They could have made some diplomatic moves with foreign representatives in Atlanta a few years back. Perhaps Karl Malone should have been appointed a temporary foreign ambassador. Yeah, I'm definitely stretching it. But foreign relations aside, sports do hold an integral function in our country. They allow people to just sit back, relax and get away from, well, everything.
Sports unite our country.
Probably not a single person would admit that they weren't cheering on Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in the chase for the record last year. And I'm sure there wasn't a dry eye in the country when Michael Jordan called it quits, or when John Elway left the football field a champion. The sports world unites us. Sports give us hope and spirit. Some magical force just draws us in.