Responsible Sports Spectatorship and the Problem of Fantasy Leagues

International Journal of Applied Philosophy 27 (2):195-206 (2013)
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Given a variety of cases of failed spectatorship, a set of criteria for properly attending to a sporting event are defined. In light of these criteria, it is shown that Fantasy League participation occasions a peculiar kind of failure of sports spectatorship

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10.5840/ijap20131296

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