There's a culture of dull spectatorship infesting our society, turning games into religion, men into gods, and the world into a billboard. It lends itself to modern tribalism and legitimizes violent douchebaggery. Sports, the real opiate of the masses.
Sure, human life is cyclical, but that probably isn't supposed to mean it revolves on the same 60-minute game over . Especially when, after a few thousand times, that game is pretty damned boring.