where sport is completely dominated by media. violence is banned from society, except in sport. the rollerball game is a violent cross between ice-skating and american football. All the action and violence of the rollerball game is captured on camera and the audience watches as avidly as if it were the national lottery. in the flim, the television audiences enjoy the cruelty of the physical combat and some of the casualties in the game die. this is reminiscent of sports in roman times, when if gladiator fights did not end in several deaths, the spectators were disappointed