25_04_22_sports

vast and myriad popularity of sports as a result of global bounty.

gambling and leisure and happiness that comes with sport show near historical peaks.

what i overheard was a discussion of quality not of popularity. it followed.

basketball is at the top and then a tie at second between american and spanish football.

there are many irrelevant games in the nba and soccer when nothing is on the line. the level of competition is lower and the game is completely different. a farse. wrestlemania night two.

but now is the time on the western calendar when the playoffs and champions league crystalize and parameterize the focus and intensity and participation of the best athletes in the world and american football is left exposed as a bland mechanical plodding interest of no creativity.

lastly the minor leagues of football and basketball at the american colleges are prop trading. the ad is the pm?

and there's less profit sharing with xfer portal + nil and no salary caps so think fifa but less structure and no kyc.

this was summarized and translated from overhearing publicly available discussions at the barneys in weho on a tuesday at lunch.