first of all, I'm not fully convinced that commercialization is the root cause of any of the issues that you presented. You gave three examples of star NBA players getting injured after receiving a large contract when there are hundreds of other NBA players, many of whom are not injured yet receiving large contracts. While correlation does not mean causation, I'm not even convinced that they is much correlation to begin with. Each year players sign large, record-breaking contracts. The Ben Simmons contract is blown out of proportion by the deals by fellow NBA stars Steph Curry, KD, Jokic, etc. The matter of the fact is that as the NBA is increasing as an organization, they are able to increase the salary cap, thus nudging teams into spending more money to retain their coveted superstars. Therefore, each year we see larger and larger contracts being rewarded to players, yet not all superstars are getting injured. Using large contracts as a predictor of injuries is completely unreliable. Furthermore, we need to expand our horizons to other sports leagues. When viewing sports in its totality, we cannot see any league/organization where superstars are suffering injuries after being paid at a statistically significant rate. Furthermore, when we break down the argument more, the logic that pressure to fulfill the expectations of their contract causes the athletes to play with more risk is one that lacks rigorous proof. It is difficult to know whether the athletes even care when they are receiving millions of dollars. Even if we suppose they did, I cannot imagine they would increase their intensity so far as to risk injury when the greatest ability of any athlete is availability. That being said, I do not have access to the mindset of an NBA player or their training schedule, but neither do you to be fair. In all, I hope that in a future video you may reinforce your argument and consider the fallacies in your reasoning to create a more persuasive argument. Preventing sport injuries is something of incredible value, not only to the athletes and teams, but to us fans that love watching them play. More research can be done to evaluate the intricacies and consequences of your claim.
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of all, I'm not fully convinced that commercialization is the root cause of any of the issues that you presented. You gave three examples of star NBA players getting injured after receiving a large contract when there are hundreds of other NBA players, many of whom are not injured yet receiving large contracts. While correlation does not mean causation, I'm not even convinced that they is much correlation to begin with. Each year players sign large, record-breaking contracts. The Ben Simmons contract is blown out of proportion by the deals by fellow NBA stars Steph Curry, KD, Jokic, etc. The matter of the fact is that as the NBA is increasing as an organization, they are able to increase the salary cap, thus nudging teams into spending more money to retain their coveted superstars. Therefore, each year we see larger and larger contracts being rewarded to players, yet not all superstars are getting injured. Using large contracts as a predictor of injuries is completely unreliable. Furthermore, we need to expand our horizons to other sports leagues. When viewing sports in its totality, we cannot see any league/organization where superstars are suffering injuries after being paid at a statistically significant rate. Furthermore, when we break down the argument more, the logic that pressure to fulfill the expectations of their contract causes the athletes to play with more risk is one that lacks rigorous proof. It is difficult to know whether the athletes even care when they are receiving millions of dollars. Even if we suppose they did, I cannot imagine they would increase their intensity so far as to risk injury when the greatest ability of any athlete is availability. That being said, I do not have access to the mindset of an NBA player or their training schedule, but neither do you to be fair. In all, I hope that in a future video you may reinforce your argument and consider the fallacies in your reasoning to create a more persuasive argument. Preventing sport injuries is something of incredible value, not only to the athletes and teams, but to us fans that love watching them play. More research can be done to evaluate the intricacies and consequences of your claim.
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