmen who sue opponents for breaking something; builders, who build the stadiums for the games; pubs, who get most of their crowds from sports games on the television and also the people who make and sell the sport merchandise: Shirts, cups, shoes, bears, shorts, hats, etc.
It can also teach children life skills: Team work, self-discipline, mutual respect and fairplay. It increases self-esteem, and some can use sports as an emotional outlet. I mean, who doesn't imagine the person you hate most's face on a ball or punchbag? It can channel aggression, energy and competitiveness. Children use sportsmen as role-models, aiming high to be like them when they grow up.
However, if we didn't have sport, masses of people would be put into the ranks of the unemployed; doctors, who treat the sportsmen's broken bones; lawyers, who take the cases of the sportsmen who sue opponents for breaking something; builders, who build the stadiums for the games; pubs, who get most of their crowds from sports games on the television and also the people who make and sell the sport merchandise: Shirts, cups, shoes, bears, shorts, hats, etc.
It can also teach children life skills: Team work, self-discipline, mutual respect and fairplay. It increases self-esteem, and some can use sports as an emotional outlet. I mean, who doesn't imagine the person you hate most's face on a ball or punchbag? It can channel aggression, energy and competitiveness. Children use sportsmen as role-models, aiming high to be like them when they grow up.