The Level Playing Field

Sports writing is saturated with articles on Ronaldo’s exploits in the Champions League or McIlroy’s in the Ryder Cup. Whilst this is obviously necessary and interesting, we realised there was a gap enabling general sports fans to read about everyday people, in a variety of sports and disciplines. We strongly believe that, for example, a story about a local cricket groundsman is just as important for the game as a story about Ben Stokes. On top of this, reporting on women’s sport, disability sport and minority sport is far too scarce and as such, we want this platform to help ‘level the playing field’. Sport so often throws wider societal themes at us, and on this platform we explore how sport can both illuminate and potentially even help remedy some of society’s predicaments. People by their nature can be too happy to shield themselves in their own personal bubble. Take the ‘Arsenal fan’ who reads an Arsenal blog every day, or a ‘golf fan’ who unconsciously clicks on the golf section of BBC Sport as soon as they go on the internet. We wanted to create a platform which encourages people to disregard their preconceptions, expanding their horizons. We are currently looking to expand and diversify in terms of content, but also we are actively seeking partnerships/collaborations. Our vision for the future of The Level Playing Field is to make it your one-stop-shop for all things sport.