Sports - War minus the Shooting
Update: 2007-12-26
Description
The title of this episode comes from the following George Orwell quote: “Serious
sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,
jealousy, boastfulness, disregard for all rules and sadistic pleasure
in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting."
This is meant to be a fun episode on the similarities between football, chess, and war. Please take each analogy with a grain of salt.
Football (two armies fighting to reach the opposing camp/end zone):
Chess (two armies fighting to defeat the opposing commander):
Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine
sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,
jealousy, boastfulness, disregard for all rules and sadistic pleasure
in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting."
This is meant to be a fun episode on the similarities between football, chess, and war. Please take each analogy with a grain of salt.
Football (two armies fighting to reach the opposing camp/end zone):
- Kick-off Team: Skirmishers
- Quarterback: Tactical Commander
- Head Coach: Strategic Commander
- Halfback: Light Infantry Reserves
- Fullback: Heavy Infantry Reserves
- Tight End: Heavy Cavalry
- Linemen (offensive and defensive): Heavy Infantry
- Wide Receivers: Light Cavalry
- Cornerbacks: Light Cavalry
- Linebackers: Light Infantry
- Safeties: Heavy Cavalry
- Kicker: Artillery
Chess (two armies fighting to defeat the opposing commander):
- Pawns: Heavy Infantry
- Rooks: Artillery
- Knights: Light Cavalry
- Bishops: Light Infantry
- Queen: Heavy Cavalry
- King: Tactical Commander
Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine
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