Indeed.
Completely agree. I think it's certainly the case in the UK of that.
Why else would the Federal Government bailout a regional team? Right?
It keeps the otherwise dissinterested, interested in something other then the facts. The masses that fill the cheap seats and their idle time with sports stats and player bios, could easily be swayed to another agenda, say the truth about the status quo, or wars or even BS, as was the case in Germany. Masses of up set people with the truth or BS as a weapon is how Governments are over trown.