Comment Comment by paulddraper > Is this not also true for many sporting or competitive pursuits that are also effectively zero sum?No, absolutely not.LeBron and Stephen Curry show up to a game, and both walk away hundreds of thousands richer.---In the top 1% of basketball games and the top 1% of poker games, they are sponsored and no one loses money.And in the other 99% of basketball games, no money is involved. (People normally don't play pickup games for money.)The other 99% of poker games involve players losing money. parent paulddraper 3 years ago
No, absolutely not.
LeBron and Stephen Curry show up to a game, and both walk away hundreds of thousands richer.
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In the top 1% of basketball games and the top 1% of poker games, they are sponsored and no one loses money.
And in the other 99% of basketball games, no money is involved. (People normally don't play pickup games for money.)
The other 99% of poker games involve players losing money.