With the development of society, art and athletics both play a significant role in our life. It is hard to judge which one, the arts or the athletics, is of greater importance. As for me, I believe athletics is worthier to invest.

For one thing, athletics is easier to get started compared to the arts. Learning an athletic skill needs less talent and competence. Through basic training and practice, almost everyone can master an athletics skill without too many difficulties. However, we need more basic skills to finish art work such as the choice of color. It potentially raises the level for people to start an art creation and deter the majority from the beginning of the learning process.

For another, athletic competition can be more competitive, which adds more fun and meaning to the game itself. In other words, athletics enable people to distinguish a better one and a worse one. For instance, it is rational for us to give the first prize to the fastest runner not the slowest one. Instead, telling which oil painting is better is an almost impossible task. Because a painting represents a thought, and there is no good and bad about a thought. Could we say that Monet’s water lily is better than Van Gogh’s sunflower? Absolutely no.

Moreover, funding athletics arouse people’s passion to get involved in physical exercise. More money spent on the athletics means more gyms, swimming pool. These infrastructures can increase the living standard and the happiness level of the residents. The more exercise infrastructures are built, the more possibility for people to exercise and the healthier people would be. People would spend less money to maintain healthy, but more on other fields, stimulating the economy.

From what has been discussed above, we can draw a conclusion that more money should be spent on the athletics.