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Professional sports is a show.

• swader999 5y ago
  In a show there is casting. In a sport there is not. All members in good standing have to qualify. It's mostly past results that get them to higher levels of competition, not anything else. Contrast this with wrestling. That is a show. There are always tweaks to the rules in these sports to make them interesting but not to the blatant disadvantage of one competitor. Imagine if they made Tiger Woods play an extra hole all those years. That's what this feels like.
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  • kube-system 5y ago
    > In a show there is casting. In a sport there is not. All members in good standing have to qualify. Team sports often have “try-outs”. They also often have complex rules for selecting participants which have nothing to do with skill.
  • chrismcb 5y ago
    Pro sports definitely has casting. It isn't run quite the same way as casting for a movie or show, but there are definitely similarities. Pro sports are entertainment.