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There WAS once a time in which people who only think about sports and only talk about sports, and get seemingly offended at people not following sports were more common. "Sportsball" was a necessary thing then. However, the term has outlived its usefulness, as sports fans tended to mellow out more, seemingly realizing they were cringe and learning from it, while the sportsball people became who the term was originally supposed to mock, but from the other end.
An even more problematic thing is that it also empowered chuds who are all "they shouldn't be paid so much because they just throw a ball and don't contribute to society". Motherfucker, one professional athlete contributes more to society than every landlord, CEO, and financier combined.
The sportsification of education is still ongoing to this day. Sports culture in america is still cancerous and toxic and reactionary