If you dont have professional sports, you end up with sports being dominated by rich kids, who can afford to not work and fully focus on the sports, while other athletes have to work full time still.

Sports are an entertainment for many people, and why should actors, musicians, comedians and other entertainers make a living, but athletes shouldn't, even though they have to put in the same effort and time?

[–] Sage_the_Lawyer@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Sports at the top level already are dominated by rich kids. Wealth is actually more likely to lead to athletic advantages than being a trans woman.

https://www.cces.ca/sites/default/files/content/docs/pdf/transgenderwomenathletesandelitesport-ascientificreview-e-final.pdf

Hmm, this link might be dead. Search for "Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport - Transgender Women Athletes and Elite Sport" and it should pop up.

https://news.osu.edu/want-to-play-college-sports-a-wealthy-family-helps/

The Income Gap Is Becoming a Physical-Activity Divide https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/health/sports-physical-education-children.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

He's saying that athletes shouldn't exit at all, I think. Which might be an even worse take thb.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I wanted to type out why sport players shouldn’t make nearly as much money as they do and that we should, instead, funnel that money to teachers and the arts and the like, but then realized half way though typing out the argument that I don’t care enough to do so.