I posted merely in response to Paul's post. I wanted to get the quote right, and I also wanted to make clear certain things about the book itself. If we want to discuss the pros and cons of sports...
My big beef with them is the number of people who give them priority over everything else. (And believe me, I can come up with dozens of examples, Christian and secular.) We also place sports figures on a pedestal and emulate them in an unhealthy way, the same way we do with other celebrities.
Sports are fine, if people enjoy them. More people should be DOING them, or another form of physical activity. Instead, way too many people simply sit at home in front of the TV, ignoring their family, instead of getting up and PLAYING BALL with their kids, or hiking, or taking dance lessons, or playing paintball. As a nation, we do NOT have a healthy view of sports.
As for dance...
Sport: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment
We don't compete.