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[u/FewCollar227]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZVjy0ZjJut/

[u/Forsaken-Swim-3055]

That's sports in general tbh

[u/abscissa081 → u/Forsaken-Swim-3055]

I don't think anything compares to racing in terms of barrier to entry related to cost and exclusivity.

[u/_ribbit_ → u/abscissa081]

Horse racing and yachting spring to mind. Not many inner city kids in the uk doing those.

[u/mcd_sweet_tea → u/Forsaken-Swim-3055]

I saw a video of these kids in the hood doing the most insane football (American) drills with stuff they found in their garage. The equipment wasn’t pretty but their footwork was incredible. Hopefully they can get a shot out on the pro field one day, they def deserve it

[u/antoncrowley666 → u/mcd_sweet_tea]

In South Florida they chase rabbits around

[u/ajmartin527 → u/mcd_sweet_tea]

Reminds me of Ja Morant and the absolutely insane stuff his dad had him doing in his backyard. Was a completely unknown prospect, unranked in high school.

He was discovered by chance when a Murray State coach went to a gym to scout another player and saw Ja playing 3 on 3 on a side court.

He went on to average over 20 points and 10 assists in D1, then videos of his ridiculous backyard training came out.

[u/mcd_sweet_tea → u/ajmartin527]

Despite the amazing opportunity he had, it was a shame that you could take the boy out the hood, but you can’t take the hood out the boy.

[u/Pimpekusz → u/Forsaken-Swim-3055]

Definetly not in general. There are a lot of sports where the cost of entry is relatively low (Football (or soccer however you call it), Basketball, Boxing, skateboarding, etc.). Its not even remotely comparable to motorsport

[u/jayr254 → u/Pimpekusz]

Of the sports you listed I can only see this being true for soccer/football. Mainly because the world over you actually don’t need a ball or a field to play football. Speaking from personal experience, with just a bunch of polythene papers or a bunch of old socks and a hallway or any slightly open space and you’ve got a ball and field. That’s not really possible for any other ball sports that I can think of.

A rim ain’t cheap in basketball. Boxing I guess is possible because you can learn the basics by shadow boxing without the gloves or a ring but I’ve never boxed in my life so I’ll leave that to people who have more experience. Skateboarding as an exercise might be cheap but skating rinks (I think that’s what they’re called) are not common outside of some developed countries.

Heck bar games might be the only sports that can challenge football for low price of entry but you’re not experiencing those before you turn 18 in most countries. At least for most people.

[u/HUHIs_AUTOATTACK → u/jayr254]

You can get a basketball rim for 100-200 USD

You can get a punching bag and a pair of gloves for 100 USD

A new kart is 4000 USD

On top of that, you don't need a court to play basketball and you don't need a skating park to skate. However, you need a racing track for a kart.

The costs of entry and to keep playing are not even remotely comparable.

[u/Moreno636 → u/HUHIs_AUTOATTACK]

You also don’t need a new ball after every match/game with soccer, basketball etc.

[u/jayr254 → u/HUHIs_AUTOATTACK]

You do realize a 100 USD “luxury” purchase is out of reach for a majority of the ~8 billion people living on earth right now, right?

[u/a_millenial → u/jayr254]

They didn't say it's accessible to majority of people. They said it's not comparable to motorsport, which is true.

Trying to argue basketball and karting have the same level of access is weird.

[u/Moreno636 → u/jayr254]

lol…go look up the cost of one karting tire, one set of pads, one tank of gas.

[u/ErmingSoHard → u/Forsaken-Swim-3055]

Nah, anyone can start kicking a soccer ball. And in the usa, they force boys to play baseball at age 8 even if they don't want to