It's not 25 that's what

The comparison to sports wasn't for a value judgement other than just like sports people pick a team

Why people care about some random people they give millions of dollars out of their own pocket to watch them run around is not something I understand, but you do you. I don't get why you'd shove hard boiled eggs up your ass but some people do that too...

I really care about _MY_ sports team that I have nothing to do with other than giving them money!

Should we pay out of our own pockets to build a stadium for billionaires?

YES!

@Catboi because athletes compete at levels that are so high it seems beyond human ability so people revere the skill on display

Pay the operational costs for these billionaire businesses!

you should understand why people enjoy the collective identity of being part of the fan base and wearing the right colors

you dont need that explained

I guess you could say it's a sign of social collapse

people get more identity out of their sportsball than their actual community

and no, I don't get it

oh i figured you were going Rome with that

I think the green bay packers are technically a publicly owned team

They have to show their expenditures every year

I've never understood why people cared about pro athletes.

College and Highschool sports sure

I actually knew the players on my Highschool and college teams

I wanted them to do well

I literally had personal relationships with them

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They weren't people wearing a jersery that represented _my team_

ok? you can still want pros to do well

Yeah, most fans have a personal relationship with the pro players?

🤔

and the athletes represent your city, or your division, or your conference

youre being obstinate

Excpet they don't

they've got nothing to do with your city

they're shipped in from whatever shithole nigger hood they grew up in

then ground down till they get injured and have to quit

they play for your city

They play for their own team

they play for the corporation

which represents your city

it's got nothing to do with the city

>represents

Might as well say the Mexicans represent the city too

@Catboi what is your opinion on exports? Same thing?

Esports