Solipsism is a poor excuse for ignorance.
There is no intellect in sports, only meaningless trivia and history.
It's just another form of big business, chock full of un-admirable people and jerky prima donnas. In fact, if more people "ignored" sports and tuned in to live committee or legislative coverage on CSPAN, they wouldn't be so damned politically ignorant.
If they paid half as much attention to the ultimate sport...elections, we wouldn't be in the socialist death spiral we're in.