General Discussion

It is a distraction. But how you choose to interact with it is up to the individual, as you reflect.

I like college football and college basketball. I will watch some of the summer Olympics when they roll around, but that's about the extent of it. And it doesn't dominate my life nearly to the degree I have seen in others. I have plenty of other interests to fill my time.

In my youth, I liked the outdoors and sports, but was also drawn to more intellectual and artistic pursuits. My high school yearbook had signed comments from classmates in one adolescent realm or the other who called me "creative and smart for a jock," or "athletic for a nerd." I graduated with arts honors but could frequently be found shooting baskets in the gym.

Humans can be more complex than we assume.