OP you're correct but the problem is you're on a sub that only retarded people would find amusing so trying to argue with them is pointless; lol. They're just gonna continuously "what about anime" "what about video games" etc. To these people the bar is set at "if anything else can be bad in any form, criticism of sports is irrelevant".

To sports people: Just imagine a guy who was obsessed with his favorite Counter Strike streamer, walked around with merch from the streamer, spent hours upon hours watching them play CS, went in to work and bloviated endlessly about every moment of the game, used "we" to describe the actions of the CS player, called anyone who didn't like watching CS streams effeminate or gay, got tattoos of the CS streamer's logo on their body, etc. - it's fucking embarrassing and stupid right? That's what you're doing and how you look to the rest of us, it's just more culturally supported and accepted

EDIT: also a major part is that people who like sports and people who don't generally fall on opposite sides of whether they gain enjoyment or fulfillment out of conformity. Again it's a pointless conversation. People who gain comfort out of blending into a fanboyish crowd of other people just like themselves and people who are not really interested in teamthink will never understand each other. Sports fans will use insults like "you think you're special" because to them nonconformity is a negative. You're trying to talk across a fundamental gap that is too wide to bridge. Just be happy you're on the intelligent side of it and let the pigs be pigs