Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 19, No. 7. June 16, 1955

Mass Sports

Mass Sports

Mass sports are a typically modern invention for the release of nervous tension. There is the element of mortal danger; in motor races and air races, for instance, the spectacle is increased by the possibility of immediate death. As Lewis Mumford points out, the cry of horror is not one of surprise, but of fulfilled expectation.