I wonder if the objections that our Gedolim (if any feel this way) might have to sports, might possibly harken back to the time of the Greeks who spent inordinate amounts of time in the Gymnasium. Many hellenized Jews were doing so as well, so there is a truly bad association in their eyes with ANY type of sports activity that involves play. Maybe they fear it will result in a new “hellenization.” I still think that all legal and moral things including exercise, are good in moderation, and that is not MY hashkafa, it is fact.
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