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ButterflyEffect  ·  3863 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: On Gameday, the Cowboys' Stadium Uses More Energy Than Liberia

    I like sports, (again, I like sports) but I wonder how resources would be allocated differently if sports worship weren't a thing.

Oh same here. I still follow Baseball, Football, the PBA (bowling), PGA (somewhat), and enjoy international soccer matches. But you bring up a very good point. This one in particular ranges from elementary school to professional sports. I know that despite significant cuts in funding at my Alma mater for high school, the sports budget has barely been touched. Despite cutting extracurricular activities and the budget for arts and music the football team still has most of their money in tact. Now, granted, a lot of that money does come from boosters, but the school is still providing roughly the same amount of money as 5 years ago prior to cuts being made.