The World Cup changed my view of Sports

For three days now, I have been consuming non-stop football content. It all started two weeks ago, when my husband told me we should watch Argentina’s game in the World Cup. Curious, I said “Of course.” It was really interesting. I didn’t think I would find fun in watching grown men stealing balls using their feet for 90 minutes trying to kick it inside a net, but it was honestly, mesmerizing. In the Philippines, basketball is the sport, thanks to the United States. My dad and I would fight about the TV all the time, he wanted to watch basketball, and I wanted to watch my cartoons. I’m guessing that’s where my non-feelings for sports started. I was never a fan of sports – I was a fan of winning though. At our school’s sportsfest, of course, basketball is also the main event. We studied basketball in PE, but I really couldn’t get myself to be into the sport. I get confused how the pointing system work and why the numbers get a huge gap between them even if they shoot the same number of…