The game of life destroyed

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Some years ago I watched a quiz program on football, what caught my attention was the obvious distance, isolation and to some degree disinterest of one of the participants, he was a top player the others were commentators, critics, politicians and TV personalities, in turn all were asked questions about televised matches and gave pleasing answers then came the turn of the top player who astounded the others when he was unable to answer a question that all, other than he, thought obvious when asked to explain his lack of knowledge he said he had never watched football on TV he had just played it,

If by chance his expertise had been unknown by the other personalities he would likely have been dismissed as the least qualified in his subject,

Now imagine this top player in his game with others at his level attempting within the normal rules of football to win by scoring the most goals, he and the others are now in their element engaged in a complex but fulfilling blend of reflex knowledge and athleticism enthusiasm emotion etc, in this structure the players motivated by playing to score goals within a balanced but minimal set of simple rules evolved to efficiently stimulate and satisfy extreme levels of dynamic instinctive human interaction,

We the observers and customers of this product are rewarded at our own innate human level, even if we don’t like football we also respect to some degree the athletic achievements of the game,

Let us now imagine the effect various ''good'' ideas the commentators, critics, academics, politicians and TV personalities their management and self interest groups and all other non-combatants might wish to ''democratically'' impose on the game so as to ''improve'' it,

Yes, it would be ruined,

And so, for now, has been the game of life,

[mickeyc21]

Re: The game of life destroyed

Good analogy

[petertribo]

Re: The game of life destroyed

We the observers and customers of this product

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AIG loses its shirt so Manchester United may lose its:

(CNN) -- Troubled U.S. insurer AIG will end its shirt sponsorship deal with Premier League and European champions Manchester United next year.

End of era: AIG will not renew its four-year sponsorship deal with Manchester United.

It was widely believed that AIG would not renew their £19 million ($27 million) per year shirt deal when the four-year contract expired in 2010, due to the financial troubles the company has suffered.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/fo...aig/index.html

Humans are becoming Spectators rather than Participants, Audience rather than Actors. However, one does not have to play their Game Of Life, but a more participative Game Of Life. We can make our own music, grow our own food, build our own housing, chop our own wood, cook our own food. We can even play our own sports on our own Playing Field, not theirs. Their Playing Field seems to be disintegrating.