A Day at the Stadium

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PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

The sound of 70,000 screaming fans was deafening, but I ignored it as I mentally prepared.

All eyes were still on the other end of the stadium.  Soon enough they would be turned my way, as would the TV cameras. 

The figure on the jumbotron, 50 times life sized, smiled at the crowds.  He was the local favorite, so would be hard to beat.

With one last look at the blue sky and a deep breath, I walked to the middle of the field,  adjusting my net and gig as my opponent readied his sword. It’d be a tough fight.

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word count = 100

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36 thoughts on “A Day at the Stadium”

    1. trentpmcd Post author

      Ah, I must not have made it clear – it is his opponent’s image on the jumbotron (giant screen they have in large stadiums) that is 50 times larger than life, not the opponent himself.

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    1. trentpmcd Post author

      Yeah, there is still too much of that blood-lust. However, though there are modern sports that are almost as bad, luckily, despite the violence of a lot of sports, most people are horrified when a player is seriously injured.

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  13. elmowrites

    It’s hard to imagine a crowd appetite for bloody fights, but it’s all about expectations of course. I like how you led us slowly into this reality.
    Typo – I think you mean deafening in the first line.

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    1. trentpmcd Post author

      Thanks, I will have to go back and edit.
      Our world has veered into safety above all, which is great, but I think even a short time ago they could have ratcheted it up so we expected blood on the sporting fields.

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    1. trentpmcd Post author

      You may be right, though I have read that there were actually few deaths in professional gladiator fights – there was plenty of gore on display and a lot of “execution as entertainment”, but a gladiator was too well trained and expensive to just “throw away”.

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