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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. latexr · 1790079867 · focus · HN ↗

         > The sport wouldn't be as popular or have as much funding.

         And that’s bad because… I’m really asking. What’s the good thing about having millionaires running around a field passing a ball to each other, while billionaires are raking in even more cash by manipulating you with adverts? Not to mention all the other issues with the industry (John Oliver has multiple episodes on FIFA).

         If the sport wouldn’t be as popular without marketing, maybe it isn’t that interesting to being with.

         1. snemvalts · 1790146851 · focus · HN ↗

            This funding does not only apply to the top level, it applies all the way down to national club level and below.

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