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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1036474" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>No, it's sporting meritocracy. It's the sporting performance that is rewarded/punished.</p><p>Hence you get upsets where teams with less money can still do well - because it's the sporting performance that's rewarded.</p><p>Otherwise, Saracens would never lose, Exeter would still be in the Championship, Leicester would never have done well in the football... etc etc etc.</p><p></p><p>Sporting leagues are NOT just a measure of wealth - welath sure as hell helps, but it's sporting performance that is judged meritocratically.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which is only the case because the possibility of growth has been fought at every available opportunity - it's a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy and the way to break that chain isn't really to allow the current top carte-blanche to ignore everybody else and close the gates behind them. Which isn't any kind of meritocracy - it's a protection racket. It's also a pretty good example of pretty much everything that is wrong with this world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1036474, member: 73592"] No, it's sporting meritocracy. It's the sporting performance that is rewarded/punished. Hence you get upsets where teams with less money can still do well - because it's the sporting performance that's rewarded. Otherwise, Saracens would never lose, Exeter would still be in the Championship, Leicester would never have done well in the football... etc etc etc. Sporting leagues are NOT just a measure of wealth - welath sure as hell helps, but it's sporting performance that is judged meritocratically. Which is only the case because the possibility of growth has been fought at every available opportunity - it's a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy and the way to break that chain isn't really to allow the current top carte-blanche to ignore everybody else and close the gates behind them. Which isn't any kind of meritocracy - it's a protection racket. It's also a pretty good example of pretty much everything that is wrong with this world. [/QUOTE]
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