[josteink]

I've seen this trend several places recently.

People are trying to dumb down science so it can be "understandable", often by using sport-analogies. It doesn't help that these dumbed down sport-analogies often feature American sports seldom found in other countries.

The net effect is that if I was in need of a explanation, I'm still confused and all of a sudden annoyed at footballers too.

[adobriyan]

Spinning ball analogy is very common in school or basic uni.

I think it is spinning ball 100% of the time.

[TrainedMonkey]

We do not actually know if it physically is spinning. What we know that it behaves like it is spinning.