Do you think sport games are merely remnants of long gone human tribal rituals?

Answer 1

You should consider taking a popular culture class. I took one, and it was really interesting. I took British Popular Culture from 1700 to 1900, and I learned something very interesting. Soccer and rugby are both evolutions of a sport where villages would battle each other in a game that involved trying to carry a rock or skull from a location between the villages. The "game" was almost like a battle, with few rules and many bones broken, as men battled to get the "prize" to their own home base. Sometimes these games took place over miles of territory. The purpose they signified was creating competition and comeraderie in the villages, thus creating identity and village unity. I would not offer this as proof, because it is merely one example, but this suggests that you may be correct in your assumption.

Answer 2

They are outlets for our instinctive urge to war with neighboring tribes. We have this urge, like chimpanzees do, as a strategy to gain control over more territory and resources, both of which will help us become more successful in evolutionary terms.

In a modern society, though, we can't allow actual wars and bloodshed over a tribal purpose like that, so we align ourselves behind "tribes" of "warriors" who can symbolize this for us and satisfy the urge vicariously. Silly? Perhaps. But I believe that countries without organized sports are more likely to be militarized and in conflict, because the urge will manifest itself one way or another.

Answer 3

I played semi-pro sports and to me sports are just entertainment.Now I do it to socialize and for fun.In a way it is tribal . The tennis tennis players get together, the baseball players etc get together isn't that tribal.

Answer 4

I think sport games are a substitute for ancient hunting parties and tribal warfare.