Sports entertainment is a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competitive event
using a high level of theatrical flourish
and extravagant presentation, with the purpose of entertaining an audience. Unlike typical athletics and
games, which are conducted for competition, sportsmanship, exercise or
personal recreation, the primary product of sports
entertainment is performance for an audience's benefit, thus they are never
practiced privately. Commonly, but not in all cases, the outcomes are
predetermined; as this is an open secret, it is not
considered to be match fixing.
Events which fall under the
classification of sports entertainment are often considered to be low brow forms
of entertainment.
Sports entertainment has a stigma of being mindless pop
culture, in some cases glorifying violence for the sake of entertainment, and
has been criticized as such in popular media, often through lampooning: the
film portrays a future where sports
entertainment permeates the global culture: the president is an active champion
professional wrestler and capital
punishment consists of a combination demolition derby, monster truck event and
gladiator duel, and is a highly popular television broadcast
