One of many aspects/details that have caused me to turn my back on professional sports -- formally declared or otherwise (college football, the Olympics, etc.).

One of many aspects/details that have caused me to turn my back on professional sports -- formally declared or otherwise (college football, the Olympics, etc.). It would be inspiring if we could have professional sports-persons who could make a decent living extolling the virtues of sport and leading by example. "Decent" living -- not obscene incomes based upon monopolies and taxpayer extortion (stadium costs, tax exemptions, etc.) feeding yet greater ownership incomes (another form of rent-seeking, in its way). But instead, cash is king. And the virtues of sport get turned into vices -- whether practiced by the players, or upon them (e.g. football's heavy toll). I don't like this corruption. So I vote with my feet -- that is to say, with my dollars. Anyway, sport is meant for actual participation. Any professional level should build upon that. Not upon eyeballs and asses in seats (doing nothing).