| There are a lot of crazy sports out there today. It just | | | | know who is winning? |
| seems to be getting weirder and weirder. Once you | | | | These new sports are funny to watch, but they are |
| thing you have seen the weirdest sport possible, you | | | | also a bit disconcerting as well. In ancient times, sport |
| will tune into a sports channel one day and see | | | | was usually something that was actually a life and |
| something that takes the cake (probably a cake-eating | | | | death scenario for those playing and the reason sport |
| contest). While not so long ago it seemed strange to | | | | was created by the elites of a country was to keep |
| watch billiards on television the extent things have | | | | people distracted from the problems of their nation, |
| gone to in today's world makes hitting a few balls | | | | such as the corruption of their government. Have |
| around with pool cues look incredibly conservative. | | | | sports really gotten any better since then? Okay, so |
| Why have things come to this? What is it about the | | | | nobody's getting killed but people are seriously |
| way we live that makes us think such crazy sports | | | | damaging their health if they are willing to eat as much |
| would be interesting? | | | | as fifteen hot dogs within the space of a few minutes. |
| One such sport that actually has its own show is that | | | | And mixed martial arts fighting have not even been |
| of hot dog eating. This is absolutely true. The show | | | | mentioned. |
| consists of one guy or girl standing at a podium with a | | | | It may be possible that just like the ancient Romans, |
| plate full of hot dogs and trying to eat as many as he | | | | governments of today like their people to take a keen |
| can before the time runs out. There is a crowd | | | | interest in sports at the cost of taking an interest in the |
| cheering the competitor on and commentators | | | | way their country is run. Certainly this is the case in |
| discussing strategies used by the "sportsmen" to | | | | Brazil, where massive levels of poverty and corruption |
| achieve their desired goal without getting sick. Half of | | | | are rife throughout the political system. The response |
| the challenge tends to land with the viewer, who will | | | | by those in power is not to fix these problems but to |
| likely be battling a case of nausea after watching this | | | | focus money and attention on getting the soccer team |
| show for too long. | | | | to the World Cup every four years. |
| Another sport that has gained an ever increasing | | | | Perhaps it is time we took a step back and looked at |
| amount of popularity is that of poker. While there is no | | | | the way we treat sport in today's society. While a little |
| doubt that it is more interesting to watch and requires | | | | entertainment can be a good thing, there is no need to |
| more skill and mental prowess than hot dog eating, it is | | | | gain an interest in a sport that is ridiculous or to lose |
| still strange to watch an hour long show purely based | | | | focus on our lives and start to think sport is the most |
| on people playing cards. In years to come, will we be | | | | important thing of all. |
| watching the solitaire championships? How will we | | | | |