But hey, we’re making money The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that - Vince Mcmahon Tell that to Shahid Afridi. Afridi is a victim. Of his own intelligence primarily, but also to a lesser level, to the losing battle that sport as combat is fighting with sport as entertainment. Let me elaborate. Pretty much every organized sport in the world is doing what long haired Bangalore metalhead machas refer to in fits of righteous spite as “that Metallica thing.” Put simply, sports administrators everywhere are trying to bring the crowds in. In purists’ language, this amounts to “selling out”. The question o... See the complete post here
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