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Playing the Ball
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The business of sport is winning

OPINION: Winning isn’t everything – it’s the ONLY thing.

NBR columnist Martin Devlin speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Martin Devlin Tue, 21 Jun 2022

Think what you like about sport, about the values it promotes, and the life lessons it teaches.

Plenty of people play sport for a whole heap of very worthy and compelling reasons, and I can only admire and applaud whatever their motivations might be. But, when it comes to professional sport,

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Martin Devlin Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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