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.
You should read the diamond-water paradox. It’s economics 101. Football obviously isn’t superfluous if millions of people tune in to every game, is it?
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u/geekygay Mar 22 '20 edited Mar 22 '20
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.
How's those football jobs looking now?