Cost Cuts Have Arrived

When I opined about “Cost Cuts” in sports many years ago—see tab below—I had no idea we would perhaps get there so soon. In fact, the first season of the Esports Simulation Football League actually was during 2013. https://simulationfl.net/

There it was yesterday, on my television set, as Season 15 got underway, fictional teams and fictional fans with real people behind controllers. A presentation ostensibly not just for the participants but for other viewers hungry for sports. I didn’t stay long—I don’t even like live football with real players and fans (and collisions and CTE of course). But with all of the hassle and expense of attending a live game, now coupled with pandemic impossibility and fan-free basketball and baseball, is this how it’s going to be?