• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    I think that’s unfair.

    Americans are great at sports, it’s the only thing they’re happy to fund.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      We don’t fund sports for shit. The only thing we fund is the military. We fund the Olympic team because that’s just PR and marketing, but outside of that,you’re on your own.

      • anyhow2503@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        The US spends a shit-ton of money on sports… as long as it’s basketball, baseball, football or soccer. Stadium construction for those sports is breaking records in the US and all of those projects are heavily subsidized. It’s a giant, capitalist industry and as such it is propped up by tax money, lol.