Well said.
Proudly, I didn’t watch a down, and I didn’t even know who won until yesterday. I still don’t know who sang the national anthem, or if there even was one.
I did see here that there was a “N###o” “national” anthem (thank you, Steve Cohen (D), for your continued racism and stupidity).
IIRC, I haven’t watched a live minute of a Super Bowl in several years, and then only if at someone’s house where the game was on.
I was involved in sports in high school and for two falls of small college football. I would have been way ahead to have settled for throwing a ball around in a yard or park. I’ve heard the saying, “football is life”. But no, life is life... and death. One can have success or failure in daily living; learn from it, and move on.
Athletically, I was most successful in high school wrestling. However, at practice I rarely gave 100%. Defeating a kid that I was friends with was not very satisfying. Defeating a kid from another school was somewhat satisfying, but just didn’t jive with my understanding of Jesus Christ’s priorities in life.
Of course, my outlook on life got it’s first big eye opener when my older brother died in a farm accident, 5 days before he turned 16. I was 11.
I seem to see the term ‘Christian athlete’ as a paradox; especially in physically violent sports. Love one another, but step on the field or in the ring and deliver pain. And for what?,... pride and money.