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It's ableism to believe that team sports are limited only to the temporarily abled. Team sports are enjoyed by people across a WIDE spectrum of ability and disability.

Your tribalism point literally has nothing to do with playing a sport and everything to do with fandoms. Most people who have played sports know this, hence my derisive comment.

CTE happens to people who play sports where heads get knocked. What does that have to do with anything we're talking about? What a ridiculous bullet point. At this point you're just spraying and praying that just saying stuff will give you a win. Competitive much?

Arm wrestling is literally a competitive sport. People have been doing it for centuries, it developed rules and techniques, people train for it so they can compete, and eventually leagues have formed to recognize excellence in the sport.

Competition always exists is nothing like it's easier to imagine the end of the world than of capitalism. In the latter, it's a problem to solve and people are so immersed in the problem they think it's impossible. In the former it's literally built into the hormonal reward circuits of humans and many other animals. Play is crucial and competitive play is a form of play. Foot races are competitive.

You remember being told during nursery how to excel at a given task? Do you remember being told it's important to wash your hands before eating, or that it's important to clear your work area before painting, or that it's important to hold the drum stick just so in order to bang on things to make noise?

Hell, throwing the ball in from the line isn't even much of a competitive action. I would have thought you would say "I remember in nursery they told me to keep track of the score and make sure my team was winning", but no, your example isn't even about competition it's about performance, excellence, etc.