Tuesday, December 1, 2009
I think that it is not necessarily that people care less about politics and more about sport but rather that sport is something that can be (easily) understood by a much, much higher number of people than politics. The entertainment factor definitely plays a role in attracting more people which is probably one of the reasons that politicians, the President in particular, try to reach out to the people watching sports rather than the news or the newest white house address, by attending games, sporting the apparel, or contributing to sporting charities or big events. Sports bring people together in a general understanding and sense of being united by a common activity that many have shared and have built themselves upon or grown up on. Not many people can say that about politics, or rather a much fewer number can really say that.
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I agree with your comment that sporting events to bring a lot of people together. even if you like to differnt teams, more often than not footbal fans for example can enjoy each others comapany. This is much differnt in politics where people are so sensitve and touchy. There are so many differnt sides to politcs that it doesnt seems to slip peopel more than it brings them together. This might be another factor about sport popularity is that people can unite in sports whre politcs seems to slit people and sometimes families.
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