spectator sport

spectator sport
a) A sporting activity which has a relatively high ratio of watchers to direct participants.

Today harness racing is a $430 million-a-year business, the fastest-growing spectator sport in the U.S.

b) Something, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in.

Politics for me was strictly a spectator sport.


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