The Nov. 28, 1906 NYT has an article describing some odd views on sport by the President of Harvard:

President Charles W. Eliot, since his recent declaration that the discontinuance of football would do the university no harm, made several objections to-day to basket ball, hockey, and even baseball.

"To discontinue football, hockey, and basket ball at Harvard would do no harm," he said. "Basket ball is very objectionable. It is too rough, and there are too many chances for cheating. The rules have been stretched so that they spoil the game. It would be a good thing, especially, to have basket ball discontinued."

Hockey he stamped as too rough.

"It [hockey] requires teamwork," he added, "and I must say I have no use for a game that requires that. It is not open enough, and as in basket ball, its rules have been distorted. Rowing and tennis are the only sports in which honorable play altogether is practiced. You can no more cheat in those two sports than in a game of cards; you would be crowded out of society if you tried.

Perhaps 100 years ago the idea of team sport, outside of baseball, was looked down upon? Yet, today the most popular sports in the U.S. and worldwide are team sports.