Get rid of sports

[Alex K]

I'm not so worried about the billions spent on it for tv rights and inflated salaries, that's just (virtual) paper changing hands, what I guess matters is the amount of labour (human or machine) that is put into it. I'm not sure if that's such a relevant damage to the economy as a whole. I.e. what alternative thing could have been done with that work force and how large a part of the economy is it.

I agree with the college sports thing, that has ridiculously gotten out of hand.

Generally, I couldn't care less about pro sports and wouldn't miss it if it were gone.

I played American football in high school. One thing I can say about playing organized sports is that it's a good way to teach young, selfish pricks the value of working with others as a team.

I watch the sports I like (which are American football and racing airplanes, along with a little soccer now and then).

Holy shit, there is airplane racing on tv???