This book takes readers below sport’s glossy surface to expose an ugly underbelly. While sport can attract players, draw an audience, and build social cohesion, its ability to make society a better place has been greatly overstated, with the harm it delivers being cleverly hidden from the public gaz...

This book takes readers below sport’s glossy surface to expose an ugly underbelly. While sport can attract players, draw an audience, and build social cohesion, its ability to make society a better place has been greatly overstated, with the harm it delivers being cleverly hidden from the public gaze. Sport needs radical reform.