MLB letter obtained by The AP says several players and staff have tested positive for Covid-19

[Jirel]

5. LOL, no. It destroys schools and cities.

There will always be sportball in some form. People can play it themselves. They can watch little league. They can watch college sportball after the current sport systems are broken.

These are money-sucking enterprises. From the sports scholarships that go to half-assed students who don’t graduate, to horrific costs for stadiums built on the backs of citizens, cities, and states, to idiotically overpaid coaches, players, and staff, to billionaire owners constantly looking for handouts, they are no longer harmless entertainment. Sportball literally kills people, as money is diverted from more important public causes and neighborhoods are razed for stadiums and parking.

Tickets are well out of range for most fans. But those same working people, or students, have to deal with closed streets, lack of parking during game days, or tremendous additional costs.

It’s a national sickness, not a national pastime.