> I think you're equating all sports with American Football.
The article is titled as about "professional sports", the social effect it discusses is about socially-popular professional sports in general, and in discussing them the specific example used throughout is American football.
It should not be surprised that the discussion of the articles thesis centers, then, around the same things as the article itself. "Sport" in some vague, general sense is not really the subject.
> I totally agree about the military displays, the nationalism and religious overtones that get mixed in with Football in the US. But that's one sport. There are many others, and aside from probably Nascar, none of them come close to Football in those terms.
Major League Baseball's pretty similar to Football in those regards.
The article is titled as about "professional sports", the social effect it discusses is about socially-popular professional sports in general, and in discussing them the specific example used throughout is American football.
It should not be surprised that the discussion of the articles thesis centers, then, around the same things as the article itself. "Sport" in some vague, general sense is not really the subject.
> I totally agree about the military displays, the nationalism and religious overtones that get mixed in with Football in the US. But that's one sport. There are many others, and aside from probably Nascar, none of them come close to Football in those terms.
Major League Baseball's pretty similar to Football in those regards.