Enter the Tiger!

Football would be a far more interesting game if you added tigers.

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4 Responses to Enter the Tiger!

  1. PaulE says:

    Didn’t the Romans try something like that ?

  2. Ian Almond says:

    I think it was lions

  3. PaulE says:

    Ian- indeed. But was Tim venting steam at the game itself or its role in society which is not dissimilar to the ancient circus.

  4. Ian Almond says:

    No disagreement with you on that, provided the mob was supplied with their bread and circuses then Emperors could do as they pleased. Nothing much changes over time.