• Discuss whether the modern American professional sports of NFL football and/or Mixed Martial Arts competition fit Geertz's definition of "blood sport" and "deep play". Why or why not?

 

NFL Football and the Geertz Definition of "Blood Sport" and "Deep Play"

Violence in NFL Football has been an impressive depiction of the sociological characterizations of Clifford Geertz. The modern American professional sports of NFL have been strongly defined by "blood sport" and "deep play." Geertz defines "Blood Sport" as the art and practice of pitting animals against each other. Just like the blood sport, NFL Football has been driven by sport-related violence that entails the suffering and abuse of sport compatriots (Alexander, 2019). "The perception and instinct of "Deep Play" has triggered the role of masculinity in NFL football competitions (Alexander, 2019). Dominated by men, deep play is the order of competition and largely feminizes opponents. 

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Violence in NFL Football has been an impressive depiction of the sociological characterizations of Clifford Geertz. The modern American professional sports of NFL have been strongly defined by "blood sport" and "deep play." Geertz defines "Blood Sport" as the art and practice of pitting animals against each other. Just like the blood sport, NFL Football has been driven by sport-related violence that entails the suffering and abuse of sport compatriots (Alexander, 2019). "The perception and instinct of "Deep Play" has triggered the role of masculinity in NFL football competitions (Alexander, 2019). Dominated by men, deep play is the order of competition and largely feminizes opponents. 

Geertz argues about the sense of "being there" in the competitive paradigms of blood sport. All the anthropological ethnographers are key in hermeneutic context sensitivity. The two definitions are very vocal in hegemonic understandings. Almost every NFL competition is the outcome characteristic of intellectual agencies that are not dying anytime soon (Alexander, 2019). All attributes of the Blood Sport and Deep Play are perfect examples of local knowledge exploitation.