John and all,
I am sure Olsson`s exagrerating! BUT this ios often how Sport is
represented, self-presented. That is significant.
AND all the points about feelings, ordinariness, fear of ambiguity and
desire for Certainty are important too.
And yes, have bloody short sight and forced to play a game for
gentlemen [rugby-ha ha].
David Crouch
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On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 06:20:10 -0700 (PDT) John Bale
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> Moya Kneafsey wrote:
> >Surely sport is for all - no matter where you come from ??
>
> The use of the all-embracing word 'sport' is not too helpful here. Choice is dependent on the
> awareness/knowledge of alternatives - not only different 'sports' but different configurations
> of a particular kind of body-cultural practice.
> Compare football with just kicking a ball; compare swimming with sliding and splashing;
> compare racing with running. Gunnar Olsson wrote: 'Those who race are different from
> ordinary people. To hide their feelings, they dress in strange outfits. Their helmets are
> designed to hold their heads in place. Their goggles are cut to ignore what cannot be
> counted. They have left their hearts at home, for otherwise they cannot be objective. They
> feed on a diet of certainty and they get upset by ambiguity' (_Birds in Egg/Eggs in Bird_, 1980,
> p. 198).
>
> John Bale
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