If I want to be cynical I'd say it's because most gamers are bad at sports. So, we tend to be derisive of the thing we don't like.
But, on the flip side, I also think most gamers are more participants than spectators. We'd rather play a game than watch sports.
I myself, am not good at traditional sports (football, baseball, basketball, etc). Maybe all the jocks in gym class put me off it. Maybe I don't find hitting a ball with a stick to be an appreciable real world skill I need to master. For awhile, I though I just had no coordination.
But later in life, I discovered martial arts and became pretty passionate about them. I've studied judo, muay thai and now kung fu. And while I'm not gifted by any means, I can hold my own pretty well. I also started practicing parkour (and subsequently got my wife hooked on "American Ninja Warrior").
Or maybe it is that we are, as a couple of posters said, loaners who don't really care more for the whole bro-jock teaming thing. As I look at that sports I like (both to do and watch), they seem more geared towards individual displays of skill rather than team-based competition.
But, on the flip side, I also think most gamers are more participants than spectators. We'd rather play a game than watch sports.
I myself, am not good at traditional sports (football, baseball, basketball, etc). Maybe all the jocks in gym class put me off it. Maybe I don't find hitting a ball with a stick to be an appreciable real world skill I need to master. For awhile, I though I just had no coordination.
But later in life, I discovered martial arts and became pretty passionate about them. I've studied judo, muay thai and now kung fu. And while I'm not gifted by any means, I can hold my own pretty well. I also started practicing parkour (and subsequently got my wife hooked on "American Ninja Warrior").
Or maybe it is that we are, as a couple of posters said, loaners who don't really care more for the whole bro-jock teaming thing. As I look at that sports I like (both to do and watch), they seem more geared towards individual displays of skill rather than team-based competition.