Well you are generalizing. I'm the OP, so I'll reply. I wrestled through High school, played soccer too. Then started my career in the military straight out of high school. Started training for my job, infantry, not sitting in the barracks playing games and drinking. Hitting the gym and training. Got off active duty to open my own gym and focus on training people who had a bum knee or some limitation (never happened because there is a gym on every corner). Continued to train myself to stay in the shape I wanted. Started training with some MMA and still kept my workouts in the gym going, while training soldiers in a leadership course. And yet here I am, still active, still training myself and younger soldiers how to take care of their body and get in shape, 20 years later. Not play a game. And add 24 years off snowboarding to that.
Maybe my post should have emphasized sports that are a game, so you didn't have to generalize. If I were to generalize what I've read in the replies here; I would have to say 80% are people that might have a little ADHD and just don't like to sit on their ass that long to watch something they would rather do, or would rather do anything else. And the other 20% have it playing in the back ground reminding them of their childhood, WHILE they are actually doing something.
So does that make those who have posted non athletic?