i might be a very odd ball, but i find it strange that in 21st century, people in the west pay relatively huge amounts for passively watching sports while sitting on the couch (to make picture complete, imagine some junk food lying just in front of them).<p>popular sports became filthy moral dump where elite tries to outsmart doctors in doping tests, cares primarily about PR and chasing sponsors, and the sport itself sits somewhere out there, like a necessary, but not that important part if it all. honest, pure sportsman doesn&#x27;t stand a chance in such a crowd.<p>I choose not to support these &quot;sports&quot; anyway, ignore them and couldn&#x27;t be happier. I focus on activities where athletes are doing it without massive cash incentives, because they love it.<p>And since my sports include climbing, alpinism, ski touring etc. which at any point hold small risk of major injury or death, fear is semi-constant part of whole experience and overcoming your fear is necessary for any success at all... these sports discussed look very &quot;meh&quot; compared to it.<p>Some real-people example - this Lebron James guy mentioned here today vs say Ueli Steck, or Alex Honnold.