I think mass spectator sports really are a late-empire pre-collapse phenomenon. Bread and circuses. They are peripheral before empire, and unviable after collapse.
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Mass spectator sports are a pretty rare thing, because it means both an abundance and a coherence of leisure attention, and a general level of peace.
Most not-so-successful empires engage in the mass participatory sport of killing other empires.
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