As a matter of principle, I am against professional competitive sports. Sports for recreation and promoting fitness is good; but the moment sports become competitive and commercial (professional), all its benefits vanish and its harmful effects start pouring in. Sportspersons take drugs and other illegal performance enhancement drugs, or resort to unfair means to defeat their competitors.
Recently, West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran has been handed a four-match suspension on charges of ball-tampering. The punishment was given to him after video footage showed him scratching the surface of the ball with his thumbnail in the game which West Indies won by five wickets at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium on Monday. Pooran admitted the offence on Tuesday and accepted the sanction. (Source of news)
I hope that one day, society will be able to recognize harmful effect of professional sports and would discourage more people from getting into it.
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