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Originally Posted by acdcfan259
Really? How many people show up to watch track meets that aren't family?
No value. I can say that I've learned more about myself from XC and Track than from robotics. While the community may not gain anything from sports, almost everyone who participates in a sport has a personal gain.
Sports weren't created for entertainment, they were created as a way to have fun, as a game. Even today you'll hear athletes say, "At the end of the day you just gotta go out there and have fun."
I have a feeling that most people on here haven't actually participated in a sport beyond little league. So we're getting a major bias. Until you actually participate in a sport in high school or wherever else, you don't really fully understand sports.
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I see what you are saying about the bias.
With all of the sports I play and follow, I feel like in 10 years of sports I haven't learned as much as I have in two years of FIRST. It is probably different for everyone though.
My opinion is very biased because all I think about is FIRST and I intend to go to college for engineering.
Sports are important and do teach valuable lessons, but from my position, FIRST has taught me much more than sports.
It goes beyond learning though, sports do keep me in better shape, one thing FIRST doesn't do for me is keep me in shape.(We do have poeple on our team that lose weight during the build season though.)
Beyond learning and physical ability, there is fun. Sports are very fun, but I'd be hard pressed to find something more fun than a FIRST competition. The build season is always really fun as well.