“…The socio-cultural, (geo-)political notions and spatial aspects of tradition, and the related extent to which nostalgia contributes to associated practices of memory making and forgetting, has been well recognised by sport scholars (e.g., Blackburn, 2016;Huggins, 2001;Krüger, 2014;Vertinsky, 2015). While perspectives vary, work here has pointed to the advantageous qualities of tradition (e.g., engendering and fortifying collective spirit, preservation of cultural and social practices, providing means for political mobility and advocacy, establishing sustainable infrastructures and practices, legitimising economic investment, and providing foundations for capacity building and future security) (Bairner, 2003;Creak, 2015;Kay, 2013;Krüger, 2014). In contrast, scholarship has also highlighted the contentious nature of tradition in the politicisation of sport and discourses that perpetuate inequality, disenfranchisement, disempowerment, marginalisation and discrimination (O'Bonsawin, 2017;Parratt, 2016).…”