The so-called Sports (including soccer) are GAMBLING

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> Well, I already have a serious committment to the sport, this just

> inspires me to not be frivilous at all about it. ( FYI - this is meant

> as a lampoon on over literal interpretations)

 

In this age, men are victims not only of different political creeds and

parties, but also of many different types of sense-gratificatory diversions,

such as cinemas, *SPORTS, gambling, clubs, mundane libraries, bad

association, smoking, drinking, cheating, pilfering, bickerings, and so on.

Their minds are always disturbed and full of anxieties due to so many

different engagements. (SB 1.1.10 purp)

 

....where there are restrictions against meat-eating, intoxication, gambling

and illicit sex, still one may want to enjoy these forbidden things. There

is always someone who wants to go to a prostitute for illicit sex or to a

hotel to eat meat and drink wine. There is always someone who wants to

gamble at nightclubs or enjoy SO-CALLED SPORTS*. All these propensities are

already within the hearts of the living entities, but some living entities

stop to enjoy these abominable activities and consequently fall down to a

degraded platform.

 

from the very beginning, they are trained to refrain from the following four

principles of degradation: 1) sex life outside marriage, 2) intoxication, 3)

meat eating, and 4) gambling and IDLE SPORTS*. (Letter to: Archbishop of

Canterbury, Los Angeles 1969)

 

....4) Gambling & idle sports of any sort [Letter to: Selective Service

System (for Tosana Krsna) Hawaii 20 March, 1969]

 

Finally, you should not take part in any gambling, including so-called

SPORTS*, cinema, theater, or any such entertainment. (Letter to: Mr. Kair

Los Angeles 8 July, 1969)

 

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In the above quotes from Srila Prabhupada we see that Prabhupada mentions

sports always with gambling as a breaking of the regulative principles and

in the last quote he confirms that actually the so-called sports are a form

of gambling.

 

Now onw can argue that soccer is not a so-called sport but a real sport. But

according to the other quote posted earlier Prabhupada says soccer is a

materialistic sport and we can safely conclude that materialistic sports are

so-called sports whereas sporting with Krsna is the real sport.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana das