The intellectual nature of sports, is it

["Nissen, David" <DNissen@ventnds1.telstra.com.au>]

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>This is an excerpt from an interview with Chomsky included in _the Chomsky
>Reader_(readily available in Harvard Square in Wordsworth's and The Coop
for
>all of you Bostonians out there). While laden with scientific jargon, it
>does have a few gems regarding the nature of sports and their relationship
>to society that we might want to consider. I *don't* agree with a lot of
>what Chomsky says, but I do think his ideas are, at the very least,
>interesting and sometimes, at their best, profound.

<ETC...>

Interesting article, however I suspect that Chomsky has not really listened 
carefully to the actual discussions that often take place :)  

"Why don't we trade Minor for Robinson" -- "Because no body would be that 
stupid and even if they were we couldn't fit him under the cap" -- "OK, what

about trading Edney for Morning" -- "Because no body would be that stupid
and 
even if they were we couldn't fit him under the cap" -- "How about we try to

sign ....".

            Have fun,

                        David N.