Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 13 hours 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-square92fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down123
arrow-up1206arrow-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 · 13 hours agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoI mean if you back to the Greeks and Roman’s, they also had some big payouts for sporting events.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours 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-up1·52 minutes agoGladiators were not soldiers. Some were the equivalent of American Wrestling stars.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 minutes agoI was thinking more about Olympians. The Romans had a standing army so they didn’t need that sort of thing as much.
minus-squarecaseyweederman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoIf you were lucky, you’d get the lion’s share
I mean if you back to the Greeks and Roman’s, they also had some big payouts for sporting events.
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.
If you were lucky, you’d get the lion’s share