Posted: Jan 06, 2014 12:43 pm
In the topic, France's 75% tax rate gains approval by top court, Strontium Dog made this post (emphasis mine):
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Is spectator sport what one would consider a cultural activity (whatever that means)?
Strontium Dog wrote:MattHunX wrote:I love how it is the football clubs complaining about the loss of ridiculously overpaid players. No sportsman, not matter what their sport is, should be payed millions and billions. It is just disgusting. I heard on the radio that this Vettel guy, from the F1, was voted the sportsman of the friggin' year or something like that, got some honors, really...? Okay, I get how mentally and/or physically taxing speeding around for an hour and more + resulting tunnel vision can get, but they still shouldn't be payed so disgustingly much. Not in any sport.
Simple laws of supply and demand.
Their salaries are being funded by fans who willingly pay for match tickets, merchandise, TV subscriptions and the like.
Anyone who has a problem with it is free to butt the fuck out and leave culture to the people who enjoy it and who stump up the bill for it.
This exchange followed:
And here we are.
Is spectator sport what one would consider a cultural activity (whatever that means)?