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1. boesboes · 1790075706 · focus · HN ↗

   Marketing, the great value siphon. Marketing adds NOTHING of value of the world.

   1. snemvalts · 1790077236 · focus · HN ↗

      The sport wouldn't be as popular or have as much funding. The reason football is where it is because of marketing.

      This can be extended to all other sports. A sport needs to be easy to follow and easy to advertise with to get funding. Being able to practice it cheaply on a grass-roots level helps.

      1. another-dave · 1790083611 · focus · HN ↗

         > The sport wouldn't be as popular or have as much funding. The reason football is where it is because of marketing.

         wouldn't have as much funding, sure, but football was massively popular long before they started putting logos on shirts & hoardings.

         If there was less money involved in football, then the likes of the free-to-air stations would be in a better position to compete to show more matches, too

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