On the Evolution of Sports

[serinde]

elibalin: Goat grabbing!
syringavulgaris: This appears to be what, a millenium ago, they did and called "polo".
elibalin: If I remember correctly, it's called "Buzkazhi" in one of the places it's practiced.
syringavulgaris: "A mounted version of the game has also been played in the United States. In the 1940s young men in the Cleveland area of Ohio played a game they called Kav Kaz. The men - five to a team - played on horseback with a sheepskin-covered ball. The Greater Cleveland area had six or seven teams."
syringavulgaris: WTF.
elibalin: What else was there to do in Cleveland in the '40s?
syringavulgaris: Drink beer. We had many breweries.
elibalin: And what do people do after drinking lots of beer? They throw goat carcasses around.