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Lorcan Lyons's avatar

So many questions for one chart, without even getting into the rugby:

No (hill)walking or (sea)swimming?

Surprised at MMA participation - suspect it includes various gym classes.

Speaking of which, no CrossFit or similar - guess that’s still just for ageing white guys.

Would be nice to split athletics from running.

The is chess a sport debate moves on to is chess an esport.

Happy to see table tennis becoming popular among overweight/injured young people as well as overweight/injured retired people. Does not lend itself to social media but lends itself to socialising.

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Unofficial Partner's avatar

Agree with all those points. The EY work is interesting as a top line, but I've no idea of the research base, or methodology etc.

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