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Originally posted by CC1GC
But this goes all the way down to the fabric of our society. Somewhere along the way we decided that it's more important to throw a football than achieving scientific growth or performing a task to build our communities. And it's not likely to change until the average person becomes so disillusioned with professional sports that they decide otherwise.
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Thank you for the concise explanation. The reason why athletes are regarded highly, and I'm just as guilty as anyone, is because the society does so. The society just doesn't value, for instance, teachers, as highly.
I don't see this changing at all. Professional sports is too much of an amusing diversion.