Michael Moynihan: The sports fan and the honesty dilemma

Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s central government funding model, concussion in rugby, and the recent fall-out after Paddy Jackson was promoted within London Irish show this isn't just an American concern
Michael Moynihan: The sports fan and the honesty dilemma

Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s central government funding model, concussion in rugby, and the recent fall-out after Paddy Jackson was promoted within London Irish show this isn't just an American concern

I know that when I usually refer to a book it comes at the end of this column, as a recommendation to readers, but this Monday I felt I’d fly it from the mainmast (is that even a nautical term? Never mind).

That’s because Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back: Dilemmas of the Modern Fan by Jessica Luther and Kavitha A Davidson is a terrific distillation of the unease that many sports fans, if they’re being honest, feel flickering around the fringes of their consciousness.

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