ESCAPISM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/michael_rosenberg/09/07/importance.of.games.after.september.11/index.html

I read this article about how sports have now become routes of escape in our world today. The author Michael Rosenberg, goes on about the tragedy of 9/11 and the events of that day have led to an explosiveness in sports.

"After 9/11, it was easy to wonder if sports would ever matter as much. With terrorists killing thousands of innocent Americans, who could possibly hate the Lakers?"

Amazingly sports have gotten exponentially bigger! In the article Rosenberg goes on to say that with all the stress in the world and all the questions we ask, sports is an escape from all of that. Politics, the economy, and terrorists are only a few of the problems we face, however in sports we take comfort in those heated debates because no one is going to die because of it. 

I personally do believe that sports are a source of an escape. We have so much hate and hurt in this world and sports provides us to root for a team and engage positive events. 

"We're used to arguing about everything now. We are used to screaming without listening. And I think when it comes to sports, we now take comfort in the bickering, knowing that in this artificial world we can argue and nobody will die because of it. With so much at stake everywhere else, we have elevated the importance of games where we have so little to lose."

I know sports events allow me to scream at the top of my lungs and be heard, I get the opportunity to talk smack all in good fun, and I get to watch hundreds of people come together for one cause. So is sports an escape? ABSOLUTELY!