John Oliver pitches marble racing after explaining why reviving sports will be difficult

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"Look, I will own the fact I really want sports to come back," Oliver said on Last Week Tonight. "There is no doubt that they have the ability to inspire. One of the things sport does best is to bring people together in times of crisis, like when the Yankees resumed playing after 9/11. Unfortunately though, bringing people together is the exact thing that we should not be doing right now. And while sport was genuinely helpful at the start of this crisis in showing us how serious this virus was, if it comes back too soon, and irresponsibly, it won't be an inspiration — it'll be a cautionary tale." So Oliver announced he's sponsoring the Marble League Tournament as a sports alternative.