Loving something is loving it from the very first time you experience it. This is true with “backyard sports”; sports like football, baseball, basketball, soccer, or any other of the activities that children play in the yard. Playing these sports as a child is fun. No one is considered “inferior” if they loose, no one tries to harm the other team, and no one is made to play. These games are played for recreation, not because someone has too. Children can run around all day, rack up a score of 89-87 not caring about illegal contact or a particular strike zone, and for one moment, forget who they are when they score a touchdown, run, or goal, visioning what a dream it would be to play professional sports.
Today, professional sports have become attached from this reckless abandonment of “backyard sports”. Regulation has changed the game. It has changed it in a way where, the professionals do not have the mentality of “just a gam
When a child has moved onto the next step of youth sports, such as a select or high school team, injuries are no longer an excuse not to play the game. Competition is now better, so everyone that makes that team made it because they would make the team better. If one of those players does not feel like playing because of an injury, the coach can see this as a blow to the team, and can demand the player to get back into the game.
Money changes “backyard sports” into accepted corporations and monopolies. All of the players, coaches, and the staff are all united in one common goal, crushing the competition in order to make more money for the team. All of these people are now seen as employees of the team. When an employee of a company is not pulling his weight he gets fired. In professional sports, the player is either released, or traded for new employees. This aspect of the game now ads the element of reality; it now assures that the p
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