Tetrad Analysis: Gridiron Football
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ENHANCES
-increases technological hybridity of the athlete-[1] -command-and-control military-[2] -intensifies violence -increases gambling on games -acceleration of the players |
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REVERSES
-digitizes into videogames-[1] -into World Wrestling Entertainment-[2] |
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-technique to enhance Roman legionnaires' bodies (Ellul)-[1]
-chess-[2] -war games of the Roman Colosseum RETRIEVES |
-the "real" death of the spectacle
-soccer (which has become art form)-[2] OBSOLESCES |
Update: I have begun to identify certain common ground elements:
[1] nature of the athletic body
[2] form of the sport
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