Really, your last arguement depends on how much you care about professional sports. I have watched, over the past decade, my city spend in inordinate amount of time and money, energies that could have really improved my community on two sports complexes. That the teams, the Reds, and the Bengals, are less than average teams is a trivial debate to me. It's all trivial to me really. And quite absurd that people that play leisurly games make more money than a teacher. So with that in mind, I don't really care anymore. They can shoot each other in the head with loaded rifles to win a game ;-) We got big buisness pushing people out of thier homes in my city. Pete Rose and gambling. It just doesn't compare.
It's not any more absurd that people get paid millions for a leisurely game than it is for people to get paid millions for performing a play. When you do something well enough to be entertainment for millions of people, the money doesn't seem so absurd anymore.
It might seem trivial, but it can be a worthwhile investment for the city to promote sports because it brings in more revenue (i'd lean towards it not being so, but the potential is there). But i agree that sports should be low on the city's priority list (bread and circuses, anyone?).
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Date: 2004-01-11 09:53 am (UTC)It's all trivial to me really. And quite absurd that people that play leisurly games make more money than a teacher. So with that in mind, I don't really care anymore. They can shoot each other in the head with loaded rifles to win a game ;-) We got big buisness pushing people out of thier homes in my city. Pete Rose and gambling. It just doesn't compare.
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Date: 2004-01-11 12:06 pm (UTC)It might seem trivial, but it can be a worthwhile investment for the city to promote sports because it brings in more revenue (i'd lean towards it not being so, but the potential is there). But i agree that sports should be low on the city's priority list (bread and circuses, anyone?).