To be a sport, surely the game has to be played in a sporting manner and i dont think this is the case anymore.
How can feigning injury (which is commonplace now) be classed as sporting behaviour?
2006-06-23 22:13:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
Well, as far as I am concerned, Football is still a Sport.
But the question you are really asking here is: Is the modern overpaid professional Sport (of all kinds, and not just Football) still Sport?
Here I tend to agree with you. The millions and billions that are pumped into the modern mass media sporting events have ruined the spirit of true sportsmanship and turned the whole scene into nothing more than a branch of show business.
Nevertheless there are plenty of decent people left who play their Sport every week as amateurs without getting a single penny for it. That includes many good and decent footballers.
2006-06-24 00:52:06 · answer #1 · answered by Sean F 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I reckon it's getting better. Maybe 12 years ago world cup matches were horrible, endless cheating, playacting, cynical fouls, all that stuff. It still goes on but the refs are getting better guidance and are implementing it better. There are still horrors - like the three yellow cards in the Croatia game (not sorry they're out) - but this world cup has been a lot better than previous ones.
The current world champions win most of their matches by playing seriously beautiful football. That incident last time round with Rivaldo going down like a poisoned Romeo in the Brazil-England game was unusual for Brazil. They mostly lead by example. O Jogo Bonito.
2006-06-23 22:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Football is no longer a sport. Just look at it, you can buy shares in your favourite team, you can watch t.v on there own channels (for a large fee) and you can even get insurance from on of there company's. Football has become a business and a big one at that.
2006-06-23 22:23:08 · answer #3 · answered by loki_mcbedlam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-27 02:51:20 · answer #4 · answered by Beverly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking about the Ghana players hamming it up toward the end of the US game, I don't think that was very sportsmanlike. But then again I couldn't be running around like that for an hour and a half.
2006-06-23 22:15:47 · answer #5 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. It's basically a business, based on the "trickle up" model. Millions of spectators pay to watch a few hundred millionaires play.
Edit: I thought your were referring to American football. If it's soccer, then I don't know enough about it to answer the question.
2006-06-23 22:16:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is still sport..the real issue is how is performed..I also agree with your opinion over the sporting behaviour.
2006-06-23 22:16:55 · answer #7 · answered by sunflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it is sport
and if anysport have injurys is not classifid sports then there in no sport in the world
u see in basket ball alot of fights that dosent mean its not a sport
2006-06-23 22:16:01 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It hasn't been a sport since Sky interferred with their money!
2006-06-23 22:58:06 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
football is a sport, but its rubbish
2006-06-23 22:22:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋