I definately believe people care a lot more about sports than they do about politics. People take pride in just about every sport whether it's baseball, football, basketball, etc. Sports are a lot more exciting to pay attention to, and I think easier to follow than politics and some of the issues that are going on with the U.S. People state their opinions on what they believe the U.S. government should do in situations, but it doesn't always mean their opinion is right, or if it is that logical. When things are going bad sports are there to charm people up by the exciting plays and their favorite teams winning. Sports help people forget for a certain amount of time about the other issues that are going on in their lives. An example of this took place at Yankee Stadium the day after 9/11 took place, where the New York Yankees were able to come away with a win.