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Huh, AUKUS was a backstab of a reliable ally to play pawn to the biggest aggressor in the entire region. How is that Australia defending itself?

Or waiting for the verb 😂

CoDMW2 remastered, CoD3.

Export through an Italian front company, call it "Italian Camembert", the yanks won't even notice.

I see you missed the point.

It doesn't matter who is the top 1% when the monetary incentive doesn't climb exponentially.

Hypothetically, if the top 1% earnings were taxed at 90% meaning the distribution of sports wages was normalised where it doesn't change by several orders of magnitude for the top 1% performers, do you think women would have issue for being relegated to a 2nd Bundesliga? If pay didn't change significantly? Why do the 1% need to make 250M a year and the subsequent lower leagues have to survive with that same amount between themselves, all of them?

At the end of the day, what I'm saying is, if you change the incentive structure, being in the 1% will not mean retiring at 30yo.

Less concern about winning, more concern about being inclusive and having fun? Sign me up for that shit.

It's not something that needs to be solved. It's sports. Tax sports income at 90% above 1M a year and watch it stabilise.

I respectfully disagree.

No women will ever "insert thing here" is completely nonsensical. Just like with the labour force, this divisive thinking exists to divide us so more companies can profit from someone elses labour. It's an excuse to maintain the patriarchy. I highly doubt that there won't be any women at the top given the same time and money investment as men. Furthermore, we're happy to separate women sports from men because women genetics, but you get shot if you suggest subsidised hygiene products for women. Why can't we be more consistent as a society?

Personally, sports involves way too much money and BS, play for fun, we're not collectively Charlie Sheen, winning is not the most important. ASICS is the most important in sports.

I like this. I'll give it deeper thought.

No clue, nor am I inclined to use time to find out.

At the end of the day, it really doesn't matter. Success at sports is not only dedication, it's also luck in the genetic lottery, regardless of the sport.

I believe I'm an outlier in this thought, I think that segregation between male and female sports make no sense.

ELI5 this for me, I'm not even on this sub but whatever.

Everyone loves Messi, the dude takes a metric shit ton of forbidden drugs because he has a medical issue, wins a WC and competes because everyone recognises and accepts a medical condition is an acceptable reason to have exceptions.

Then, enter trans athletes. They have a medical condition, they take drugs to remediate the fact they were born in the wrong body, they win because the karma for the immeasurable amount of suffering they endure is being good at a random sport. Everyone dislikes that and calls it cheating.

I'm not an ally or anything. Being in the EU and seeing the fandom of Messi, can someone please explain to me why that cunt of a tax dodger gets an exception and Mary from down the street, who just won the district football competition, and wants to live her life in peace, is called a cheater.

Just make it make sense, and while you're at it, explain why the fuck is this a discussion that permeates the airwaves almost weekly.