Debunking ‘Opium Of Rhe People’ Maxim: Football Is About Politics And Class Struggle – OpEd

Noam Chomsky is right when he says that, in the US, sports creates the necessary “fantasy world” required to shield people from understanding, organizing, and attempting to “influence the real world”.

Referring to sports commentary and phone-in shows, Chomsky, in an interview with AlterNet, marveled at the intellectual...