Comment by TrackerFF

Nothing wrong with competitive things.

What is concerning, however, is when the competitors of these sports decide that their sport should become a filter for things adjacent to said sport.

The rationale is usually something like: "Competitive programming might not be a robust predictor for job performance, but most competitive programmers I know are also good developers, thus we must use competitive programming as a qualifying factor for hiring new developers." and weight it heavily compared to other signals.