RW: Either you have a healthy economy or
you have a healthy body politic and body
natural. Pleading [this] trade-off is a cop-
out. It's fake. It's the most fake news
I have heard since President Trump over
used the term.
ZIRIN: And so sports becomes an
outgrowth of a functioning society
And you fast forward to 2020 
we are not a
functioning society in the United States,
and you see that reflect itself in the
world of sports. And under capitalism
we've seen sports become a big business.
The game is not just to be played the
game is to be sold to as wide an
audience as possible. And because it's
big business all kinds of issues that
exist under capitalism whether it's issues
regarding labor, social movements, they
all not just reflect themselves in the
world of sports but the world of sports
then shapes those battles off the field
and in broader sectors of society.
Sports is capitalism and capitalism
is sports.
