• wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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    1. That’s a completely false equivalency, since the entire point of movie production is NOT a competition. Sports, however, is literally all about competition through feats of athletics and strategy.

    2. The discussion about the egregious insultingly high salaries both of the highest-paid actors and sportballers is one that we can have, but I do not think that one will go well for your cause.

    3. I’m gonna need some sources cited that the main reason the majority of people watch sports is for “the drama”.

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      What is the point of this comment? What “cause” do you think I have? My point is simply that sports are a form of entertainment like any other. There is expression, there is drama, there is tension, etc. Those who look down on people who enjoy watching sports are at best immature, and likely to be hypocrites as well.

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        The “cause” appeared to be appealing to the idea that piracy from sports companies hurts the poor players, who are just there to get paid, because whatever would the world do if Josh Allen made a few dollars less off of his $55 million per year deal?

        However, given your clarification, I take less issue with your premise. I maintain that it was a bad comparison to actors, and that the companies within the oligopoly over sports broadcasting are all, universally and without equivocation, awful, the players are insultingly overpaid, the entire system needs to be dismantled, and that any action taken to undercut them is an axiomatic good.

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          I see, I do agree that players are overpaid relative to people who do more useful things for society, but I don’t think the situation is really any worse than other big entertainment industries. I have no issue with anyone that pirates anything, the people at the top of any industry already make more money than they need.