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Published on: 2010-09-01
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Original language: English
An overview of the evolution of Australian sport during the 20th Century, Higher Richer Sleazier is a lament for the innocence and good sportsmanship of a former time. In today's Winning-Is-Everything world what has sport—and we as viewers and society as a whole—lost as a result In the Australian Dreamtime, sports stars were inspired amateurs, filled to overflowing with the glorious Olympic dreams of Baron de Coubertin. Guys who had begun by banging a golf ball with a stump against a water tank and just got better and better at it; golden girls who ran and swam gloriously before settling down as wives and mothers. What would happen today if a modern athlete, sponsored to the hilt and laden with logos, stopped a world-record-setting run to lend a hand to a fallen comrade, as John Landy did with Ron Clarke in 1956 Would he become a national hero, as Landy did, or would he now be considered a bit suss, "holier-than-thou" and not quite right, the way much of the media portrayed Adam Gilchrist when he walked Today it's a cut-throat world of big money, poisonous rivalries, sledging, and the temptation to dabble in performance-enhancing drugs. In a timely polemic, the eloquent Roy Masters explores how we have come to this and how we might be able to juggle the inherent inconsistencies in our vision of sport in the 21st Century. News: Breaking stories & updates - News Telegraph Latest breaking news including politics crime and celebrity. Find stories updates and expert opinion. Full text of "NEW " - Internet Archive Search the history of over 279 billion web pages on the Internet. NYDN Movies - NY Daily News New York State Senate not ready for their closeup Whats good for Colt Grand jury to hear case of cop who was allegedly drunk on duty Jan. 5: Judith Clark Israel ...
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