7 Reasons You Should Stop Watching National Televised Sports Right Now

“If you really want to be a champion in life...

go out there and make a difference in your real world.” — Franklin O’Kanu

With the Olympics in full swing, sports dominate the conversation. But I haven’t watched sports since 2015, and for good reason.

When I started to wake up to the realities of our world—the oligarchical system, the Federal Reserve’s control over our monetary system—I realized something profound about the emotions sports stir in us.

The Power That Sports Has Over Its Viewers

Before we dive into the reasons, it’s important to consider the deeper, metaphysical aspects of sports. From a spiritual perspective, there’s a lot of primal, sexual energy in sports.

We often see a ball (male energy) going into a net or hole (female energy). The founders of basketball and football have occultic backgrounds (Naismith¹: Freemason, Camp²: Skull & Bones), and there’s significance in the odd numbers of players (11 in NFL and soccer, 5 in basketball). This spiritual undercurrent adds another layer to the influence of sports on our psych…