For as long as there has been sport there have been both participants and spectators. Something I find fascinating is the type of kinship that fans or spectators feel with the team they support. With the use of the word "we" they are saying that they are part of the team when they may have never stepped on the field. With this curious connection spectators are able to form a bond with the participants and the participants are able to feel that sense of support while they are participating.
Something else that I found interesting about this section of the reading was the description of how different levels of participation are divided. When you are a young kid the sense of community and fun is all that mattes in sport and then as time goes on you find that you must become must more committed and in many cases specialized to be able to compete. There is also a sense of a circle of life in sports when it comes to senior intramurals and how when you retire it is very common to play sports but much like you were a child simply for the enjoyment of the game and not for a scholarship or any other monetary reason.
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