It's beyond my understanding

With the FIFA World Cup (or whatever the name of the thing that will take place in Germany is) coming up, I decided to write a piece on team sports.

They are a funny thing, actually. According to many people they "bond, evoke team-spirit in a person, are fun to play" and so on. To me, they are everything but bonding, team-spirit-evoking, fun-to-play activities. Let's take football (or soccer, as it's known in the States), for example. A bunch of old men, running around in shorts, grabbing themselves by their private parts, that never really grew out of their childhood years. Or water polo: a group of men in funny caps, splashing around in the water. Handball: an agressive, leg-stretching thing. Rugby (or football, as it's known in USA): head-bashing, agression-releasing activity with a hord of men, growling and howling around the field.

Then, there's also the risk of injury or even death, when a team-mate comes smashing into you with the noble intention of scoring a point for your team. A point just doesn't justify broken bones or even death to me - especially if your team loses at the end!

I could go on and on with this. I never really was a fan of team-sports. There are just three that I really like: hockey (because it's a game of precision and speed), baseball (because I like the idea of trying to hit a little ball with a bat) and basketball (I like standing under the basket, having the ball passed to me and scoring points). I've never really tried to understand team-sports; they are simply beyond my understanding. I've just made up my mind that they are a stupid thing to do and that's that. End of story for me. However, I would love to read your opinions on them - as long as you don't try to convince me that football and others in this category are a sensible way of spending your spare time :)