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I don't think either of those statements is true.
John Oliver did a piece on that, years ago.
As I recall, you're really close to the conclusions he was pushing
It's a short life, and not happy, but the lottery effect is so strong that more and more kids willingly jump into the meat grinder for that one chance to move their family up economically.
Adam Conover and many others have also talked about it. It truly breaks my heart to think of these young men who want to prove themselves physically being destroyed because of that dream. Thanks for the summary; this is exactly what I was getting at.
It's actually the story of Chris Benoit specifically that gets me. And he probably knew better than some what he was getting into, from what I've read. His poor wife and child, and him too. It must have been awful to go through that first hand, and who can say what his state of mind was exactly at the end. He was one of the biggest stars they had, but they treated him like garbage: driving himself to venues, no health insurance, and still feeling he had to prove himself.
I hope that with people talking about the deadly impacts of these sports more openly, there will be real drive to change these standards for the betterment of the next generations.
The only difference is now some college players get paid
It's fine for you to think that.