The "Big Three's" Takeover of Sport
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About the Book
In the The “Big–Three’s” Takeover of Sport, Dr. Zeigler argues that such a take-over of competitive sport by capitalism, nationalism, and democracy has become a very serious problem that gradually became a crisis as the twentieth century wore on. The main purpose of this book–to show that the “commandeering”, or take-over, of sport by the “conglomerate of three”, enumerated–has created a situation where competitive sport has been increasingly “degraded” to a destructive “professional morality” espousing a mentality that “screams”: “Winning is now not the most important thing in sport; it is the only thing!” If indeed such is the case, this means that we must move now to assess the evolving situation more carefully than ever before…
About the Author
After 70 years in the field as a administrator, professor D, coach,author, and professional leader, Dr. Zeigler feels that competitive sport has become overly commercialized. has dubious supporting theory, and is not serving humankind in the best possible way.,