You're thinking about robots playing football, and laughing about how ridiculous it is to picture that, but there are indirect ways automation will first compet

You're thinking about robots playing football, and laughing about how ridiculous it is to picture that, but there are indirect ways automation will first compete with the sport-watching industry; in fact, it already is. Every time someone chooses to play a video game, or chat on Hacker News, or use any other new form of entertainment when a generation ago the best available option was to watch a traditional sporting event, you've got technology outcompeting the sport-televising industry. And sometimes it's direct competition -- e.g., watching people play video games on Twitch or YouTube. Oh, and sometimes it isn't people who are doing the playing. Those are, in fact, some of the most interesting videos to watch.