apparently every one is depressed as australia lost in some football match. mmm i'd say sports is the opium of the masses, from ye olde roman times sports was a political distraction, while the emperors were lording it up, conducting orgies and conquering far off lands funded by the tax payer, building large mansions to accommodate their wealth and pretending to be a democracy they held sports events, blood soaked gladiatorial battles where the masses would watch and roar like a frenzied pack of wolves, they would be distracted in the real agendas, the subtle manipulation of their will. it's an ancient strategy, the herd mentality. the brainwashed tribes overwhelmed by passion are easy to control, easy to distract, it's all smoke and mirrors, a grand spectacle on a large plasma or if your unlucky enough to see a live sports event then in some huge arena where the individual is obliterated by the crowd, where the crowd is subjected to the laws of crowds and the laws of crowds negate the individuals right to think individually.
when i rule the world all sports will be non competitive, there will be no government funds poured into sports, just health, yoga, meditation, surfing, swimming, chess, tai chi etc, all these events would have a participation factor no spectator value and corporate money would not be used. it would be part of a health budget. no teams, no winners, no losers.
if your good at the activity you get to be good at the activity, no medals of symbols of superiority, my citizens would have enough self resect and self esteem not to rely on such tools. it's an inner knowledge, one that value when it's not perceived to be prowess or power. it's humility and grace. the anthesis of the sporting arena where it's money and recognition, ego and pride.
yeah come the day.