Sport in the Ancient World

The types of sports played in the ancient world are ones that measure a person's strength and physical ability.  Today, sport requires an athlete to develop both physical and mental strength.  The rules to ancient sport were much different as well.  Also, I noticed that there really was no social control to sport as there is in today's society.  There seemed to be less politics involved in sport; however, the athletes were forced to swear to Zeus that they would abide by any rules of the game.  There was much more religious content involved back then compared to today's sport in society.  Those who participated in the ancient games were among the elite and strongest persons of the community.