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Dominic Hobson: Sport is a Zero Sum Game
Dominic Hobson argues that organised, competitive sport damages rather than builds the character of players and spectators alike. Akin to war, he condemns it as a zero sum game.
Writer and entrepreneur Dominic Hobson argues that organised, competitive sport damages - rather than builds - the character of players and spectators alike.
In common with war, Dominic condemns it as a zero sum game: what one side gains, the other loses: "Rich in triumphalism, disdain and pride".
"I still recoil in horror from the behaviour of the parents, let alone the players, when my oldest son played for a youth football team in south London," he says.
Producer: Sheila Cook.
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Wed 10 Aug 201120:45
BBC Radio 4
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