Isn't this part of the US culture? I mean Americans are so into sports that cheerleaders and jockeys are the most popular people in schools. Encouraging schools to build stadiums for their teams appears a no brainer. Caltech are mocked because their basketball teams couldn't make it to NCAA -- a definite WTF moment for me as I don't see how basketball ever matters in a prestigious research university. Parents cheered for toiling in sports yet despise those who toil in STEM. Practicing free throw 4 thousand times a day heroic, but solving 10 math problems a day is considered a sin? To be blunt, this kind of culture is sick and contributes to the demise of the country.