Chapter 1

State of Play

Check-In

In an April 2013 article about the abusive behavior of an American college basketball coach toward his players, Dr. Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team, declared that sport does not matter:

Sports, including college sports, have displaced far more meaningful activities and passions in American culture and led to the excusing of horrible behavior on the part of its participants….

Here’s the truth about sports of all kinds: They are fun, entertaining, money-making activities that showcase the human spirit of competition at an exquisite level and that don’t matter to the world, in the long run, when it comes down to it, at all. Not one bit. Not an iota….

It’s time the world of sports ...

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