The Origin of Sports
[size=3][color=#29384e][font=Times New Roman]When did sport begin[/font][font=宋体]？[/font][font=Times New Roman] If sport is[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] in essence[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] play[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] for [/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] as we all have observed[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] the beasts play. Dogs and cats wrestle and play ball games. Fishes and birds dance. The apes have simple[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] pleasurable games. Frolicking infants[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] school children playing tag[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] and adult arm wrestlers are demonstrating strong[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] transgenerational and transspecies bonds with the universe of animals[/font][font=宋体]–[/font][font=Times New Roman] past[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] present[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] and future. Young animals[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] particularly[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] tumble[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] chase[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] run wrestle[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] mock[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] imitate[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] and laugh [/font][font=宋体]（[/font][font=Times New Roman]or so it seems[/font][font=宋体]）[/font][font=Times New Roman] to the point of delighted exhaustion. Their play[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] and ours[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] appears to serve no other purpose than to give pleasure to the players[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] and apparently[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] to remove us temporarily from the anguish of life in earnest.[/font][/color][/size][size=3][color=#29384e][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/color][/size]
[color=#29384e][font=宋体][size=10.5pt] [/size][/font][size=10.5pt]Some philosophers have claimed that our playfulness is the most noble part of our basic nature. In their generous conceptions[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] play harmlessly and experimentally permits us to put our creative forces[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] fantasy[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] and imagination into action. Play is release from the tedious battles against scarcity and decline which are the incessant[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] and inevitable[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] tragedies of life. This is a grand conception that excites and provokes. The holders of this view claim that the origins of our highest accomplishments [/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]——[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] liturgy[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] literature[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] and law [/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]——[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] can be traced to a play impulse which[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] paradoxically[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] we see most purely enjoyed by young beasts and children. Our sports[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] in this rather happy[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] nonfatalistic view of human nature[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] are more splendid creations of the nondatable[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] transspecies play impulse.[/size][/color]
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