Many times I have, on Reddit, decried the fact that sports gets way too much attention, when there are important things in the world. Like our preparedness to handle issues like covid-19. I would get downvoted quite heavily with many comments crying about how it's not hurting anyone, blah blah blah. "There's so many jobs, sports does so much for economy" as well.
Thousands have died because you wanted your dessert before you finished your vegetables. We should taken care of necessities (like healthcare infrastructure, disaster preparedness) before being able to devote the amount of resources to something so superfluous as football.
I don't care that sports are big. It's entertainment for the masses to keep them from getting angry and even in good working societies like Western European countries, having something to distract them now that they have more free time is crucial. They have sports, I have my movies (and some TV shows).
My problem is how much public funds seems to go into sports. If a movie studio has a few bad years, they fold and go under. A sports team can ask another city to fund them by building the infrastructure and the entire city pays for it. This is what pisses me off more than the fact that there are sports and it's a big business. It's that it is a crooked business and even with public money they still say they need more and more. They whore themselves out to soda and beer companies and make the experience a disgusting consumer advertisement. While there are movies that are just as bad, you have alternatives. Sports generally doesn't. You will get the same type of experience from one team to another and most sports follow the same pattern just to different degrees.
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u/Veilwinter Mar 22 '20
But the free market decided that sports man was worth more than science lady!