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80's and 90's was the golden age of many sports like boxing, rallying and football (the international one)

• willis936 5y ago
  And 2000 years ago was the golden age of human dogfighting. Group B is past the line on its way to being gladiator combat. TBIs are non-lethal so American football is tolerated.
• neoberg 5y ago
  Good old days where people dying was a part of the sport.
  • dazc 5y ago
    Fair point although many of those who died were fully aware of the risk and took extreme risks regardless.
    • willis936 5y ago
      And the crowds that were mowed down? It's fine for people to take individual risks, but codifying rules that cause death for a recreational spectator activity is unacceptable.
      • dazc 5y ago
        IIRC, this predated the era I was referring to but I concur - such reckless disregard was unacceptable.
  • sokoloff 5y ago
    By the 80s, F1 safety had improved significantly and the fatal accident rate was on par with today’s rate. The 50s and 60s held significantly higher danger to participants.
    • neoberg 5y ago
      Yes. But the parent comment mentioned rallying. Group B was during 80s.
      • sokoloff 5y ago
        You’re right. I misread the threading indents on mobile and anchored yours one-up.
  • toyg 5y ago
    But that was part of the point - old-school motor-racing attracted the sort of (wealthy white male) characters who lived every day to the max, and hence were pretty fun to follow inside and outside the car. Nowadays they're a bit less white, don't die or get maimed nearly as often (last death in 2015), but they have largely become a set of meticulous and obsessive kids who spend most of their life in front of simulators.
  • giva 5y ago
    “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” ― Ernest Hemingway