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> If the audience desires certain types of show, they get it, or the competition makes no money and cannot continue. If the athletes don't turn up, the competi
by approxim8ion 5y ago
> If the audience desires certain types of show, they get it, or the competition makes no money and cannot continue.
If the athletes don't turn up, the competition makes no money and cannot continue. This goes both ways. The "element of showmanship" taking precedence over the sport shouldn't be tolerated, and the pushback is well within their rights.
- wegs 5y agoIf the athletes don't show up, there are plenty of others who will. Expecting athlete pushback to solve this is a doomed strategy.
- approxim8ion 5y agoIf the perverts in the audience stop watching, there should be plenty of others who are actually interested in the sport who will. The pushback doesn't have to be effective to be valid.