I think feedback or commentary on this is going to bifurcate endlessly into dichotmous observations: esports aren't sports the IOC shouldnt be here (chess wa

I think feedback or commentary on this is going to bifurcate endlessly into dichotmous observations: esports aren't sports the IOC shouldnt be here (chess was in the olympics) saudi arabia is greenwashing its theocratic state by buying things at the IOC (like, every economy which bids (yes I know cities bid not economies) is doing this) how in holy heck do you get what is basically R rated imagery out of esports in a nation which thinks women should live inside a lead lined shroud in public (I got nothing. That anime- level fake boob artwork is going to be there. Or kids riding dragons spitting flame. And ads for booze and drugs and sex) On the whole, I think it's possible that this level of engagement is net beneficial, and that ultimately in 100 years or so, Saudi Arabia will join the 19th century in terms of reproductive and legal rights for women, voting, clothing, sex. Is there a tech sector inside S.A. which is productive to goods and services outside? I get the sense there is a lot of inbound tech, they have IPv6, they do good networks but I don't read of e.g. chip fab plants setting up in Riyadh, or of a massive tech brain drain to live in S.A. -I do however read of them making massive sovereign fund investments into tech sectors in other economies. So they get the goodies and the profits and the product, but they don't need infidels to taint their social order. Is that a fair view?