just like modern people, Mayan played ball game to entertain themselves too. Although when there is human sacrifice involved after the game (not always, but sometimes it´s true, depending on the mayan period), it´s not in my definition an "entertainment".
i would have to say it´s more difficult than any sports we play today. look at how high the "hoop" is, and no hands or feet are allowed to touch the ball. The guide at Chichen Itza said it could take DAYS before someone scoring a goal! exhausting sport, not to mention when it´s followed by human sacrifice! it´s not clear whether it´s the winning or losing caption that gets decapitated. my logical guess would be the loser, but Mayans don´t always do the most logical things in modern standard. :)
I tried to imagine how they played the game. no hands or feet? that´s tough! do they have fauls or yellow card? :) what we know today about the game came from the interpretation of paintings. the truth could be very close, or we could be way off. it´s like a few hundred years later, if all the digital and printed documents are somehow destroyed, how would people from the future interpret our soccer game?
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