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Televising school sport could put too much focus on performance, a price too high for young athletes

  • Written by Chris Whatman, Associate Professor, Sport and Exercise Science, Auckland University of Technology
Televising school sport could put too much focus on performance, a price too high for young athletesShutterstock/Racheal Grazias

A new deal to televise and live stream more secondary school sports in New Zealand has attracted significant attention and debate.

First XV secondary school rugby in New Zealand has been televised for some time on Sky Sport. The attraction of new revenue for broadcasters and other sporting organisations is clear, but...

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