[lbo-talk] RE: Chomsky/sports

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Wed Oct 29 08:57:15 PST 2003


On Oct 28, 2003, at 8:09 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote:


> Question to list (since Carrol won't see this): Apart from the corp
> media
> element and the nationalist/tribalist thrust of most sports (which I
> think
> we've covered), what should be a "leftist" response to sports & its
> relation
> to US culture?
>
My response is to wistfully express longing to be a scriptwriter for professional sporting events - to be able to script the drama of a world series, using the talents of premier athletes. The immediate reaction is a defiant denial that professional sports are 'fixed', but the seed is planted.



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