There’s a lot of that that’s just wrong, but even if it were true, I’m not sure why you think it matters. Yes, Joe Sixpack who watches every NFL game could in theory go play a game of football. But, generally speaking, he doesn’t. What does it matter that he theoretically could?
The “I’m cool because of what kind of entertainment I enjoy” definition.
It’s not what you consume that determines whether you’re admirable or an utter loser; it’s what you produce, and how you affect other people.
Just what is wrong? And its a much more diverse group that watches sport than games. Think outside of your own cohort.
I assume that it’s just a polite way of asking: “Which non-productive activity that can be performed while sitting on your fat ass and showing Doritos in your face is marginally less loathsome and pointless?”
You keep shifting your arguments, so it’s a bit hard to converse with you. Now you want to talk about diversity? You think the hundred billion dollar video game industry is only supported by nerdy white boys, or what?
You have a point but sport does have a way of inspiring; its great for youth; it encorages teamwork…and sometimes cheating (diving) :p. Sport is an important part of our universal culture and encourages healthy living. Watching maybe not but its the old warriors who likes to watch.
Please posit a thesis. You want to talk about hard to converse with? I game. I sport. many more poeple from many more walks of life from many more nations sport.
Depends, do they play Horde or Alliance.
I did, at length. My thesis was that comparing video games to watching sports is hard to do, because there are many more ways to interact with video games than there are to watch sports. You’ve responded with a series of half-thought-out non-sequiturs, switching to the next one as soon as I comment on one.
Now you seem to be on about the demographics of participants…
I suspect you have no idea what the demographics of video gaming look like. It would probably surprise you to learn that 42% of Americans play 3+ hours of video games per week, and that women make up about 44% of them.
Do you think women make up 44% of the sport-watching audience?
Loathsome and pointless from whose POV? Let’s say that sports fans get twice the number of strokes and heart attacks than gamers, and their average life span is cut in half. Therefor, they are removing themselves from the planet at twice the rate.
I’d say that makes them more admirable – for everyone else – as they leave more space and resources for the rest of us.
I might be shifting the GPS a bit. Sorry about that. I’d claim that watching sports encourages playing sports. It also draws those who have played sports. Watching sport is also likely to be done with others. Both activities encourage substance use so that’s a push. Gamers in the west anyway tend to do it in physical solitude.
I’d argue that watching sports is the biggest boon ever to the potato chip and beer industries. Pork rinds, anyone?
Candy Crush is kinda gaming but not really. Do you have a site for that? Look at the demos for the womans. World cup or the super bowl.
As long as we ignore games that are inconvenient to your argument and cherry-pick sporting events watched by women, then your argument is super!
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Maybe for a small segment of sport fans. Nice attempt at stereotyping though.
OK, and watching video games encourages playing video games. How is playing one game any more or less admirable than playing another? You can say that sports exercise your body, but many video games exercise your mind. You can say that sports are social, but so are many video games, and for that matter some sports are solitary.
Really, the bottom line is that both are fun activities for the people who do them, and if you don’t find them fun, don’t do them.
The sports industry dwarfs the gaming industry. Women watch all sports BTW. Women usually don’t game like men.
Hey, I’m one of them. On the rare occasion I watch sports on TV, my coffee table is loaded with enough junk food to block the screen. 
The first statement is false. The second is true but irrelevant, since the question was about proportions. Women also play all video games. And the third is too meaningless to even evaluate.
But this is a fun gish gallop. What will you have for us next? More dark stereotypes of psychopathic loners?
I do both but from the research I have read exercise is better for the brain than gaming. Not to mention the heart.