Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
Tom B wrote:I remember watching a football match a couple of years ago - can't remember who it was - when even though the ball crossed the line for a goal, the goalie managed to pull it back across the line, and fooled the referee into thinking it wasn't a goal - despite the fact it could be seen crossing the line on tv, and all the crowd at one end, could see it was a goal. If there is so much money in professional sport now that 'sportsmanship' has to go out the window for economic gain, is it still sport?
Govangirl wrote:Tom, my favoured sport is Formula One and I think there are enough examples in the Grand Prix to show the meaning of true sportsmanship:
hugh wrote:How about snooker? Do they still call their own fouls?
My cup is either half-empty or half-full, depends whether it's your round or mine.
Sport is about winning,
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