Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIs there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else?message-squaremessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down131
arrow-up1319arrow-down1message-squareIs there a point we can track down when we stopped caring about doctors, nurses, teacher, etc? And thought it was a great idea to pay atheletes millions and screw everyone else?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square119linkfedilink
minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoI mean if you back to the Greeks and Roman’s, they also had some big payouts for sporting events.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIf you were lucky, you’d get the lion’s share
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 month agoThey used those events for military readiness. The skills that the athletes trained for were the same ones needed by soldiers.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoGladiators were not soldiers. Some were the equivalent of American Wrestling stars.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI was thinking more about Olympians. The Romans had a standing army so they didn’t need that sort of thing as much.
I mean if you back to the Greeks and Roman’s, they also had some big payouts for sporting events.
If you were lucky, you’d get the lion’s share
They used those events for military readiness. The skills that the athletes trained for were the same ones needed by soldiers.
Gladiators were not soldiers. Some were the equivalent of American Wrestling stars.
I was thinking more about Olympians. The Romans had a standing army so they didn’t need that sort of thing as much.