I'm not a sports fan. I watch a little of the Olympics, but that's it. Very few sports hold my interest for more than a few minutes and the Big Four interest me the least. The excesses of the spoiled, arrogant sports stars of football, baseball and basketball leave me completely cynical. I like good skating. Hockey players are fantastic skaters. If hockey players would just play hockey and quit beating up on each other, maybe I'd watch some.

I contend that if professional sports were to magically disappear from the earth, our culture would be unaffected. There would be no loss. A few people, an infinitesimal percentage of the economy, would lose some part time jobs, but the overall effect would be like dropping a grain of sand in the ocean.

Yes, sports can be a legitimate means of entertainment, but our culture and economics have ruined them. It's all money and fame. When one football star makes more money than all the teachers in a school system combined, there's something wrong with our culture's values. Sports in proper proportion are OK, but the way we do it is not.

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