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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I attended an Ivy (though not Harvard) and counted plenty of athletes among my friends.  I assure you that the overwhelming majority of them were phenomenal students in addition to being talented athletes.  Outside of luring some top football and basketball recruits, top colleges do not generally have to lower their admission standards much, if at all, to bring in athletes.[/quote]

But why this worship of sports as opposed to other talents?  It makes no sense and only is this country is it a thing.  But a thing it is so, oh well.[/quote]

What other talents?  If anyone has a talent and are outstanding at it they are in.

Part of why it is a thing here is that sports are lower class in most other countries meaning the best athletes do not go to college and play there.  We have a different system.  It is a better system but it is different.[/quote]
We like organized youth sports in America and often see it as better than letting our kids veg out on tablets, phones, or TV. Physical outdoor activity is supposed to be good for kids, etc. Since kids don't roam around and play outside like they used to, organized sports are a way to make that happen for people. Elite boarding schools in the US have always valued / forced sports and physical activity. too. I think other talents are valued, too, but they don't draw the crowd or excitement of a football or basketball rivalry game. [/quote]

I would have thought that until my kid started participating in the FIRST Robotics competitions.  Those matches draw tons of people and they create a very "pro" sports atmosphere...lots of music, fans in costumes.  Way more entertaining than you would think.[/quote]
That does sound fun! I guess I was thinking about big games like MI/OSU, etc., which draw in a lot of students and $. When you think about it, really only certain sports really draw a crowd. [/quote]

Watch battle bots on TV...the FIRST competitions down have the robots fighting one another (though there is now an HS circuit for that which looks awesome), but the atmosphere is similar.[/quote]

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