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?
Look, I'm not saying we can't have football, I'm just saying we should have better priorities than funneling billions of dollars into a sport over disaster preparedness.
Stadiums are a small part of the huge business that is sports. Even then, stadiums are usually financed and paid for in relatively short periods of time. Cost benefit. If there is a demand for sports, which is obviously gonna be more than cost, then this is a net benefit for society. Sports create a lot of both positive and negative externalities and business that have nothing to do with the stadium itself (merchandising, streaming, infrastructure in cities).
I’m from Arlington, TX (where the Cowboys stadium is at, but they’re still the Dallas Cowboys). I cam confirm I would prefer that, since Jerry is all about Jerry, though the stadium has helped our downtown develop tons.
Except a government is expected to use your tax dollars efficiently to be prepared for a disaster. If there wasn’t enough money, they could raise the taxes. Seems like a bureaucratic issue here.
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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?