Are sports bad? Should we do away with competition?

[Otters27]

Recently read about competition actually being bad for us.

What do you guys think?

Sports, youth sports, money, greed corruption?

[pretentiousGuy]

Recently read about competition actually being bad for us.

From a hobo?

[Otters27]

Oh ya. Take Colorado St. +12.5 tonight

[Shute]

That’s socialism at its finest
Everyone just coexist

[cincinnatikid513]

yes everybody should get participation trophys and never keep score

[jjgold]

It’s very very healthy, people don’t play sports at a young age Usually has some sort of issues

[Doc JS]

Recently read about competition actually being bad for us.

Where did you read this? Got a link?

[Otters27]

Where did you read this? Got a link?

I actually don't want to get accused of plagerism on this one.



The article was mainly about children in sports. It was from 1987 and it prophesied the dangers of youth sports as they are today (over competitive at too young of an age). Was just recently watching my Nephew play basketball last time and everyone is screaming at the refs and kids dads are yelling at them. Crazy really.

[cincinnatikid513]

I actually don't want to get accused of plagerism on this one.



The article was mainly about children in sports. It was from 1987 and it prophesied the dangers of youth sports as they are today (over competitive at too young of an age). Was just recently watching my Nephew play basketball last time and everyone is screaming at the refs and kids dads are yelling at them. Crazy really.

[texhooper]

People who complain about participation trophies are always losers. It’s an interesting irony of America

[Harry N. Lloyd]

Guys, we can do better than this.

[Otters27]

Is that currently out

[cincinnatikid513]

Is that currently out

it was an old episode prob essy to find the whole clip pretty interesting how teams no matter how bad still get trophies, google real sports trophy nation

[The Kraken]

That’s socialism at its finest
Everyone just coexist

So, what specifically is the problem with everyone coexisting?

[Otters27]

So, what specifically is the problem with everyone coexisting?

Well it cant be done because the persons in power will eventually become corrupt. And someone will always ruin it by being lazy. Plus human instinct is competition since back in the cave man days guys had to compete to mate with the most attractive woman to reproduce the best chance of survival. Can't change contitioning. Thats why socialism doesn't work

[The Kraken]

Well it cant be done because the persons in power will eventually become corrupt. And someone will always ruin it by being lazy. Plus human instinct is competition since back in the cave man days guys had to compete to mate with the most attractive woman to reproduce the best chance of survival. Can't change contitioning. Thats why socialism doesn't work

Nothing you said is actually true, they’re simply constructs you’ve come to believe.

I always find it interesting when people use cavemen or some other arbitrary animal as examples of an apparently unchangeable human nature. Our ancestors competed for mating, therefore we must as well, it’s in our dna.
Some people go as far ad modeling their diets after what cavemen ate because they actually believe our bodies function better when eating a “caveman diet”

People believe anything, hence the reason we have a caveman in the white house

[funnyb25]

Is the "coexist" brand still around? I use to see people wearing those shirts and hats.

BOL

[The Kraken]

Is the "coexist" brand still around? I use to see people wearing those shirts and hats.

BOL

Not sure, I only wear jnco

[Otters27]

Nothing you said is actually true, they’re simply constructs you’ve come to believe.

I always find it interesting when people use cavemen or some other arbitrary animal as examples of an apparently unchangeable human nature. Our ancestors competed for mating, therefore we must as well, it’s in our dna.
Some people go as far ad modeling their diets after what cavemen ate because they actually believe our bodies function better when eating a “caveman diet”

People believe anything, hence the reason we have a caveman in the white house

Too many evil people out there Kraken. I'm niether conservative or liberal. Actually probably more liberal on many things. But you can't have Utopia.

Actually right now most of us live under corporate socialism. Given an amount of money to do a job to survive/ pay the bills. No different then State run socialism.