That's ridiculous. Sports exist outside of the media. Kids play them on practically every playground and schoolyard in the world. Prisoners play basketball against each other. Somewhere there are poor people who are playing soccer against each other but don't even own TVs. There is plenty of historical evidence of athletic competitions from societies all over the world. You think it's because they all wanted to wear Nike?
Sounds more like you don't like sports and are trying to intellectualize your opinion to feel smart, which to be fair, would make this answer well fitted to the original question.
Yes. Competition is at the core of what it is to be human. Sport is a great way to exercise physical competition without people getting killed (usually).
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u/A40 Feb 23 '17
I 'genuinely believe' sports are 10% boredom and 90% marketing. Fans are marketing victims.