體育

The global elite is taking over sport
陷入豪門的體壇


FT專欄作家庫柏:雖然體育運動本身業務規模不大,但它現在是大生意彙集的場所。1%的精英們在體育場館的貴賓室喫喫喝喝,閒聊拉關係,展現出馬克思只能夢想的階級團結。

When Wentworth’s golfers heard this week that they would have to pay a fee of £100,000 or lose their membership of the ancient English club, many were shocked. They should not have been. The demand from Wentworth’s new Chinese owners expresses a contemporary truth, in sport as well as beyond: everything glorious is being taken over by the 1 per cent.

最近溫特沃斯(Wentworth)高爾夫俱樂部的球友們聽到一個訊息,他們必須支付10萬英鎊的會費,否則將失去這家傳統英國俱樂部的會員資格,許多人對此震驚不已。他們不應該震驚。溫特沃斯的中國新東家的要求說明了當代一條真理(不僅限於體育界):一切光鮮的事物終將落到那「1%」精英手裏。

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