Sports - War minus the Shooting

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 t o 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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Sports - War minus the Shooting is an episode from Military History Podcast by George Hageman.

This episode is 13:43 long.

This episode was published on Dec 26, 2007.

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