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Zigurd ◴[23 Oct 25 18:42 UTC] No.45685274[source]▶

This is high enshittification. Audiences will turn to professional wrestling and roller derby because those athletes have integrity.

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bilbo0s ◴[23 Oct 25 19:03 UTC] No.45685523[source]▶

>Audiences will turn to professional wrestling and roller derby because those athletes have integrity

You know what the sad part is?

They won't.

Wrestling and roller derby would need to give audiences something to bet on before they would switch from football-soccer-basketball-baseball.

A switch away from the popular bet-able sports will never happen in the absence of another set of corrupt bet-able sports.

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1. watwut ◴[23 Oct 25 20:23 UTC] No.45686582[source]▶

When I was young, "I like sports' meant that you like kicking the ball with guys or playing basketball or swim often.

Later it meant "I like sitting on couch watching guys on TV kick the ball".

Now it means "I am a gambler".

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2. rufus_foreman ◴[23 Oct 25 23:02 UTC] No.45688550[source]▶

Growing up in the 80's it always meant all 3. You used to have to do a little more work if you wanted to gamble though.

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