Sprints, Sports, and Suits

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 40 (1):163-176 (2013)
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Philosophy of sport orthodoxy maintains the following three theses: (1) all sports (or all refereed sports) are games; (2) games are as Suits defined them; and (3) sprints are sports. This article argues that these three theses cannot be jointly maintained and offers exploratory thoughts regarding what might follow

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