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Football: a moral force for good?

Moral Maze

CHAPTER

The Transcendental Experience of Football

Ashley Cole: I really agree that obscene wealth has corrupted football. And one of the things that we didn't mention is that for so many football stars, those who have been lifted out of the barrios and given all of this fame and money, it often ends in really tragic ways. The thing about football, which is so beautiful, is that a spirit of play and lightness and experimentation persists. Any kid doing key pups with a tennis ball or Diego Maradona warming up to music and dancing for the crowd? That is the physical language of play, writ large, and I don't think any other sport has it in the same way.

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