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What exactly do we watch sports for?

What exactly do we watch sports for?

A City question, plus the best of the Waitangi weekend links

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Dylan Cleaver
Feb 07, 2023
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It’s never a good idea to start anything with a question, especially in the headline, if you don’t intend to answer it, but think of this not so much as a cop out, but as an invitation to think.

Why do you watch sports?

Is it mindless escapism?

(I don’t want to make any assumption…

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