[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Chris

Your assertion re football makes no sense in the context of your perfectly fine definition of culture.

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I'm beginning to think you've argued yourself into a corner and haven't quite worked out how to get out of it.

No - at no time have I felt painted into a corner. It's so blindingly obvious that football is a widely shared interest and not specifically part of our culture. Nor is stamp collecting, photography etc.

You've linked the "values of our culture" to the rather narrow teamwork involved in competition. You could say that about Poker, Bridge, tennis doubles, rugby. Nothing at all to do with culture.