spectator sports, n.All

Spectator sports (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where the intelligence and self-confidence go when work is dull and politics belongs to the rich — keeping people busy away from what matters.

Spectator sports (n.) cultivate ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠irrational competition, loyalty to power and cheering the wrecked quarterback; it is hard to think of a deeper school of authoritarian attitudes.